Behavioral Health Services in Mississippi

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Data for pediatricians, family medicine physicians, and psychiatrists were retrieved from the American Medical Association Masterfile. Data for psychologists and licensed social workers were retrieved from Hugo Dunhill.

Behavioral health service providers by county – Map Data

Tabular Data

The table shows number of providers per 10,000 children aged 0-17 years, as of 2015. Please note that in counties with fewer than 10,000 children, the number of providers may be overestimated.
County Pediatricians Psychiatrists Family Medicine Physicians Licensed Social Workers Psychologists
Adams 7.4 0.0 16.3 11.9 1.5
Alcorn 3.4 1.1 7.9 16.9 4.5
Amite 0.0 0.0 22.6 0.0 0.0
Attala 4.2 0.0 14.5 2.1 0.0
Benton 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bolivar 3.5 0.0 11.6 5.8 1.2
Calhoun 0.0 0.0 5.6 0.0 0.0
Carroll 4.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chickasaw 0.0 0.0 6.9 2.3 0.0
Choctaw 0.0 0.0 10.7 0.0 5.4
Claiborne 0.0 0.0 10.1 0.0 5.0
Clarke 0.0 0.0 10.6 2.7 0.0
Clay 6.1 0.0 4.1 6.1 0.0
Coahoma 8.8 1.5 5.8 1.5 1.5
Copiah 2.9 0.0 14.7 1.5 0.0
Covington 0.0 2.1 12.4 4.1 0.0
Desoto 1.5 0.7 4.6 7.0 2.4
Forrest 10.2 3.4 12.5 29.4 19.8
Franklin 0.0 0.0 15.6 0.0 0.0
George 1.6 0.0 6.5 3.3 1.6
Greene 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Grenada 5.8 0.0 7.8 3.9 0.0
Hancock 3.0 0.0 9.8 2.0 3.0
Harrison 6.2 4.3 5.6 31.4 12.0
Hinds 7.5 5.0 12.9 27.7 14.8
Holmes 0.0 0.0 14.1 6.1 0.0
Humphreys 0.0 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0
Issaquena 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Itawamba 0.0 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.0
Jackson 5.9 2.6 9.7 7.9 3.5
Jasper 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.0
Jefferson 0.0 0.0 11.4 0.0 0.0
Jefferson Davis 0.0 0.0 8.1 0.0 0.0
Jones 4.0 1.1 9.7 4.0 0.6
Kemper 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lafayette 8.4 3.1 14.6 44.9 17.8
Lamar 2.6 3.2 27.8 5.8 0.6
Lauderdale 7.3 5.2 17.8 14.1 6.8
Lawrence 0.0 0.0 13.3 0.0 3.3
Leake 0.0 0.0 3.1 0.0 0.0
Lee 5.0 4.1 17.3 13.2 5.9
Leflore 4.7 0.0 3.5 1.2 1.2
Lincoln 4.7 0.0 4.7 0.0 2.3
Lowndes 2.8 2.1 6.3 7.6 4.9
Madison 14.6 8.1 22.3 12.3 5.4
Marion 1.6 3.2 11.2 3.2 0.0
Marshall 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.2 0.0
Monroe 4.8 0.0 9.7 1.2 0.0
Montgomery 0.0 0.0 29.4 4.2 0.0
Neshoba 2.4 0.0 15.7 2.4 0.0
Newton 1.8 0.0 10.8 1.8 1.8
Noxubee 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oktibbeha 4.5 2.2 7.9 4.5 4.5
Panola 1.1 0.0 6.7 5.6 2.2
Pearl River 3.1 0.0 3.9 11.7 1.6
Perry 0.0 0.0 10.4 0.0 0.0
Pike 4.7 1.9 6.6 31.9 3.7
Pontotoc 0.0 0.0 7.3 7.3 1.2
Prentiss 0.0 0.0 8.6 1.7 1.7
Quitman 0.0 0.0 10.4 5.2 0.0
Rankin 6.7 4.7 12.8 5.6 4.2
Scott 0.0 0.0 7.9 2.6 0.0
Sharkey 0.0 0.0 17.0 0.0 0.0
Simpson 0.0 1.4 11.5 7.2 0.0
Smith 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0
Stone 0.0 0.0 7.5 2.5 2.5
Sunflower 0.0 0.0 12.5 3.1 0.0
Tallahatchie 0.0 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tate 5.9 1.5 2.9 0.0 1.5
Tippah 0.0 1.8 12.9 5.5 0.0
Tishomingo 0.0 0.0 23.4 0.0 0.0
Tunica 0.0 0.0 3.1 0.0 0.0
Union 4.2 0.0 11.3 1.4 0.0
Walthall 2.7 0.0 10.9 2.7 0.0
Warren 5.1 1.7 11.8 5.1 3.4
Washington 3.1 1.5 7.7 7.7 3.1
Wayne 0.0 0.0 9.8 0.0 0.0
Webster 0.0 0.0 24.8 0.0 0.0
Wilkinson 0.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 0.0
Winston 0.0 2.3 9.2 0.0 0.0
Yalobusha 3.6 0.0 3.6 3.6 0.0
Yazoo 0.0 1.5 5.9 5.9 0.0

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