Short-term kit
RA100 short-term liquid scintillation radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Liquid scintillation
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Attala County, Mississippi
EPA puts Attala County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone. Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Nearest county
10.1%
Tuscaloosa County, 120 miles
- Tuscaloosa
- 10.1%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 69 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
8.1 pts below MS
- Attala
- 0.0%
- MS
- 8.1%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
0
None published
A home here needs its own test
EPA radon zone
Zone 3
Lower potential
- 1
- 2
- Zone 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts under 2 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Attala County
Starts at EPA's action level
EPA’s own thresholds; the figures are the area’s, never this home’s.
EPA’s reading of 4.0 pCi/L
At or above 4 pCi/L
- Under 20 to 1.9 pCi/L
- 2 to 4consider a fix
- 4 and aboveEPA says fix it
This result is at or above 4 pCi/L. EPA recommends fixing a home when the radon level is 4 pCi/L or higher.
The data
Attala County, At a glance
Attala County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 100% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
No CDC test figures here
CDC has published no radon test figures for Attala County. Tuscaloosa County, AL, 120 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
Attala County, Compared
Attala County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411No Mississippi county, Attala County included, has a radon test figure from CDC; over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, the agency's counts name 2,669 counties in other states. Across every county in the country with a figure (2,669), 36.3% of reported tests reached that level; no Mississippi county contributes to that pool.
The nearest counties with a figure are Tuscaloosa County, AL (120 miles away) at 10.1%, Franklin County, AL (137 miles away) at 18.6% and Shelby County, TN (146 miles away) at 7.0%.
EPA's 1993 map puts Attala County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Attala County, Geology
The ground under Attala County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Attala County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls North Central Hills/Flatwoods, to which USGS gives a radon index of 8, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Central Hills/Flatwoods | Tertiary nonmarine to deltaic sediments ranging from sand to clay. | Low | 8 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Attala County beside the ground around it
Across Mississippi 0.1% of the land is rated high; none of Attala County's is. Of the 9 counties that border it, 1 has more moderate-potential ground, Winston County the most at 0.1%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Attala County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Attala County
- Mississippi Radon ProgramMississippi Radon Program, run by Mississippi State Department of Health, answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Mississippi.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsAsk the program whether it has free or discounted kits, or compare kits you can buy.
- Compare kits
- See the Mississippi directoryNo professionals are listed in Mississippi yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What Mississippi's program says
- Phone
- 1-800-626-7739
What it means
Attala County, Questions
Questions about radon in Attala County
Are radon levels high in Attala County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Attala County, Mississippi yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 164 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 7.0% to 36.6%.
Which counties border Attala County?
Attala County borders 9 counties: Leake County, Choctaw County, Holmes County, Winston County, Carroll County, Montgomery County, Neshoba County, Madison County and Yazoo County.
Products
Attala County, Products
Testing a home in Attala County
No CDC figure names Attala County; the nearest county with one, Tuscaloosa County, AL (120 miles away), reported 10.1% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, the only reading nearby until a test of this home. Zone 3 is the lowest label, yet homes at or above 4 pCi/L occur in every zone: a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Attala County.
Test kits and monitors3
See every kit and monitor
Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
Wave Plus battery radon and air quality monitor
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- App only
Method: Alpha spectrometry
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Attala County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Attala County
Calculated by Radon411counties bordering Attala County: 1 of 9
Attala County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Attala County
About 17,100 people live in Attala County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 722 fewer than in 2020 (−4.1%). That works out to 23 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Kosciusko, has 6,722 residents, 39.3% of the total. Together its 4 incorporated places hold 42.6% of those residents; the other 57.4% live outside any of them.
From Kosciusko to McCool, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Attala County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosciusko | 6,722 | −5.2% | 39.3% |
| Ethel | 324 | −5.0% | 1.9% |
| Sallis | 131 | +0.8% | 0.8% |
| McCool | 100 | −4.8% | 0.6% |
4 incorporated places, as listed in the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 place reference files. Residents: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2025 (Vintage 2025).
Attala County, Homes
Homes in Attala County
Of Attala County's 8,341 homes, 73% are detached houses, against 69% across Mississippi; 21% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1981, close to Mississippi's 1986: 22% date from before 1960 and 22% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 77% of the occupied homes (Mississippi: 69%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Attala County | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 8,341 | 1,332,811 |
| Detached houses | 73% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 9% |
| Mobile homes | 21% | 15% |
| Built before 1960 | 22% | 15% |
| Built since 2000 | 22% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1981 | 1986 |
| Owner-occupied | 77% | 69% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.