# Counties in Mississippi by establishment entry rate, 2023

All 81 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 1 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `establishment_entry_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/mississippi-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Issaquena County | 25 |
| 2 | Lawrence County | 16.413 |
| 3 | Hancock County | 13.015 |
| 4 | Greene County | 12.712 |
| 5 | Humphreys County | 12.658 |
| 6 | Choctaw County | 12.605 |
| 7 | Clarke County | 12.019 |
| 8 | Jasper County | 11.794 |
| 9 | Copiah County | 11.298 |
| 10 | Walthall County | 11.29 |
| 11 | Lafayette County | 11.17 |
| 12 | Pontotoc County | 11.145 |
| 13 | DeSoto County | 11.138 |
| 14 | Madison County | 11.124 |
| 15 | Carroll County | 11.111 |
| 16 | Pearl River County | 10.982 |
| 17 | Smith County | 10.895 |
| 18 | Bolivar County | 10.63 |
| 19 | Oktibbeha County | 10.598 |
| 20 | Marshall County | 10.579 |
| 21 | Kemper County | 10.345 |
| 22 | George County | 10.289 |
| 23 | Leake County | 10.067 |
| 24 | Rankin County | 9.937 |
| 25 | Yazoo County | 9.892 |
| 26 | Tallahatchie County | 9.836 |
| 27 | Harrison County | 9.822 |
| 28 | Jones County | 9.677 |
| 29 | Neshoba County | 9.611 |
| 30 | Webster County | 9.459 |
| 31 | Monroe County | 9.422 |
| 32 | Benton County | 9.396 |
| 33 | Jefferson Davis County | 9.322 |
| 34 | Coahoma County | 9.283 |
| 35 | Franklin County | 9.174 |
| 36 | Jackson County | 9.153 |
| 37 | Stone County | 9.091 |
| 38 | Lamar County | 8.93 |
| 39 | Lincoln County | 8.883 |
| 40 | Amite County | 8.696 |
| 41 | Tishomingo County | 8.66 |
| 42 | Panola County | 8.656 |
| 43 | Hinds County | 8.595 |
| 44 | Attala County | 8.504 |
| 45 | Calhoun County | 8.471 |
| 46 | Lowndes County | 8.266 |
| 47 | Tunica County | 8.26 |
| 48 | Clay County | 8.215 |
| 49 | Perry County | 8.197 |
| 50 | Quitman County | 8.163 |
| 51 | Alcorn County | 8.14 |
| 52 | Grenada County | 7.984 |
| 53 | Yalobusha County | 7.947 |
| 54 | Lee County | 7.936 |
| 55 | Union County | 7.913 |
| 56 | Itawamba County | 7.756 |
| 57 | Covington County | 7.742 |
| 58 | Forrest County | 7.64 |
| 59 | Adams County | 7.544 |
| 60 | Simpson County | 7.353 |
| 61 | Leflore County | 7.246 |
| 62 | Noxubee County | 7.186 |
| 63 | Wilkinson County | 7.143 |
| 64 | Tate County | 7.065 |
| 65 | Tippah County | 7.013 |
| 66 | Warren County | 6.912 |
| 67 | Winston County | 6.886 |
| 68 | Scott County | 6.881 |
| 69 | Wayne County | 6.795 |
| 70 | Lauderdale County | 6.765 |
| 71 | Montgomery County | 6.522 |
| 72 | Prentiss County | 6.472 |
| 73 | Pike County | 6.36 |
| 74 | Sunflower County | 6.194 |
| 75 | Marion County | 6.18 |
| 76 | Chickasaw County | 6.01 |
| 77 | Washington County | 5.906 |
| 78 | Holmes County | 5.542 |
| 79 | Claiborne County | 5.464 |
| 80 | Newton County | 5.342 |
| 81 | Sharkey County | 3.333 |