Rankin County, Lee County, Lafayette County, Lowndes County, Oktibbeha County, Marshall County, Alcorn County, Monroe County, Pontotoc County, Neshoba County, Union County, Scott County, Prentiss County, Itawamba County, Leake County, Tippah County, Newton County, Tishomingo County, Clay County, Winston County, Attala County, Chickasaw County, Calhoun County, Webster County, Noxubee County, Kemper County, Choctaw County, and Benton County are the counties generally considered part of Northeast Mississippi.