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Radon Levels in Hinds County, Mississippi
EPA puts Hinds 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, 113 miles
- Tangipahoa Parish
- 0.0%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 43 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
8.1 pts below MS
- Hinds
- 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 Hinds 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
Hinds County, At a glance
Hinds 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 Hinds County. Tangipahoa Parish, LA, 113 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
Hinds County, Compared
Hinds County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC publishes no radon test figure for Hinds County, and none for any other Mississippi county: its counts over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals cover 2,669 counties elsewhere in the country. 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 (113 miles away) at 0.0%, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (125 miles away) at 0.0% and Mobile County, AL (167 miles away) at 4.4%.
EPA's 1993 map puts Hinds 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.
Hinds County, Geology
The ground under Hinds County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Hinds County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 37.4% of Hinds County in the area it calls Loess Hills and 32.4% in Pine Hills, with one smaller area beside them. USGS gives the first a radon index of 7 and the second 6, both in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loess Hills | Loess. | Low | 7 | 37.4% |
| Pine Hills | Sand, sandstone, bentonitic clay, quartzite, gravel, tuff, and siltstone. | Low | 6 | 32.4% |
| Jackson Prairies | Sand, marl, clay, and limestone. | Low | 8 | 30.2% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Hinds County beside the ground around it
Across Mississippi 0.1% of the land is rated high; none of Hinds 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
Hinds County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Hinds 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
Hinds County, Questions
Questions about radon in Hinds County
Are radon levels high in Hinds County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Hinds County, Mississippi yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 209 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 31.9%.
Which counties border Hinds County?
Hinds County borders 7 counties: Warren County, Rankin County, Copiah County, Yazoo County, Madison County, Claiborne County and Simpson County.
Products
Hinds County, Products
Testing a home in Hinds County
No CDC figure names Hinds County; the nearest county with one, Tangipahoa Parish, LA (113 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 Hinds County.
Test kits and monitors3
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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
Monitor
View Radon Wi-Fi radon monitor with an e-paper display
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Approved
- Battery
- Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
- Screen, app
Method: Alpha spectrometry
Readings: Every 60 minutes
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Hinds County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Hinds County
Calculated by Radon411counties bordering Hinds County: 1 of 7
Hinds County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Hinds County
Hinds County has been losing residents: from 226,778 in 2020 to 211,888 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 6.6% by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 244 people per square mile of land. Jackson, the largest place on its list (141,196 residents in all), extends beyond Hinds County, so no share of the total is worked out for it.
From Jackson to Learned, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Hinds County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonextends beyond Hinds County | 141,196 | −7.7% | Counted whole |
| Clinton | 26,640 | −4.8% | 12.6% |
| Byram | 12,707 | −2.6% | 6.0% |
| Terry | 1,557 | +18.0% | 0.7% |
| Raymond | 1,384 | −28.4% | 0.7% |
| Edwards | 926 | −6.1% | 0.4% |
| Utica | 602 | −4.9% | 0.3% |
| Bolton | 424 | −3.6% | 0.2% |
| Learned | 54 | −3.6% | Under 0.1% |
9 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 Hinds County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Hinds County, Homes
Homes in Hinds County
Of Hinds County's 106,225 homes, 69% are detached houses, against 69% across Mississippi; 18% are in buildings of five or more homes. The homes are older than Mississippi's as a whole: half were built before 1974 (1986 for Mississippi), and 25% date from before 1960. 58% 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 | Hinds County | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 106,225 | 1,332,811 |
| Detached houses | 69% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 18% | 9% |
| Mobile homes | 4% | 15% |
| Built before 1960 | 25% | 15% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1974 | 1986 |
| Owner-occupied | 58% | 69% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.