Foster Care Data in Mississippi

Mississippi foster care statistics: 3,832 children in care, 477 waiting for adoption, 1,699 licensed homes. View county-level data.

Mississippi Foster Care Statistics (2025)

Counties in Mississippi

Explore foster care data for 82 counties in Mississippi:

• Adams
• Alcorn
• Amite
• Attala
• Benton
• Bolivar
• Calhoun
• Carroll
• Chickasaw
• Choctaw
• Claiborne
• Clarke
• Clay
• Coahoma
• Copiah
• Covington
• De Soto
• Forrest
• Franklin
• George
• Greene
• Grenada
• Hancock
• Harrison
• Hinds
• Holmes
• Humphreys
• Issaquena
• Itawamba
• Jackson
• Jasper
• Jefferson
• Jefferson Davis
• Jones
• Kemper
• Lafayette
• Lamar
• Lauderdale
• Lawrence
• Leake
• Lee
• Leflore
• Lincoln
• Lowndes
• Madison
• Marion
• Marshall
• Monroe
• Montgomery
• Neshoba
• Newton
• Noxubee
• Oktibbeha
• Panola
• Pearl River
• Perry
• Pike
• Pontotoc
• Prentiss
• Quitman
• Rankin
• Scott
• Sharkey
• Simpson
• Smith
• Stone
• Sunflower
• Tallahatchie
• Tate
• Tippah
• Tishomingo
• Tunica
• Union
• Walthall
• Warren
• Washington
• Wayne
• Webster
• Wilkinson
• Winston
• Yalobusha
• Yazoo

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Data sources: AFCARS Federal Data, MTE State Metrics. Updated daily.