Trends in eviction filings:
Mississippi
387
Filings since March 16, 20204
Filings in February 2025About this county
45%
nationally(46.74%)
Rent burdened residentsnationally21%
Poverty rate(12.75%)
Eviction Filings and Defaults in Mississippi, Arkansas
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no state-wide moratorium on evictions.
The CDC moratorium was in place from September 4, 2020 through August 26, 2021.
Between and
About the Data
Please cite the data as: Civil Court Data Initiative. Legal Services Corporation, 2022. (accessed TODAY’s DATE).
Cases filed under a case type containing any of the following terms or with any of the following event information are considered evictions: UD - LANDLORD/TENANT UNLAWFULDETAIN, UO - LANDLORD/TENANT OTHER, EV - CV-EVICTION, SJ - SC-EVICTION SMALL CLAIMS
Census data comes from the following 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year tables: B25070 (rent burden), B25032 (housing units), and B25008 (renter and total population).
