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 Yazoo County, Mississippi
EPA puts Yazoo 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, 148 miles
- Tangipahoa Parish
- 0.0%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 43 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
8.1 pts below MS
- Yazoo
- 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 Yazoo 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
Yazoo County, At a glance
Yazoo 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 Yazoo County. Tangipahoa Parish, LA, 148 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
Yazoo County, Compared
Yazoo County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC publishes no radon test figure for Yazoo 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 (148 miles away) at 0.0%, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (160 miles away) at 0.0% and Shelby County, TN (168 miles away) at 7.0%.
EPA's 1993 map puts Yazoo 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.
Yazoo County, Geology
The ground under Yazoo County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Yazoo County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 48.4% of Yazoo County in the area it calls Loess Hills and 41.2% in Mississippi Alluvial Plain, with one smaller area beside them. USGS gives the first a radon index of 7 and the second 8, 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 | 48.4% |
| Mississippi Alluvial Plain | Alluvial sand, silt, gravel, and clay. | Low | 8 | 41.2% |
| North Central Hills/Flatwoods | Tertiary nonmarine to deltaic sediments ranging from sand to clay. | Low | 8 | 10.4% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Yazoo County beside the ground around it
Across Mississippi 0.1% of the land is rated high; none of Yazoo County's is. None of the 8 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Yazoo County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Yazoo 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
Yazoo County, Questions
Questions about radon in Yazoo County
Are radon levels high in Yazoo County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Yazoo County, Mississippi yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 186 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 31.9%.
Which counties border Yazoo County?
Yazoo County borders 8 counties: Madison County, Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Hinds County, Holmes County, Warren County, Issaquena County and Attala County.
Products
Yazoo County, Products
Testing a home in Yazoo County
No CDC figure names Yazoo County; the nearest county with one, Tangipahoa Parish, LA (148 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 Yazoo 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
Monitor
RM-65 rechargeable radon detector with a color screen and alarm
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 6 hours
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Yazoo County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Yazoo County
Calculated by Radon411counties bordering Yazoo County: 1 of 8
Yazoo County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Yazoo County
Yazoo County has been losing residents: from 26,671 in 2020 to 22,947 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 14.0% by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 25 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Yazoo City, has 9,867 residents, 43.0% of the total. Together its 4 incorporated places hold 45.0% of those residents; the other 55.0% live outside any of them.
From Yazoo City to Satartia, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Yazoo County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yazoo City | 9,867 | −6.6% | 43.0% |
| Bentonia | 296 | −6.9% | 1.3% |
| Eden | 134 | +0.8% | 0.6% |
| Satartia | 38 | −7.3% | 0.2% |
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).
Yazoo County, Homes
Homes in Yazoo County
Of Yazoo County's 10,473 homes, 64% are detached houses, against 69% across Mississippi; 21% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1979, close to Mississippi's 1986: 23% date from before 1960 and 22% from 2000 or later. 55% 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 | Yazoo County | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 10,473 | 1,332,811 |
| Detached houses | 64% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 9% | 9% |
| Mobile homes | 21% | 15% |
| Built before 1960 | 23% | 15% |
| Built since 2000 | 22% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1979 | 1986 |
| Owner-occupied | 55% | 69% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.