City · Attala County, Mississippi

Kosciusko, Mississippi

Kosciusko is a city in Attala County, Mississippi. It has 6,933 residents. Kosciusko, Mississippi has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,260 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Mississippi it ranks #94 of 194 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), pharmacies (high) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on income inequality (Gini index) (high), child poverty rate (high) and homicide rate (high).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,260 of 15,651 cities and towns
Mississippi: #94 of 194 in MS
Population: 6,933 (2020-2024)
Land area: 8 mi²
Density: 919.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 2838320

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety34#10,310/15,637
Economy7#14,504/15,631
Housing34#9,842/14,977
Health13#13,526/15,609
Healthcare19#12,670/15,650
Environment58#6,521/15,453
Education44#8,731/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,489/15,650
Community7#14,525/15,651
Leisure & amenities15#13,259/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Kosciusko, Mississippi ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Attala County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Time spent in the emergency room · low77 min
99/100Mississippi 138 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAttala County value
Pharmacies · high2.9 /10k
95/100Mississippi 2.2 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAttala County value
Job growth · high2.3%
90/100Mississippi -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataAttala County value
Violent crime rate · low82 /100k
90/100Mississippi 227 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAttala County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Mississippi 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAttala County value
Social associations · high13.3 /10k
83/100Mississippi 12.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAttala County value

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.599
1/100Mississippi 0.482United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Child poverty rate · high41.9%
1/100Mississippi 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Homicide rate · high20.0 /100k
1/100Mississippi 14.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataAttala County value
Primary care shortage · high20.0
1/100Mississippi 16.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAttala County value
Grocery stores · low0.6 /10k
2/100Mississippi 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAttala County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low32.4%
3/100Mississippi 58.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAttala County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedWorsening
3.5 /1k (2021) → 1.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−67%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
High school diploma or higherImproving
77.1% (2015-2019) → 88.3% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Poverty rateImproving
36.0% (2015-2019) → 25.7% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$26,632 (2015-2019) → $40,085 (2020-2024)
+51%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
51.7% (2015-2019) → 41.9% (2020-2024)
−9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Unemployment rateImproving
13.5% (2015-2019) → 5.5% (2020-2024)
−8 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Kosciusko, Mississippi improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Poverty−10 points36.0% → 25.7%
Household income+51%$26,632 → $40,085

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Kosciusko, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.7 min2015-2019	30.5 min2020-2024	+1.8 min	Within the margin of error	29%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%2015-2019	19.4%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Broadband subscriptions	73.0%2015-2019	80.1%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Child poverty rate	51.7%2015-2019	41.9%2020-2024	−9.8 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Effective property tax rate	0.81%2015-2019	0.71%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
High school diploma or higher	77.1%2015-2019	88.3%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	−0.8×	Within the margin of error	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5932015-2019	0.5992020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	45%
Median household income	$26,6322015-2019	$40,0852020-2024	+51%	Improved	85%
Poverty rate	36.0%2015-2019	25.7%2020-2024	−10 points	Improved	93%
Rent as share of income	37.0%2015-2019	34.5%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Rent-burdened households	61.0%2015-2019	59.0%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.3%2015-2019	10.2%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Kosciusko, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kosciusko, Mississippi in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Kosciusko, Mississippi itself moved +6.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,933 residents (±18)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,453 households (±198)

Kosciusko, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k31%750
$25k–50k25%†611
$50k–75k13%†307

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,453 households (±198)

Kosciusko, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own55%1,358
Rent45%1,095

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,992 workers (±334)

Kosciusko, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone76%2,259
Carpool17%†502
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Attala County, the county holding most of Kosciusko's residents.

Attala County has 345 employer establishments, 199 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.97× Mississippi's), with 4,585 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,093. The Census Bureau also counts 1,489 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 345; 1,489 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 199; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 4,585
Average annual pay: $43,093; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Attala County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	30	17.3	0.94×About typical	456	$11,432	18
Ambulatory health care services	27	15.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	222	$50,059	45
Religious organizations	23	13.3	2.39×More than typical	89	$20,079	—
Full-service restaurants	14	8.1	1.05×About typical	80	$17,938	13
Limited-service restaurants	12	6.9	0.86×About typical	360	$10,125	3
Truck transportation	12	6.9	1.37×More than typical	66	$59,212	121
Specialty trade contractors	11	6.3	0.41×Fewer than typical	702	$75,134	117
Gasoline stations	9	5.2	1.60×Too few to compare	111	$28,189	4
General merchandise stores	9	5.2	2.94×Too few to compare	268	$29,500	4
Offices of physicians	9	5.2	0.80×Too few to compare	56	$66,250	5
Clothing and accessories stores	8	4.6	1.27×Too few to compare	50	$14,720	25
Management, scientific and technical consulting	8	4.6	0.69×Too few to compare	9	$94,667	15

Rank places for an industry Open Attala County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 17,350 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $57.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Kosciusko, Mississippi: $8.24 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $57.1K; −64% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8.24; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$54.4K95%
National Park Service$1,9703.4%
Consumer Product Safety Commission$7971.4%

Top recipients

CRASSOCIATES, INC.$55.2K97%
ALL AMERICAN TRAILER CONNECTION ,INC.$1,9703.4%
BMC - ATTALA LLC$4100.7%
COLEMAN DEBBIE$3870.7%
ESTES BROS. CONST. INC.$00.0%
POSTERITY GROUP LLC

Spending by fiscal year

41.3KFY2017
-878.9FY2018
24.7KFY2019
30.7KFY2020
132.4FY2021
92.9KFY2022
53.8KFY2023
736.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Outpatient care centers · 6214$54.4K95%
Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$1,9703.4%
Data processing, hosting, and related services · 5182$7971.4%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Kosciusko, Mississippi, so they do not add up across cities.

Kosciusko, Mississippi's figures are part of those of Attala County, MS ($1.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 3.4% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Kosciusko is mostly in Attala County.

See federal money in Attala County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Kosciusko, Mississippi is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Bennie G. ThompsonD-MS-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Attala County17100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Attala County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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