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2023 Mississippi Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Mississippi customer went without power for about 11.1 hours, the 8th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
11.1
vs prior year
▲ 75%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
16.5M
Peak customers out
171,904
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of MS customers
Counties reporting
79

Mississippi year over year

Mississippi: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.6h; 2016: 3.1h; 2017: 6.6h; 2018: 3.0h, coverage 66%; 2019: 5.8h, coverage 74%; 2020: 18.3h, coverage 77%; 2021: 17.2h, coverage 77%; 2022: 6.3h, coverage 77%; 2023: 11.1h; 2024: 9.2h; 2025: 7.5h051015200%50%100%2.6h20153.1h20166.6h20173.0h20185.8h201918.3h202017.2h20216.3h202211.1h20239.2h20247.5h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2023

Customer-hours without power across Mississippi; June was the worst.

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Mississippi customer-hours without power by month, 2023Jan 436K, Feb 898K, Mar 1.9M, Apr 632K, May 643K, Jun 9.2M, Jul 767K, Aug 511K, Sep 440K, Oct 300K, Nov 430K, Dec 333K02.5M5M7.5M10M436KJan898KFeb1.9MMar632KApr643KMay9.2MJun767KJul511KAug440KSep300KOct430KNov333KDec
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All 79 Mississippi counties, 2023

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Montgomery County75.3322K4,2753,558271
2Wilkinson County70.4339K4,8172,033304
3Sharkey County67.2149K2,2191,834266
4Attala County48.3454K9,3987,692483
5Holmes County44.7297K6,6343,987418
6Claiborne County42.1251K5,9673,538393
7Humphreys County40.4135K3,3312,449229
8Warren County37.3849K22,74210,297741
9Jefferson County34.6139K4,0282,919424
10Copiah County32.4574K17,72810,036690
11Simpson County30.9489K15,8188,287758
12Hinds County30.23.7M122,21635,551428
13Quitman County29.054K1,8801,069292
14Madison County24.3798K32,77516,661818
15Lawrence County22.8147K6,4523,323485
16Smith County22.4161K7,2114,934587
17Covington County22.0210K9,5655,442521
18Franklin County21.795K4,3594,149469
19Scott County21.5386K17,93514,747691
20Adams County20.3353K17,3584,804421
21Jefferson Davis County19.4106K5,4683,129426
22Tippah County19.4294K15,1589,128294
23Jasper County19.2189K9,8085,977548
24Tate County18.0293K16,3035,802724
25Lauderdale County15.2459K30,15217,918880
26Panola County14.7299K20,3376,838817
27Amite County13.190K6,8251,879625
28Benton County12.449K3,97385479
29Newton County12.3156K12,6933,834550
30Kemper County11.758K4,9133,886194
31Rankin County11.5968K84,28521,096924
32Bolivar County10.8157K14,4822,488586
33Carroll County10.644K4,105945148
34Tallahatchie County10.657K5,3722,044541
35Tunica County10.237K3,6302,369355
36Choctaw County10.233K3,2161,048317
37Clarke County9.668K7,0623,637414
38Walthall County9.364K6,9101,708534
39Pike County8.9205K23,0136,816914
40Leake County8.8119K13,5093,690408
41Coahoma County8.3100K12,0251,664298
42Washington County8.3208K25,1157,640696
43Grenada County7.987K11,0171,495607
44Lincoln County7.6155K20,4823,912816
45Union County7.253K7,3511,184235
46Greene County7.137K5,2641,514590
47Perry County7.034K4,8061,257393
48George County6.359K9,3532,737898
49Sunflower County5.971K11,9191,355592
50Webster County5.832K5,545311133
51Wayne County5.459K10,8743,397392
52Lafayette County5.3194K36,7805,183636
53Yazoo County4.952K10,785880186
54Neshoba County4.6115K24,8254,041388
55Pearl River County4.6133K28,9547,3251,059
56DeSoto County4.4421K95,1228,309779
57Stone County4.030K7,4603,882506
58Yalobusha County3.929K7,2741,217390
59Winston County3.952K13,2383,604233
60Marion County3.440K11,6252,615609
61Jones County3.3151K46,1089,977225
62Noxubee County3.215K4,707893405
63Jackson County3.1180K57,8066,289789
64Clay County2.624K9,4761,307452
65Lamar County2.578K31,1205,471784
66Hancock County2.152K24,4302,5211,027
67Forrest County1.879K44,4333,663850
68Harrison County1.4155K109,0814,4991,128
69Marshall County1.326K19,527869129
70Leflore County1.225K20,294414174
71Lowndes County1.240K33,2973,173728
72Pontotoc County1.018K18,0461,261135
73Oktibbeha County0.931K33,3561,497694
74Alcorn County0.511K19,94039627
75Monroe County0.35,22218,680461145
76Itawamba County0.32,68610,40010519
77Issaquena County0.212464114
78Chickasaw County0.21,76111,63212922
79Calhoun County0.01147,468157

Biggest Mississippi outages of 2023

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Hinds County, MSJune 11, 2023 13:45June 24, 2023 03:4512d 14h35,5512.6M
2Rankin County, MSJune 16, 2023 10:30June 23, 2023 18:007d 7h21,096571K
3Lauderdale County, MSMarch 27, 2023 00:15March 29, 2023 02:302d 2h17,918248K
4Madison County, MSJune 14, 2023 13:30June 24, 2023 00:309d 11h16,661447K
5Scott County, MSJune 16, 2023 04:00June 20, 2023 21:304d 17h14,747261K
6Hinds County, MSJune 24, 2023 13:00July 13, 2023 04:0018d 15h13,174258K
7Madison County, MSJune 10, 2023 21:30June 11, 2023 12:1514h 45m11,38375K
8Hinds County, MSMarch 26, 2023 21:00April 4, 2023 23:309d 2h11,093261K
9Rankin County, MSJune 25, 2023 19:30June 28, 2023 19:303d10,80994K
10Warren County, MSJune 16, 2023 07:45June 24, 2023 02:307d 18h10,297577K
11Copiah County, MSJune 14, 2023 12:45June 23, 2023 01:008d 12h10,036342K
12Jones County, MSJune 11, 2023 13:45September 17, 2023 19:1598d 5h9,977111K
13Tippah County, MSJune 25, 2023 23:00June 29, 2023 21:303d 22h9,128163K
14Lauderdale County, MSJune 16, 2023 11:45June 18, 2023 02:151d 14h8,58374K
15DeSoto County, MSJune 16, 2023 20:15June 21, 2023 03:154d 7h8,30984K
16Simpson County, MSJune 16, 2023 10:30June 23, 2023 01:006d 14h8,287358K
17Copiah County, MSNovember 20, 2023 23:00November 25, 2023 23:005d8,03484K
18DeSoto County, MSMarch 3, 2023 12:15March 5, 2023 02:001d 13h7,98213K
19Hinds County, MSJune 10, 2023 11:45June 11, 2023 12:151d7,69454K
20Attala County, MSJune 14, 2023 18:30June 21, 2023 23:307d 5h7,692269K
21Washington County, MSJuly 22, 2023 20:00July 23, 2023 05:009h7,64025K
22Washington County, MSAugust 8, 2023 11:30August 9, 2023 07:3020h7,37030K
23Pearl River County, MSSeptember 21, 2023 05:00September 21, 2023 11:156h 15m7,32532K
24Panola County, MSJanuary 31, 2023 21:00February 6, 2023 01:155d 4h6,838142K
25Pike County, MSJune 12, 2023 12:00June 14, 2023 04:301d 16h6,81644K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Mississippi's electricity customers in 2023; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Mississippi by year:2025202420222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2023:MEMIKYOKARWVLATN

Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.