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STATE · CHILDCARE PRICES · COUNTY LEVEL

Childcare costs in Mississippi

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$119

per week · Mississippi · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

Mississippi median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$119—
Toddler$108—
Preschool$108—
School-age$101—

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Holmes County

$155 /wk · infant, center †

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Lafayette County

$110 /wk · infant, center †

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

Mississippi counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Adams County$117 †11.9%
Alcorn County$116 †10.0%
Amite County$117 †13.9%
Attala County$118 †11.9%
Benton County$154 †15.1%
Bolivar County$116 †12.2%
Calhoun County$118 †10.8%
Carroll County$119 †9.3%
Chickasaw County$118 †12.4%
Choctaw County$118 †10.1%
Claiborne County$117 †16.4%
Clarke County$117 †10.1%
Clay County$115 †11.9%
Coahoma County$117 †14.0%
Copiah County$153 †13.2%
Covington County$152 †15.3%
DeSoto County$145 †8.3%
Forrest County$149 †12.5%
Franklin County$118 †11.9%
George County$116 †9.5%
Greene County$118 †9.6%
Grenada County$116 †9.6%
Hancock County$149 †9.7%
Harrison County$148 †11.2%
Hinds County$148 †12.3%
Holmes County$155 †19.6%
Humphreys County$118 †17.6%
Issaquena County$119 †9.7%
Itawamba County$117 †8.8%
Jackson County$148 †10.1%
Jasper County$116 †10.1%
Jefferson County$118 †16.6%
Jefferson Davis County$117 †11.1%
Jones County$116 †9.2%
Kemper County$119 †12.0%
Lafayette County$110 †7.3%
Lamar County$146 †9.4%
Lauderdale County$115 †10.0%
Lawrence County$116 †11.5%
Leake County$117 †10.9%
Lee County$114 †7.4%
Leflore County$117 †15.0%
Lincoln County$116 †9.4%
Lowndes County$113 †7.8%
Madison County$145 †7.4%
Marion County$117 †12.4%
Marshall County$152 †12.8%
Monroe County$117 †9.4%
Montgomery County$118 †13.8%
Neshoba County$117 †10.8%
Newton County$117 †9.8%
Noxubee County$118 †13.6%
Oktibbeha County$112 †7.6%
Panola County$116 †9.9%
Pearl River County$115 †8.8%
Perry County$153 †16.0%
Pike County$117 †12.5%
Pontotoc County$116 †8.6%
Prentiss County$117 †9.1%
Quitman County$118 †13.3%
Rankin County$145 †8.1%
Scott County$117 †11.0%
Sharkey County$118 †10.2%
Simpson County$152 †12.8%
Smith County$118 †8.7%
Stone County$152 †11.7%
Sunflower County$117 †12.5%
Tallahatchie County$119 †13.6%
Tate County$151 †11.5%
Tippah County$118 †10.9%
Tishomingo County$118 †9.1%
Tunica County$151 †15.4%
Union County$116 †8.3%
Walthall County$118 †10.1%
Warren County$114 †7.9%
Washington County$116 †12.2%
Wayne County$119 †10.8%
Webster County$118 †8.6%
Wilkinson County$119 †13.4%
Winston County$116 †11.1%
Yalobusha County$119 †10.6%
Yazoo County$153 †14.8%

† Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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