Outage Almanac

Mississippi power outages

76 counties with outage records. Pick one to see its history.

Mississippi averaged 1.51 times the US outage time per person

That ranks 7 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. October and February made up 36% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.

Claiborne County had the most outage time per resident of 72 rated counties.

Counties ranked by outage time

RankCountyMajor outages per yearLongest (hours)Times US rate
1Claiborne County4.21168.39
2Jefferson County2.91357.38
3Amite County5.02055.45
4Copiah County5.21234.75
5Warren County7.31484.04
6Adams County4.61413.89
7Attala County4.31223.74
8Greene County0.91183.37
9Pike County3.81743.28
10Smith County2.7773.27
11Jefferson Davis County2.8723.23
12George County0.81193.17
13Tallahatchie County3.3703.12
14Neshoba County1.4943.09
15Simpson County3.21113.03
16Newton County1.9942.88
17Walthall County2.8762.86
18Hinds County8.71782.80
19Lawrence County2.9582.72
20Covington County2.2632.69
21Lincoln County4.1892.68
22Montgomery County0.9892.65
23Quitman County1.3702.63
24Jasper County2.71082.52
25Winston County1.0942.41
26Holmes County3.11152.36
27Scott County2.3792.28
28Tippah County2.8592.13
29Grenada County2.7702.10
30Humphreys County1.4551.68
31Bolivar County2.8481.63
32Panola County3.0701.60
33Hancock County0.61201.45
34Choctaw County0.8561.41
35Tate County2.7801.36
36Lauderdale County1.8501.35
36Stone County0.6991.35
38Perry County0.8921.34
39Harrison County0.71201.30
40Madison County6.01161.29
41Washington County3.7421.21
42Jackson County0.91201.20
43Sunflower County1.9461.14
44Leake County1.6561.13
45Clarke County1.2481.08
46Yalobusha County0.9701.04
47Pearl River County0.7660.95
48Coahoma County1.2700.90
49Noxubee County0.7400.88
50Rankin County3.91060.86
51Marion County0.9330.83
52Jones County2.8760.77
53Wayne County1.7890.70
54Benton County1.0440.66
54Lafayette County1.9460.66
56Carroll County0.7510.63
57Tunica County0.7320.61
58Forrest County1.2620.51
59Yazoo County1.7530.44
60DeSoto County1.8760.40
61Lamar County1.0380.35
62Clay County0.4220.29
62Webster County0.7320.29
64Oktibbeha County0.6530.25
65Lowndes County0.3200.17
66Leflore County0.7200.15
67Union County0.4120.13
68Pontotoc County0.4180.10
69Marshall County0.0None0.08
70Alcorn County0.2100.04
71Monroe County0.0None0.02
72Chickasaw County0.0None0.00

Rank uses outage time per resident. Times US rate compares each county with the national average.

When outages hit Mississippi

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These counties have short histories, very small populations, or customer counts that look too high for the population.