2022 Mississippi Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average Mississippi customer went without power for about 6.3 hours, the 17th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
6.3
vs prior year
▼ 63%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
9.4M
Peak customers out
63,477
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
77%
of MS customers
Counties reporting
79
Mississippi year over year
All 79 Mississippi counties, 2022
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilkinson County | 48.0 | 231K | 4,817 | 2,969 | 452 |
| 2 | Claiborne County | 38.1 | 227K | 5,967 | 3,029 | 427 |
| 3 | Jefferson County | 34.6 | 139K | 4,028 | 2,512 | 420 |
| 4 | Holmes County | 28.7 | 190K | 6,634 | 3,900 | 473 |
| 5 | Quitman County | 28.4 | 53K | 1,880 | 1,107 | 440 |
| 6 | Sharkey County | 25.1 | 56K | 2,219 | 1,953 | 255 |
| 7 | Tallahatchie County | 21.7 | 117K | 5,372 | 2,387 | 588 |
| 8 | Franklin County | 19.5 | 85K | 4,359 | 2,424 | 434 |
| 9 | Madison County | 19.1 | 625K | 32,775 | 6,822 | 745 |
| 10 | Attala County | 18.6 | 174K | 9,398 | 2,545 | 524 |
| 11 | Humphreys County | 15.9 | 53K | 3,331 | 865 | 310 |
| 12 | Tunica County | 15.7 | 57K | 3,630 | 1,288 | 413 |
| 13 | Amite County | 15.6 | 106K | 6,825 | 2,137 | 588 |
| 14 | Smith County | 14.7 | 106K | 7,211 | 2,226 | 582 |
| 15 | Warren County | 14.5 | 331K | 22,742 | 2,857 | 826 |
| 16 | Adams County | 14.5 | 251K | 17,358 | 3,700 | 429 |
| 17 | Clarke County | 13.5 | 95K | 7,062 | 2,367 | 470 |
| 18 | Panola County | 11.9 | 242K | 20,337 | 7,443 | 750 |
| 19 | Hinds County | 11.3 | 1.4M | 122,216 | 10,088 | 441 |
| 20 | Bolivar County | 11.0 | 159K | 14,482 | 3,848 | 682 |
| 21 | Washington County | 10.6 | 266K | 25,115 | 4,134 | 892 |
| 22 | Greene County | 10.5 | 55K | 5,264 | 3,510 | 572 |
| 23 | Simpson County | 10.1 | 160K | 15,818 | 2,260 | 766 |
| 24 | Copiah County | 10.1 | 179K | 17,728 | 4,072 | 727 |
| 25 | Perry County | 9.6 | 46K | 4,806 | 2,034 | 499 |
| 26 | Scott County | 9.2 | 165K | 17,935 | 6,025 | 716 |
| 27 | Lawrence County | 8.9 | 57K | 6,452 | 2,614 | 513 |
| 28 | Jefferson Davis County | 8.8 | 48K | 5,468 | 2,097 | 463 |
| 29 | Tate County | 8.4 | 138K | 16,303 | 2,649 | 733 |
| 30 | Grenada County | 7.7 | 84K | 11,017 | 1,332 | 702 |
| 31 | Noxubee County | 7.5 | 35K | 4,707 | 2,145 | 398 |
| 32 | Yazoo County | 7.3 | 78K | 10,785 | 940 | 231 |
| 33 | Jasper County | 7.2 | 71K | 9,808 | 3,428 | 544 |
| 34 | Montgomery County | 7.1 | 30K | 4,275 | 1,507 | 296 |
| 35 | Yalobusha County | 6.9 | 50K | 7,274 | 1,318 | 305 |
| 36 | Lincoln County | 6.9 | 142K | 20,482 | 2,983 | 868 |
| 37 | Sunflower County | 6.9 | 82K | 11,919 | 1,761 | 736 |
| 38 | Leake County | 6.7 | 90K | 13,509 | 2,887 | 518 |
| 39 | Walthall County | 6.7 | 46K | 6,910 | 3,737 | 524 |
| 40 | Covington County | 6.6 | 63K | 9,565 | 2,380 | 542 |
| 41 | Tippah County | 6.4 | 97K | 15,158 | 2,760 | 287 |
| 42 | Choctaw County | 6.4 | 20K | 3,216 | 1,905 | 285 |
| 43 | Lauderdale County | 6.0 | 180K | 30,152 | 5,550 | 1,020 |
| 44 | Wayne County | 5.6 | 61K | 10,874 | 1,444 | 480 |
| 45 | Pike County | 5.4 | 125K | 23,013 | 2,666 | 938 |
| 46 | Rankin County | 5.2 | 441K | 84,285 | 8,317 | 999 |
| 47 | Newton County | 5.1 | 65K | 12,693 | 1,801 | 584 |
| 48 | Kemper County | 4.9 | 24K | 4,913 | 1,573 | 240 |
| 49 | Union County | 4.9 | 36K | 7,351 | 2,494 | 265 |
| 50 | Coahoma County | 4.9 | 59K | 12,025 | 1,588 | 345 |
| 51 | Neshoba County | 4.6 | 115K | 24,825 | 3,916 | 429 |
| 52 | DeSoto County | 4.3 | 411K | 95,122 | 8,123 | 936 |
| 53 | Carroll County | 3.9 | 16K | 4,105 | 657 | 165 |
| 54 | Stone County | 3.5 | 26K | 7,460 | 1,179 | 521 |
| 55 | Marion County | 3.5 | 40K | 11,625 | 1,840 | 628 |
| 56 | George County | 3.4 | 31K | 9,353 | 1,294 | 922 |
| 57 | Lafayette County | 3.1 | 112K | 36,780 | 2,809 | 592 |
| 58 | Benton County | 3.0 | 12K | 3,973 | 437 | 83 |
| 59 | Clay County | 3.0 | 28K | 9,476 | 2,266 | 466 |
| 60 | Winston County | 2.9 | 38K | 13,238 | 1,410 | 320 |
| 61 | Pearl River County | 2.6 | 76K | 28,954 | 2,598 | 1,128 |
| 62 | Hancock County | 2.6 | 64K | 24,430 | 3,049 | 1,046 |
| 63 | Jones County | 2.6 | 119K | 46,108 | 3,717 | 665 |
| 64 | Jackson County | 2.4 | 139K | 57,806 | 4,308 | 1,243 |
| 65 | Harrison County | 1.9 | 210K | 109,081 | 3,332 | 848 |
| 66 | Forrest County | 1.9 | 84K | 44,433 | 3,147 | 869 |
| 67 | Lamar County | 1.7 | 53K | 31,120 | 2,591 | 808 |
| 68 | Lowndes County | 1.4 | 46K | 33,297 | 5,628 | 696 |
| 69 | Oktibbeha County | 1.2 | 41K | 33,356 | 3,908 | 593 |
| 70 | Webster County | 1.2 | 6,524 | 5,545 | 315 | 147 |
| 71 | Marshall County | 1.1 | 21K | 19,527 | 909 | 149 |
| 72 | Leflore County | 0.8 | 16K | 20,294 | 395 | 220 |
| 73 | Pontotoc County | 0.8 | 14K | 18,046 | 1,073 | 179 |
| 74 | Alcorn County | 0.4 | 8,325 | 19,940 | 279 | 25 |
| 75 | Monroe County | 0.3 | 5,998 | 18,680 | 520 | 116 |
| 76 | Itawamba County | 0.1 | 716 | 10,400 | 99 | 16 |
| 77 | Chickasaw County | 0.1 | 582 | 11,632 | 138 | 16 |
| 78 | Calhoun County | 0.0 | 310 | 7,468 | 14 | 11 |
| 79 | Issaquena County | 0.0 | 16 | 641 | 1 | 2 |
Biggest Mississippi outages of 2022
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hinds County, MS | May 15, 2022 12:15 | May 20, 2022 04:00 | 4d 15h | 10,088 | 121K |
| 2 | Rankin County, MS | April 13, 2022 22:30 | April 15, 2022 22:45 | 2d | 8,317 | 67K |
| 3 | DeSoto County, MS | February 3, 2022 12:45 | February 10, 2022 01:45 | 6d 13h | 8,123 | 182K |
| 4 | Hinds County, MS | June 10, 2022 06:15 | June 13, 2022 02:15 | 2d 20h | 8,063 | 63K |
| 5 | DeSoto County, MS | July 26, 2022 00:45 | July 26, 2022 07:00 | 6h 15m | 7,540 | 7,082 |
| 6 | Panola County, MS | March 30, 2022 20:00 | April 3, 2022 19:15 | 3d 23h | 7,443 | 121K |
| 7 | Hinds County, MS | April 12, 2022 11:45 | April 16, 2022 05:15 | 3d 17h | 7,076 | 115K |
| 8 | Rankin County, MS | February 17, 2022 10:45 | February 17, 2022 12:30 | 1h 45m | 7,044 | 11K |
| 9 | Madison County, MS | April 13, 2022 23:15 | April 15, 2022 23:45 | 2d | 6,822 | 62K |
| 10 | DeSoto County, MS | December 13, 2022 14:00 | December 14, 2022 18:30 | 1d 4h | 6,730 | 4,787 |
| 11 | Hinds County, MS | February 16, 2022 08:15 | February 19, 2022 03:45 | 2d 19h | 6,643 | 58K |
| 12 | Madison County, MS | March 30, 2022 12:30 | April 1, 2022 03:00 | 1d 14h | 6,482 | 64K |
| 13 | Hinds County, MS | March 30, 2022 11:00 | April 3, 2022 05:00 | 3d 18h | 6,223 | 105K |
| 14 | Scott County, MS | April 13, 2022 20:45 | April 16, 2022 00:15 | 2d 3h | 6,025 | 52K |
| 15 | Madison County, MS | August 8, 2022 10:45 | August 10, 2022 04:00 | 1d 17h | 5,766 | 20K |
| 16 | Lowndes County, MS | November 29, 2022 23:45 | November 30, 2022 22:45 | 23h | 5,628 | 8,115 |
| 17 | Lauderdale County, MS | July 22, 2022 02:00 | July 22, 2022 22:45 | 20h 45m | 5,550 | 16K |
| 18 | Hinds County, MS | November 16, 2022 08:45 | November 17, 2022 12:15 | 1d 3h | 4,581 | 2,688 |
| 19 | Rankin County, MS | April 13, 2022 08:00 | April 13, 2022 21:45 | 13h 45m | 4,503 | 19K |
| 20 | Rankin County, MS | March 30, 2022 11:30 | April 1, 2022 02:30 | 1d 15h | 4,381 | 22K |
| 21 | Scott County, MS | July 22, 2022 02:45 | July 22, 2022 19:00 | 16h 15m | 4,309 | 9,415 |
| 22 | Jackson County, MS | September 28, 2022 12:15 | September 29, 2022 03:00 | 14h 45m | 4,308 | 5,121 |
| 23 | Jackson County, MS | October 12, 2022 07:30 | October 14, 2022 00:15 | 1d 16h | 4,213 | 3,890 |
| 24 | Hinds County, MS | July 6, 2022 04:30 | July 15, 2022 09:45 | 9d 5h | 4,196 | 85K |
| 25 | Washington County, MS | May 15, 2022 23:45 | May 19, 2022 02:30 | 3d 2h | 4,134 | 65K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 77% of Mississippi's electricity customers in 2022; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.