Short-term kit
PicoCan short-term charcoal canister radon test
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Copiah County, Mississippi
EPA puts Copiah 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
0.0%
Tangipahoa Parish, 86 miles
- Tangipahoa Parish
- 0.0%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 43 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
8.1 pts below MS
- Copiah
- 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 Copiah 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
Copiah County, At a glance
Copiah 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 Copiah County. Tangipahoa Parish, LA, 86 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
Copiah County, Compared
Copiah County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411No Mississippi county, Copiah 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 Tangipahoa Parish, LA (86 miles away) at 0.0%, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (99 miles away) at 0.0% and Jefferson Parish, LA (145 miles away) at 1.5%.
EPA's 1993 map puts Copiah 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.
Copiah County, Geology
The ground under Copiah County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Copiah County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Pine Hills, to which USGS gives a radon index of 6, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hills | Sand, sandstone, bentonitic clay, quartzite, gravel, tuff, and siltstone. | Low | 6 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Copiah County beside the ground around it
Across Mississippi 0.1% of the land is rated high; none of Copiah County's is. None of the 7 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Copiah County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Copiah 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
Copiah County, Questions
Questions about radon in Copiah County
Are radon levels high in Copiah County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Copiah County, Mississippi yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 218 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 10.1%.
Which counties border Copiah County?
Copiah County borders 7 counties: Lawrence County, Claiborne County, Hinds County, Lincoln County, Simpson County, Jefferson County and Rankin County.
Products
Copiah County, Products
Testing a home in Copiah County
No CDC figure names Copiah County; the nearest county with one, Tangipahoa Parish, LA (86 miles away), reported 0.0% 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 Copiah County.
Test kits and monitors3
See every kit and monitor
Long-term kit
RL416 long-term radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
MonitorX-Sense
XR0A-SR battery digital radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Screen
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Copiah County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Copiah County
Calculated by Radon411counties bordering Copiah County: 1 of 7
Copiah County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Copiah County
About 27,497 people live in Copiah County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 766 fewer than in 2020 (−2.7%). That works out to 35 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Crystal Springs, the largest, has 4,629 residents, 16.8% of the total.
From Crystal Springs to Georgetown, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Copiah County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Springs | 4,629 | −3.8% | 16.8% |
| Hazlehurst | 3,435 | −4.8% | 12.5% |
| Wessonextends beyond Copiah County | 1,769 | −3.2% | Counted whole |
| Beauregard | 280 | −1.8% | 1.0% |
| Georgetown | 245 | −4.3% | 0.9% |
5 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). A place that extends beyond Copiah County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Copiah County, Homes
Homes in Copiah County
Of Copiah County's 12,457 homes, 64% are detached houses, against 69% across Mississippi; 29% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1986, close to Mississippi's 1986: 15% date from before 1960 and 25% from 2000 or later. 74% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Mississippi: 69%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Copiah County | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 12,457 | 1,332,811 |
| Detached houses | 64% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 9% |
| Mobile homes | 29% | 15% |
| Built before 1960 | 15% | 15% |
| Built since 2000 | 25% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1986 | 1986 |
| Owner-occupied | 74% | 69% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.