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Counties in Mississippi by establishment entry rate, 2023

Issaquena County had the highest establishment entry rate of 81 counties in 2023, at 25%. Sharkey County had the lowest, at 3.333%. The median was 8.66% and the figure for Mississippi was 9.077%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest25Issaquena County
Lowest3.333Sharkey County
Median8.6681 counties
Mississippi9.077History

Map of counties, 2023

Adams County: 7.544 %Alcorn County: 8.14 %Amite County: 8.696 %Attala County: 8.504 %Benton County: 9.396 %Bolivar County: 10.63 %Calhoun County: 8.471 %Carroll County: 11.111 %Chickasaw County: 6.01 %Choctaw County: 12.605 %Claiborne County: 5.464 %Clarke County: 12.019 %Clay County: 8.215 %Coahoma County: 9.283 %Copiah County: 11.298 %Covington County: 7.742 %DeSoto County: 11.138 %Forrest County: 7.64 %Franklin County: 9.174 %George County: 10.289 %Greene County: 12.712 %Grenada County: 7.984 %Hancock County: 13.015 %Harrison County: 9.822 %Hinds County: 8.595 %Holmes County: 5.542 %Humphreys County: 12.658 %Issaquena County: 25 %Itawamba County: 7.756 %Jackson County: 9.153 %Jasper County: 11.794 %Jefferson Davis County: 9.322 %Jones County: 9.677 %Kemper County: 10.345 %Lafayette County: 11.17 %Lamar County: 8.93 %Lauderdale County: 6.765 %Lawrence County: 16.413 %Leake County: 10.067 %Lee County: 7.936 %Leflore County: 7.246 %Lincoln County: 8.883 %Lowndes County: 8.266 %Madison County: 11.124 %Marion County: 6.18 %Marshall County: 10.579 %Monroe County: 9.422 %Montgomery County: 6.522 %Neshoba County: 9.611 %Newton County: 5.342 %Noxubee County: 7.186 %Oktibbeha County: 10.598 %Panola County: 8.656 %Pearl River County: 10.982 %Perry County: 8.197 %Pike County: 6.36 %Pontotoc County: 11.145 %Prentiss County: 6.472 %Quitman County: 8.163 %Rankin County: 9.937 %Scott County: 6.881 %Sharkey County: 3.333 %Simpson County: 7.353 %Smith County: 10.895 %Stone County: 9.091 %Sunflower County: 6.194 %Tallahatchie County: 9.836 %Tate County: 7.065 %Tippah County: 7.013 %Tishomingo County: 8.66 %Tunica County: 8.26 %Union County: 7.913 %Walthall County: 11.29 %Warren County: 6.912 %Washington County: 5.906 %Wayne County: 6.795 %Webster County: 9.459 %Wilkinson County: 7.143 %Winston County: 6.886 %Yalobusha County: 7.947 %Yazoo County: 9.892 %
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%, 2023. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Issaquena County: 25 %Issaquena County25Lawrence County: 16.413 %Lawrence County16.413Hancock County: 13.015 %Hancock County13.015Greene County: 12.712 %Greene County12.712Humphreys County: 12.658 %Humphreys County12.658Choctaw County: 12.605 %Choctaw County12.605Clarke County: 12.019 %Clarke County12.019Jasper County: 11.794 %Jasper County11.794Copiah County: 11.298 %Copiah County11.298Walthall County: 11.29 %Walthall County11.29Lafayette County: 11.17 %Lafayette County11.17Pontotoc County: 11.145 %Pontotoc County11.145DeSoto County: 11.138 %DeSoto County11.138Madison County: 11.124 %Madison County11.124Carroll County: 11.111 %Carroll County11.111Pearl River County: 10.982 %Pearl River County10.982Smith County: 10.895 %Smith County10.895Bolivar County: 10.63 %Bolivar County10.63Oktibbeha County: 10.598 %Oktibbeha County10.598Marshall County: 10.579 %Marshall County10.579Kemper County: 10.345 %Kemper County10.345George County: 10.289 %George County10.289Leake County: 10.067 %Leake County10.067Rankin County: 9.937 %Rankin County9.937Yazoo County: 9.892 %Yazoo County9.892Tallahatchie County: 9.836 %Tallahatchie County9.836Harrison County: 9.822 %Harrison County9.822Jones County: 9.677 %Jones County9.677Neshoba County: 9.611 %Neshoba County9.611Webster County: 9.459 %Webster County9.459Monroe County: 9.422 %Monroe County9.422Benton County: 9.396 %Benton County9.396Jefferson Davis County: 9.322 %Jefferson Davis County9.322Coahoma County: 9.283 %Coahoma County9.283Franklin County: 9.174 %Franklin County9.174Jackson County: 9.153 %Jackson County9.153Stone County: 9.091 %Stone County9.091Lamar County: 8.93 %Lamar County8.93Lincoln County: 8.883 %Lincoln County8.883Amite County: 8.696 %Amite County8.696Issaquena County: 25 %Issaquena County25Lawrence County: 16.413 %Lawrence County16.413Hancock County: 13.015 %Hancock County13.015Greene County: 12.712 %Greene County12.712Humphreys County: 12.658 %Humphreys County12.658Choctaw County: 12.605 %Choctaw County12.605Clarke County: 12.019 %Clarke County12.019Jasper County: 11.794 %Jasper County11.794Copiah County: 11.298 %Copiah County11.298Walthall County: 11.29 %Walthall County11.29Lafayette County: 11.17 %Lafayette County11.17Pontotoc County: 11.145 %Pontotoc County11.145DeSoto County: 11.138 %DeSoto County11.138Madison County: 11.124 %Madison County11.124Carroll County: 11.111 %Carroll County11.111Pearl River County: 10.982 %Pearl River County10.982Smith County: 10.895 %Smith County10.895Bolivar County: 10.63 %Bolivar County10.63Oktibbeha County: 10.598 %Oktibbeha County10.598Marshall County: 10.579 %Marshall County10.579Kemper County: 10.345 %Kemper County10.345George County: 10.289 %George County10.289Leake County: 10.067 %Leake County10.067Rankin County: 9.937 %Rankin County9.937Yazoo County: 9.892 %Yazoo County9.892Tallahatchie County: 9.836 %Tallahatchie County9.836Harrison County: 9.822 %Harrison County9.822Jones County: 9.677 %Jones County9.677Neshoba County: 9.611 %Neshoba County9.611Webster County: 9.459 %Webster County9.459Monroe County: 9.422 %Monroe County9.422Benton County: 9.396 %Benton County9.396Jefferson Davis County: 9.322 %Jefferson Davis County9.322Coahoma County: 9.283 %Coahoma County9.283Franklin County: 9.174 %Franklin County9.174Jackson County: 9.153 %Jackson County9.153Stone County: 9.091 %Stone County9.091Lamar County: 8.93 %Lamar County8.93Lincoln County: 8.883 %Lincoln County8.883Amite County: 8.696 %Amite County8.696
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Issaquena County25+25 pts
2Lawrence County16.413+9.54 pts
3Hancock County13.015-1.57 pts
4Greene County12.712-0.33 pts
5Humphreys County12.658+5 pts
6Choctaw County12.605-0.55 pts
7Clarke County12.019+4.74 pts
8Jasper County11.794+2.43 pts
9Copiah County11.298+3.64 pts
10Walthall County11.29+2.13 pts
11Lafayette County11.17+0.25 pts
12Pontotoc County11.145+2.66 pts
13DeSoto County11.138-0.34 pts
14Madison County11.124-0.22 pts
15Carroll County11.111-2.68 pts
16Pearl River County10.982-0.36 pts
17Smith County10.895+4.79 pts
18Bolivar County10.63+2.56 pts
19Oktibbeha County10.598-0.26 pts
20Marshall County10.579+3.22 pts
21Kemper County10.345n/a
22George County10.289-3.95 pts
23Leake County10.067+0.3 pts
24Rankin County9.937+0.05 pts
25Yazoo County9.892-1.15 pts
26Tallahatchie County9.836+4.61 pts
27Harrison County9.822-0.01 pts
28Jones County9.677+2.42 pts
29Neshoba County9.611+1.58 pts
30Webster County9.459-4.63 pts
31Monroe County9.422+0.69 pts
32Benton County9.396-4.71 pts
33Jefferson Davis County9.322-0.04 pts
34Coahoma County9.283+2.78 pts
35Franklin County9.174+3.46 pts
36Jackson County9.153-0.43 pts
37Stone County9.091-1.73 pts
38Lamar County8.93-0.92 pts
39Lincoln County8.883+0.27 pts
40Amite County8.696+0.93 pts
41Tishomingo County8.66-3.68 pts
42Panola County8.656-1.83 pts
43Hinds County8.595-0.31 pts
44Attala County8.504-1.86 pts
45Calhoun County8.471+1.62 pts
46Lowndes County8.266-0.8 pts
47Tunica County8.26-0.05 pts
48Clay County8.215-0.03 pts
49Perry County8.197+1.72 pts
50Quitman County8.163-0.75 pts
51Alcorn County8.14+2.04 pts
52Grenada County7.984+0.86 pts
53Yalobusha County7.947-6.29 pts
54Lee County7.936-1.36 pts
55Union County7.913-0.51 pts
56Itawamba County7.756-2.1 pts
57Covington County7.742-2.53 pts
58Forrest County7.64-2.12 pts
59Adams County7.544-0.28 pts
60Simpson County7.353-4.05 pts
61Leflore County7.246+0.05 pts
62Noxubee County7.186-4.71 pts
63Wilkinson County7.143+1.71 pts
64Tate County7.065-4.54 pts
65Tippah County7.013-2.55 pts
66Warren County6.912-2.04 pts
67Winston County6.886-4.81 pts
68Scott County6.881-2.19 pts
69Wayne County6.795-3.34 pts
70Lauderdale County6.765+0.3 pts
71Montgomery County6.522-5.05 pts
72Prentiss County6.472-0.55 pts
73Pike County6.36-1.65 pts
74Sunflower County6.194-1.8 pts
75Marion County6.18-2.26 pts
76Chickasaw County6.01-1.26 pts
77Washington County5.906-1.85 pts
78Holmes County5.542-2.34 pts
79Claiborne County5.464-2.96 pts
80Newton County5.342-6.91 pts
81Sharkey County3.333-5.51 pts

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About this ranking

Establishments that opened during the year (employees in March of the year and none a year earlier), as a percentage of the average number of establishments in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

An establishment is a single physical location, so a new branch of an existing firm counts as an entry: this is not the rate of new firms. Not comparable with enterprise_birth_rate, which counts new enterprises in Europe. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Mississippi by establishment entry rate, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Mississippi by establishment entry rate, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/mississippi-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Mississippi by establishment entry rate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/mississippi-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Mississippi by establishment entry rate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/mississippi-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Issaquena County, with 25% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Sharkey County, with 3.333% in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 counties have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.

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