# Mississippi Senior Housing & Health Data
Mississippi has 785 federally subsidized senior housing properties totaling 26,444 elderly units, of which 653 are rural and 471 sit inside a federally designated health professional shortage area.
## Portfolio at a glance
- Subsidized senior properties: 785
- Elderly units: 26,444
- HUD Section 202: 92 properties (5,346 units)
- USDA Section 515: 477 properties (14,950 units)
- Rural properties: 653 across 82 rural counties
- HPSA shortage-area properties: 471 (15,839 units)
- Population 65+: 495,115 (est. 184,635 living alone)
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Source: HUD, USDA RD, HRSA, CDC BRFSS/PLACES, HHS emPOWER, CMS. Snapshot 2026-08-04.
Canonical page: https://community.connective.care/data/state/MS