The following banking markets have been defined by the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Since these markets may be revised as new information becomes available or as additional analysis of these markets is performed, it is advisable to check with the Research Department before using these definitions.
Revised August 10, 2016
Banking Market | Description |
Adams County | See Natchez Area Banking Market |
Alcorn County* | |
Amite County | See Wilkinson-West Amite and McComb Areas |
Attala County* | |
Benton County* | |
Biloxi Area | Hancock County, Harrison County plus the City of Ocean Springs in Jackson County |
Bolivar County* | |
Brookhaven Area | Lincoln County, and the portion of Franklin County east of Homochitto River (including the towns of Lucien, McCall and Quentin), all in Mississippi |
Calhoun County* | |
Carroll County* | |
Chickasaw County* | |
Choctaw County* | |
Claiborne Area | Claiborne County plus the northern portion of Jefferson County (Lorman, Red Lick, and Rodney) |
Claiborne County | See Claiborne Area |
Clarke County | See Meridian Area Banking Market |
Clay County* | |
Coahoma County* | |
Copiah County | See Jackson Area Banking Market |
Covington County | Covington County |
DeSoto County* | |
Forrest County | See Hattiesburg Area Banking Market |
Franklin County | See Brookhaven and Natchez Areas |
George County | See Pascagoula Area Banking Market |
Greene County | See Perry/Greene Area and Waynesboro Area Banking Markets |
Grenada County* | |
Hancock County | See Biloxi Area Banking Market |
Harrison County | See Biloxi Area Banking Market |
Hattiesburg Area | Lamar and Forrest Counties |
Hinds County | See Jackson Area Banking Market |
Holmes County* | |
Humphreys County* | |
Issaquena County | See Rolling Fork Area Banking Market |
Itawamba County* | |
Jackson Area | Copiah, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, and Simpson Counties in Mississippi |
Jackson County | See Pascagoula Area and Biloxi Area Banking Markets |
Jasper County | See Laurel Area Banking Market |
Jefferson County | See Claiborne and Natchez Areas |
Jefferson Davis County | Jefferson Davis County |
Jones County | See Laurel Area Banking Market |
Kemper County | See Meridian Area Banking Market |
Lafayette County* | |
Lamar County | See Hattiesburg Area Banking Market |
Lauderdale County | See Meridian Area Banking Market |
Laurel Area | Jasper and Jones Counties in Mississippi |
Lawrence County | Lawrence County |
Leake County | Leake County |
Lee County* | |
Leflore County* | |
Lincoln County | See Brookhaven Area Banking Market |
Lowndes County* | |
Madison County | See Jackson Area Banking Market |
Marion County | Marion County |
Marshall County* | |
Meridian Area | Clarke, Kemper, and Lauderdale Counties, plus Newton County less the town of Union, all in Mississippi |
McComb Area | Pike County, plus the portion of Amite County east of the West Fork of the Amite River (including the towns of Liberty, Smithdale, Thompson, and Gillsburg), plus the town of Kentwood in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana |
Monroe County* | |
Montgomery County* | |
Natchez, MS-LA Area | Adams County, MS and Concordia Parish, LA, plus the portion of Franklin County, MS that is west of the Homochitto River (including the towns of Bude, Meadville, and Roxie) and the towns of Church Hill, Fayette, Harriston, McNair, and Pine Ridge in Jefferson County, MS. |
Neshoba County | See Philadelphia Area Banking Market |
Newton County | See Meridian Area and Philadelphia Area Banking Markets |
Noxubee County* | |
Oktibbeha County* | |
Panola County* | |
Pascagoula Area | Jackson County less the town of Ocean Springs plus George County |
Pearl River County | Pearl River County |
Perry County | See Perry/Greene Area Banking Market |
Perry/Greene Area | Greene County less the town of State Line plus Perry County |
Philadelphia Area | Neshoba County, plus the town of Union in Newton County, in Mississippi |
Pike County | See McComb Area Banking Market |
Pontotoc County* | |
Prentiss County* | |
Quitman County* | |
Rankin County | See Jackson Area Banking Market |
Rolling Fork Area | Issaquena and Sharkey Counties |
Scott County | Scott County |
Sharkey County | See Rolling Fork Area Banking Market |
Simpson County | See Jackson Area Banking Market |
Smith County | Smith County |
Stone County | Stone County |
Sunflower County* | |
Tallahatchie County* | |
Tate County* | |
Tippah County* | |
Tishomingo County* | |
Tunica County* | |
Union County* | |
Walthall County | Walthall County |
Warren County | Warren County |
Washington County* | |
Wayne County | See Waynesboro Area Banking Market |
Waynesboro Area | Wayne County plus the town of State Line in Greene County |
Webster County* | |
Wilkinson County | See Wilkinson-West Amite Area Banking Market |
Wilkinson-West Amite Area | Wilkinson County plus the portion of Amite County west of the West Fork of the Amite River (Centreville, Coles, Crosby, Glouster, and Homochitto) |
Winston County* | |
Yalobusha County* | |
Yazoo County | Yazoo County |
* These counties are located in the 8th District portion of the state and their markets were defined by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. For the most current market definition please see the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Banking Market Definitions.