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CDFI lenders in Rankin County, MS

1 certified CDFI names Rankin County or a town in it as part of their service area on their own website. 2 more are headquartered here. 19 more have a bank or credit-union branch here. 4 more say they serve all of Mississippi. Sources: lender websites (29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026), the CDFI Fund list (21 Oct 2026) and FDIC/NCUA branch records.

Name this county: 1
Based here: 2
Branch here: 19
Serve all of MS: 4

A lender naming Rankin County on its website is a good sign, not an offer. Lenders based elsewhere may lend here too. Search your exact ZIP code in the finder to include lenders based nearby. Towns in this county: Brandon, Florence, Flowood, Jackson, Pearl, Pelahatchie, Piney Woods, Puckett, Richland, Sandhill, Star, Whitfield.

Lenders compared for Rankin County

26 with local records

Lender	Local records	Loan sizes	Head office
1. Community Bank of Mississippi Bank or thrift, Flowood MS	headquarters here; 7 offices here; 24 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026; 412 home loans here, 2025	ask	7 mi
2. BANKPLUS Bank or thrift, Belzoni MS	5 offices here; 9 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026; 201 home loans here, 2025	ask	70 mi
3. BankFirst Financial Services Bank or thrift, Columbus MS	1 office here; 12 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026; 37 home loans here, 2025	ask	131 mi
4. Peoples Bank Bank or thrift, Mendenhall MS	1 office here; 32 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026; 12 home loans here, 2025	$500–$5M	24 mi
5. Citizens National Bank of Meridian Bank or thrift, Meridian MS	2 offices here; 4 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026; 28 home loans here, 2025	ask	79 mi
6. PRIORITYONE BANK Bank or thrift, Magee MS	4 offices here; 130 home loans here, 2025	ask	32 mi
7. Copiah Bank Bank or thrift, Hazlehurst MS	3 offices here; 32 home loans here, 2025	ask	36 mi
8. HOPE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Credit union, Jackson MS	1 office here; 17 home loans here, 2025	ask	11 mi
9. Bank of Forest Bank or thrift, Forest MS	1 office here; 8 home loans here, 2025	ask	32 mi
10. Community Bancshares of Mississippi, Inc. Bank holding company, Flowood MS	headquarters here; 7 offices here	ask	7 mi
11. THE CITIZENS BANK OF PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI Bank or thrift, Philadelphia MS	1 office here; 6 home loans here, 2025	ask	62 mi
12. Bank of Commerce Bank or thrift, Greenwood MS	14 home loans here, 2025	ask	88 mi
13. Southern Bancorp Bank Bank or thrift, Arkadelphia AR	6 home loans here, 2025	ask	219 mi
14. BancPlus Corporation Bank holding company, Ridgeland MS	5 offices here	ask	13 mi
15. Merchants & Planters Bank Bank or thrift, Raymond MS	5 home loans here, 2025	ask	28 mi
16. PriorityOne Capital Corporation Bank holding company, Magee MS	4 offices here	ask	32 mi
17. Liberty Bank and Trust Company Bank or thrift, New Orleans LA	4 home loans here, 2025	ask	154 mi
18. Copiah Bancshares, Inc. Bank holding company, Hazlehurst MS	3 offices here	ask	36 mi
19. Citizens National Banc Corp. Bank holding company, Meridian MS	2 offices here	ask	79 mi
20. Magnolia Federal Credit Union Credit union, Jackson MS	1 office here	from $500	13 mi
21. Members Exchange Federal Credit Union Credit union, Ridgeland MS	1 office here	ask	13 mi
22. Peoples Bancshares, Inc. Bank holding company, Mendenhall MS	1 office here	ask	24 mi
23. First Forest Corporation Bank holding company, Forest MS	1 office here	ask	32 mi
24. Citizens Holding Company Bank holding company, Philadelphia MS	1 office here	ask	62 mi
25. BankFirst Capital Corporation Bank holding company, Columbus MS	1 office here	ask	131 mi
26. Ferguson Federal Credit Union Credit union, Monticello MS	website names Rankin County	ask	51 mi

18 of these 26 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $185.4M in fiscal years 2000–2024 (CDFI Fund award database; each lender page lists its awards). An award funds the lender, not a particular borrower.

Order: how many kinds of local record we hold (its website names the county or a town in it, headquarters, a branch, SBA loans or HMDA home loans for borrowers here), then the number of those records, then the head office's distance from the county centre. Loan sizes are the range the lender's website states. It is not a rating and nobody pays for a place. SBA loans: SBA 7(a)/504 data (FY2020–FY2026, 3 or more shown); home loans: HMDA 2025 originations (3 or more shown); branches: FDIC/NCUA; distances are straight lines from the average position of the county's ZIP codes.

Where these lenders have offices

25 lenders

9 head offices and 120 branches or offices of 25 lenders on this page, within 30 miles of the centre of Rankin County. Lenders with no office nearby may still lend here; many work by phone and online.

Loan types confirmed on these lenders' websites

Auto / vehicle loans (3 lenders)
Home mortgages (3 lenders)
Personal / consumer loans (3 lenders)
Small-business loans (3 lenders)
SBA-backed loans (7(a)/504/Community Advantage) (2 lenders)
Agriculture / farm loans (1 lender)
Commercial real estate loans (1 lender)

Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county

21 certified CDFIs have at least one office in Rankin County (FDIC office data as of 30 Oct 2026 and NCUA branch data as of 30 Jun 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.

CDFI mortgage lenders active here

Certified CDFIs reported 923 originated home loans for properties in Rankin County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 21% of the 4,363 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.

Plus 10 more certified CDFIs with fewer than 3 loans here each (not listed).

A lender headquartered far away can appear here: HMDA counts the county of the property, not of the lender. Banks and credit unions below the HMDA reporting thresholds and most loan funds do not report, so other CDFIs may also lend here.

Source: FFIEC Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data for 2025, snapshot frozen 2 Jun 2026, loan-level records read through the CFPB HMDA Data Browser API on 3 Nov 2026. Originated loans only; applications that were denied, withdrawn or not accepted are not counted. HMDA publishes each loan amount as the middle of a $10,000 band, so totals and medians are approximate. Counts under 3 are not shown. How we match lenders.

Small business and SBA lending in Rankin County

Official statistics

Median household income in Rankin County is $79,357, 41% above the Mississippi figure of $56,447 (ACS 2020–2024).

Businesses here took 40.2 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: more than the median Mississippi county (19.1), rank 20 of 82.

Measure	Rankin County	Mississippi
Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023)	4,083 (6.8% of the state)	60,465
…of which under 20 employees	84%	85%
Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023)	14,654	253,350
Median household income (ACS 2020–2024)	$79,357 (41% above the state)	$56,447
SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026	164 (164 7(a), 0 504)	2,067
…per 1,000 businesses with employees	40.2 (rank 20 of 82 Mississippi counties)	19.1 (median county)
Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders	$187,350	$222,350
…with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender	84 (51%)	1,086 (53%)
Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–26	2.75 pts (63 loans; 10% at the SBA maximum)	2.5 pts (10% at the maximum)

Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 22 · FY2021 17 · FY2022 23 · FY2023 24 · FY2024 24 · FY2025 31 · FY2026 23.

For comparison, not an offer. SBA figures count approvals by every SBA lender for borrowers whose ZIP code lies in the county, not only CDFIs; approval is not disbursement. Rate over prime = the SBA's recorded initial rate minus the prime rate on the approval day; SBA caps it at 3 to 6.5 points depending on loan size (current prime rate and caps: methodology).

Sources: Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 and American Community Survey 2020–2024 (table B19013); SBA 7(a) & 504 FOIA data as of 30 Sep 2026; prime rate: FRED DPRIME; SBA maximums: SBA 7(a) terms. Downloaded 15 Nov 2026. How we compute these.

SBA loans made here by CDFIs

SBA data as of 30 Sep 2026

Certified CDFIs were the lender, the CDC or the third-party lender on 84 SBA approvals (84 7(a) loans) for borrowers in Rankin County in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 7 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $40.6M approved.

CDFIs with 3 or more: Peoples Bank (32), Community Bank of Mississippi (24), BankFirst Financial Services (12), BANKPLUS (9), Citizens National Bank of Meridian (4). 2 more CDFIs made 1 or 2 each.

Counted by the county of the borrower's ZIP code. Approval is not disbursement. These are only the SBA loans of certified CDFIs; most SBA lenders here are not CDFIs, and CDFIs also lend outside SBA programs.

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) & 504 FOIA loan data, files as of 30 Sep 2026, downloaded 3 Nov 2026. Our counts, cancelled approvals left out. How we match lenders.

CDFI lending recorded here (FY2022)

CDFI Fund data, released Dec 2024

1,677 loans and investments totaling $504.4M (median $119,384) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Rankin County in fiscal year 2022, by 40 reporting CDFIs.

Purpose (CDFI Fund category)	Count	Total	Median
Home improvement	377	$41.8M	$50,000
Non-real estate business	358	$198.6M	$169,640
Non-real estate microenterprise	308	$7.3M	$23,427
Home purchase	253	$68.8M	$213,300
Real estate: single-family housing construction	139	$52.3M	$344,000
Real estate: commercial construction, permanent or acquisition	117	$96.1M	$316,500
Other purposes	125	$39.5M

Of 39 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 13% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.

CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 2,206 consumer loans in Rankin County totaling $26.6M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 24% of them as serving low-income borrowers.

Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 672 · FY2019 801 · FY2020 2,112 · FY2021 2,061.

Only CDFIs that hold an active CDFI Fund award (CDFI Program, Native American CDFI Assistance or the CDFI Rapid Response Program) report these transactions, so this is not all lending by the certified CDFIs on this page. The Fund masks which CDFI made each loan, so we cannot say which lender listed here made them.

Source: CDFI Fund, CDFI/NACA/CDFI RRP Program Award Recipient Data Release, Transaction Level Report and Consumer Loan Report public files for fiscal year 2022 (released Dec 2024; downloaded 3 Nov 2026). Amounts are original loan or investment amounts as reported. Place = the 2010 census tract of each record. How we count.

Lenders whose website names Rankin County or a town in it

Ferguson Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Monticello, MSAgriculture / farm loans, Auto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Home mortgages…Names Rankin County · Southwest Mississippi: Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Pike, Simpson counties and part of Rankin CountyVerified

Headquartered in Rankin County

The official list gives a headquarters address here. Check each lender's page for where it lends.

Say they serve all of Mississippi

Free help before you apply

These offices give free or low-cost advice: a Small Business Development Center or SCORE mentor can help with the business plan, cash-flow projections and paperwork most business lenders ask for, and a HUD-approved housing counselor can help with a homebuyer course, a budget or a missed mortgage payment. Some counseling agencies also lend; using their advice does not commit you to their loans. Call ahead to check hours and what they cover.

Business advice

Housing counseling

Sources: SBA local assistance listings, read 6 Nov 2026; HUD's list of approved housing counseling agencies (open-data version last updated 9 Apr 2025). For the current list and the services each agency offers, use the CFPB's housing counselor search (it uses HUD's list) or call HUD at 800-569-4287. Offices are placed by ZIP code, so distances are approximate.