# Counties in Mississippi by employer firm births, 2023

All 79 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 3 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- 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.
- 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_cty_fac.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-22
- 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_cty_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firm-births/mississippi-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Harrison County | 245 |
| 2 | Hinds County | 232 |
| 3 | DeSoto County | 231 |
| 3 | Rankin County | 231 |
| 5 | Madison County | 216 |
| 6 | Jackson County | 145 |
| 7 | Lee County | 121 |
| 8 | Lafayette County | 91 |
| 9 | Lamar County | 84 |
| 10 | Lauderdale County | 76 |
| 11 | Forrest County | 73 |
| 11 | Jones County | 73 |
| 13 | Lowndes County | 68 |
| 14 | Hancock County | 58 |
| 15 | Pearl River County | 53 |
| 16 | Lincoln County | 47 |
| 16 | Oktibbeha County | 47 |
| 18 | Monroe County | 43 |
| 19 | Alcorn County | 38 |
| 20 | Bolivar County | 36 |
| 20 | Pike County | 36 |
| 22 | Washington County | 34 |
| 23 | Pontotoc County | 33 |
| 24 | Union County | 31 |
| 24 | Warren County | 31 |
| 26 | Panola County | 30 |
| 27 | Marshall County | 29 |
| 27 | Neshoba County | 29 |
| 29 | Copiah County | 28 |
| 30 | Tishomingo County | 26 |
| 31 | Grenada County | 25 |
| 32 | Adams County | 24 |
| 32 | Leflore County | 24 |
| 34 | Prentiss County | 23 |
| 35 | Simpson County | 22 |
| 36 | George County | 21 |
| 37 | Leake County | 20 |
| 38 | Attala County | 19 |
| 38 | Coahoma County | 19 |
| 38 | Marion County | 19 |
| 41 | Scott County | 18 |
| 42 | Yazoo County | 17 |
| 43 | Clarke County | 16 |
| 43 | Covington County | 16 |
| 43 | Lawrence County | 16 |
| 43 | Walthall County | 16 |
| 47 | Itawamba County | 15 |
| 47 | Jasper County | 15 |
| 47 | Stone County | 15 |
| 47 | Tate County | 15 |
| 51 | Chickasaw County | 14 |
| 51 | Clay County | 14 |
| 51 | Sunflower County | 14 |
| 51 | Tippah County | 14 |
| 55 | Winston County | 13 |
| 56 | Amite County | 12 |
| 56 | Smith County | 12 |
| 58 | Calhoun County | 11 |
| 58 | Choctaw County | 11 |
| 60 | Wayne County | 10 |
| 61 | Franklin County | 9 |
| 61 | Greene County | 9 |
| 63 | Humphreys County | 8 |
| 63 | Noxubee County | 8 |
| 63 | Tallahatchie County | 8 |
| 63 | Tunica County | 8 |
| 63 | Yalobusha County | 8 |
| 68 | Carroll County | 7 |
| 68 | Jefferson Davis County | 7 |
| 68 | Newton County | 7 |
| 71 | Benton County | 6 |
| 71 | Kemper County | 6 |
| 71 | Perry County | 6 |
| 71 | Webster County | 6 |
| 75 | Holmes County | 5 |
| 75 | Montgomery County | 5 |
| 77 | Claiborne County | 4 |
| 78 | Wilkinson County | 3 |
| 79 | Jefferson County | 0 |