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Counties in Mississippi by establishment entry rate

Kemper County had the highest establishment entry rate of 80 counties in 2013, at 14.719%. Lawrence County had the lowest, at 3.195%. The median was 7.088% and the figure for Mississippi was 7.72%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest14.719Kemper County
Lowest3.195Lawrence County
Median7.08880 counties
Mississippi7.72History

Map of counties, 2013

Adams County: 6.712 %Alcorn County: 7.886 %Amite County: 10.303 %Attala County: 4.559 %Benton County: 11.189 %Bolivar County: 6.932 %Calhoun County: 6.186 %Carroll County: 6.349 %Chickasaw County: 7.055 %Choctaw County: 11.06 %Claiborne County: 7.273 %Clarke County: 6.048 %Clay County: 4.985 %Coahoma County: 6.14 %Copiah County: 9.889 %Covington County: 6.818 %DeSoto County: 9.338 %Forrest County: 7.096 %Franklin County: 6.796 %George County: 9.424 %Greene County: 6.481 %Grenada County: 7.031 %Hancock County: 9.602 %Harrison County: 7.664 %Hinds County: 7.65 %Holmes County: 6.565 %Humphreys County: 6.143 %Itawamba County: 8.267 %Jackson County: 7.418 %Jasper County: 7.026 %Jefferson County: 8.929 %Jefferson Davis County: 6.186 %Jones County: 5.845 %Kemper County: 14.719 %Lafayette County: 10.005 %Lamar County: 8.642 %Lauderdale County: 5.675 %Lawrence County: 3.195 %Leake County: 7.024 %Lee County: 8.131 %Leflore County: 8.017 %Lincoln County: 8 %Lowndes County: 7.426 %Madison County: 9.938 %Marion County: 7.38 %Marshall County: 9.945 %Monroe County: 5.945 %Montgomery County: 7.177 %Neshoba County: 6.693 %Newton County: 6.091 %Noxubee County: 7.547 %Oktibbeha County: 7.9 %Panola County: 7.023 %Pearl River County: 9.254 %Perry County: 8.118 %Pike County: 6.584 %Pontotoc County: 7.033 %Prentiss County: 5.058 %Rankin County: 8.285 %Scott County: 7.982 %Sharkey County: 5.505 %Simpson County: 8.971 %Smith County: 7.407 %Stone County: 6.413 %Sunflower County: 6.183 %Tallahatchie County: 7.08 %Tate County: 10.029 %Tippah County: 6.231 %Tishomingo County: 6.088 %Tunica County: 8.78 %Union County: 6.452 %Walthall County: 12.165 %Warren County: 6.691 %Washington County: 5.882 %Wayne County: 7.661 %Webster County: 11.486 %Wilkinson County: 3.922 %Winston County: 8.396 %Yalobusha County: 5.047 %Yazoo County: 5.618 %
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%, 2013. 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, 2013

Kemper County: 14.719 %Kemper County14.719Walthall County: 12.165 %Walthall County12.165Webster County: 11.486 %Webster County11.486Benton County: 11.189 %Benton County11.189Choctaw County: 11.06 %Choctaw County11.06Amite County: 10.303 %Amite County10.303Tate County: 10.029 %Tate County10.029Lafayette County: 10.005 %Lafayette County10.005Marshall County: 9.945 %Marshall County9.945Madison County: 9.938 %Madison County9.938Copiah County: 9.889 %Copiah County9.889Hancock County: 9.602 %Hancock County9.602George County: 9.424 %George County9.424DeSoto County: 9.338 %DeSoto County9.338Pearl River County: 9.254 %Pearl River County9.254Simpson County: 8.971 %Simpson County8.971Jefferson County: 8.929 %Jefferson County8.929Tunica County: 8.78 %Tunica County8.78Lamar County: 8.642 %Lamar County8.642Winston County: 8.396 %Winston County8.396Rankin County: 8.285 %Rankin County8.285Itawamba County: 8.267 %Itawamba County8.267Lee County: 8.131 %Lee County8.131Perry County: 8.118 %Perry County8.118Leflore County: 8.017 %Leflore County8.017Lincoln County: 8 %Lincoln County8Scott County: 7.982 %Scott County7.982Oktibbeha County: 7.9 %Oktibbeha County7.9Alcorn County: 7.886 %Alcorn County7.886Harrison County: 7.664 %Harrison County7.664Wayne County: 7.661 %Wayne County7.661Hinds County: 7.65 %Hinds County7.65Noxubee County: 7.547 %Noxubee County7.547Lowndes County: 7.426 %Lowndes County7.426Jackson County: 7.418 %Jackson County7.418Smith County: 7.407 %Smith County7.407Marion County: 7.38 %Marion County7.38Claiborne County: 7.273 %Claiborne County7.273Montgomery County: 7.177 %Montgomery County7.177Forrest County: 7.096 %Forrest County7.096Kemper County: 14.719 %Kemper County14.719Walthall County: 12.165 %Walthall County12.165Webster County: 11.486 %Webster County11.486Benton County: 11.189 %Benton County11.189Choctaw County: 11.06 %Choctaw County11.06Amite County: 10.303 %Amite County10.303Tate County: 10.029 %Tate County10.029Lafayette County: 10.005 %Lafayette County10.005Marshall County: 9.945 %Marshall County9.945Madison County: 9.938 %Madison County9.938Copiah County: 9.889 %Copiah County9.889Hancock County: 9.602 %Hancock County9.602George County: 9.424 %George County9.424DeSoto County: 9.338 %DeSoto County9.338Pearl River County: 9.254 %Pearl River County9.254Simpson County: 8.971 %Simpson County8.971Jefferson County: 8.929 %Jefferson County8.929Tunica County: 8.78 %Tunica County8.78Lamar County: 8.642 %Lamar County8.642Winston County: 8.396 %Winston County8.396Rankin County: 8.285 %Rankin County8.285Itawamba County: 8.267 %Itawamba County8.267Lee County: 8.131 %Lee County8.131Perry County: 8.118 %Perry County8.118Leflore County: 8.017 %Leflore County8.017Lincoln County: 8 %Lincoln County8Scott County: 7.982 %Scott County7.982Oktibbeha County: 7.9 %Oktibbeha County7.9Alcorn County: 7.886 %Alcorn County7.886Harrison County: 7.664 %Harrison County7.664Wayne County: 7.661 %Wayne County7.661Hinds County: 7.65 %Hinds County7.65Noxubee County: 7.547 %Noxubee County7.547Lowndes County: 7.426 %Lowndes County7.426Jackson County: 7.418 %Jackson County7.418Smith County: 7.407 %Smith County7.407Marion County: 7.38 %Marion County7.38Claiborne County: 7.273 %Claiborne County7.273Montgomery County: 7.177 %Montgomery County7.177Forrest County: 7.096 %Forrest County7.096
%. 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

RankCounties2013 (%)Change on 2012
1Kemper County14.719-0.17 pts
2Walthall County12.165+5.9 pts
3Webster County11.486-1.44 pts
4Benton County11.189+5.67 pts
5Choctaw County11.06+4.64 pts
6Amite County10.303+1.84 pts
7Tate County10.029+1.82 pts
8Lafayette County10.005+0.6 pts
9Marshall County9.945-1.12 pts
10Madison County9.938+1.21 pts
11Copiah County9.889+2.38 pts
12Hancock County9.602-2.48 pts
13George County9.424+0.64 pts
14DeSoto County9.338+0.48 pts
15Pearl River County9.254+1.5 pts
16Simpson County8.971+1.88 pts
17Jefferson County8.929+1.72 pts
18Tunica County8.78-1.57 pts
19Lamar County8.642-0.69 pts
20Winston County8.396+1.83 pts
21Rankin County8.285-0.97 pts
22Itawamba County8.267+3.55 pts
23Lee County8.131+0.24 pts
24Perry County8.118-0.03 pts
25Leflore County8.017+1.07 pts
26Lincoln County8-1.46 pts
27Scott County7.982+1.5 pts
28Oktibbeha County7.9-1.02 pts
29Alcorn County7.886+1.1 pts
30Harrison County7.664-0.91 pts
31Wayne County7.661+2.03 pts
32Hinds County7.65-0.22 pts
33Noxubee County7.547-1.54 pts
34Lowndes County7.426-0.68 pts
35Jackson County7.418-1.09 pts
36Smith County7.407+1.06 pts
37Marion County7.38+0.04 pts
38Claiborne County7.273+2.01 pts
39Montgomery County7.177+2.44 pts
40Forrest County7.096+0.64 pts
41Tallahatchie County7.08-0.52 pts
42Chickasaw County7.055-1.4 pts
43Pontotoc County7.033-0.31 pts
44Grenada County7.031+1.77 pts
45Jasper County7.026-0.15 pts
46Leake County7.024-2.05 pts
47Panola County7.023-0.09 pts
48Bolivar County6.932+1.62 pts
49Covington County6.818+0.75 pts
50Franklin County6.796-3.53 pts
51Adams County6.712+0.92 pts
52Neshoba County6.693-0.82 pts
53Warren County6.691-0.54 pts
54Pike County6.584-0.14 pts
55Holmes County6.565+0.06 pts
56Greene County6.481-2.65 pts
57Union County6.452-2 pts
58Stone County6.413-2.71 pts
59Carroll County6.349+0.07 pts
60Tippah County6.231+0.1 pts
61Calhoun County6.186-2.4 pts
61Jefferson Davis County6.186-0.55 pts
63Sunflower County6.183-2.73 pts
64Humphreys County6.143-2.7 pts
65Coahoma County6.14-1.27 pts
66Newton County6.091-3.88 pts
67Tishomingo County6.088-0.81 pts
68Clarke County6.048-6.02 pts
69Monroe County5.945-1.43 pts
70Washington County5.882-0.52 pts
71Jones County5.845+0.17 pts
72Lauderdale County5.675-1.29 pts
73Yazoo County5.618-4.16 pts
74Sharkey County5.505-1.97 pts
75Prentiss County5.058-2.61 pts
76Yalobusha County5.047-1.07 pts
77Clay County4.985-1.64 pts
78Attala County4.559-2.56 pts
79Wilkinson County3.922-3.68 pts
80Lawrence County3.195+0.19 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. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2013 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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, 2013) [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, 2013. 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?period=2013. 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, 2013. 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?period=2013.

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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, 2013 [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?period=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Kemper County, with 14.719% in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Lawrence County, with 3.195% in 2013.

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. 2 counties have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.

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