# Employer firm births in Mississippi

Employer firm births in Mississippi was 3,132 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-state-28`
- Unit: count
- Definition: New employer firms: firms of age zero in March of the year, meaning that every establishment of the firm had its first employees during the previous twelve months. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, which calls these firms startups.
- Note: A firm counts only when it has employees, so a business without staff is not a birth, and a new branch, merger or change of ownership of an existing firm is not a birth either. Not the same as business_applications (requests for an employer number) or enterprise_births (European business demography). The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_fa.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-22
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_fa.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/mississippi
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-state-28

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,132 |
| 2022 | 3,129 |
| 2021 | 3,093 |
| 2020 | 2,734 |
| 2019 | 2,675 |
| 2018 | 2,620 |
| 2017 | 2,679 |
| 2016 | 2,699 |
| 2015 | 2,658 |
| 2014 | 2,612 |
| 2013 | 2,603 |
| 2012 | 2,639 |
| 2011 | 2,644 |
| 2010 | 2,678 |
| 2009 | 2,782 |
| 2008 | 3,444 |
| 2007 | 3,905 |
| 2006 | 3,794 |
| 2005 | 3,727 |
| 2004 | 3,722 |
| 2003 | 3,666 |
| 2002 | 3,602 |
| 2001 | 3,457 |
| 2000 | 3,572 |
| 1999 | 3,962 |
| 1998 | 4,074 |
| 1997 | 4,245 |
| 1996 | 4,289 |
| 1995 | 4,345 |
| 1994 | 4,282 |
| 1993 | 4,206 |
| 1992 | 3,681 |
| 1991 | 3,768 |
| 1990 | 4,198 |
| 1989 | 3,996 |
| 1988 | 4,034 |
| 1987 | 4,269 |
| 1986 | 4,301 |
| 1985 | 4,401 |
| 1984 | 5,156 |
| 1983 | 3,952 |
| 1982 | 3,698 |
| 1981 | 3,844 |
| 1980 | 4,289 |
| 1979 | 4,800 |
| 1978 | 4,915 |