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Counties in Mississippi by establishment entry rate

Webster County had the highest establishment entry rate of 80 counties in 2015, at 12.203%. Coahoma County had the lowest, at 3.605%. The median was 7.002% and the figure for Mississippi was 7.838%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest12.203Webster County
Lowest3.605Coahoma County
Median7.00280 counties
Mississippi7.838History

Map of counties, 2015

Adams County: 7.542 %Alcorn County: 7.243 %Amite County: 4.762 %Attala County: 6.774 %Benton County: 4.082 %Bolivar County: 4.73 %Calhoun County: 5.821 %Carroll County: 8.955 %Chickasaw County: 5.696 %Choctaw County: 6.573 %Claiborne County: 7 %Clarke County: 10.798 %Clay County: 6.795 %Coahoma County: 3.605 %Copiah County: 8.088 %Covington County: 8.241 %DeSoto County: 9.228 %Forrest County: 8.371 %Franklin County: 7.373 %George County: 5.546 %Greene County: 9.346 %Grenada County: 6.545 %Hancock County: 10.098 %Harrison County: 8.189 %Hinds County: 8.008 %Holmes County: 3.974 %Humphreys County: 6.338 %Itawamba County: 5.556 %Jackson County: 9.368 %Jasper County: 5.152 %Jefferson Davis County: 4.59 %Jones County: 5.787 %Kemper County: 4.717 %Lafayette County: 10.094 %Lamar County: 11.005 %Lauderdale County: 5.429 %Lawrence County: 11.465 %Leake County: 7.568 %Lee County: 7.411 %Leflore County: 4.315 %Lincoln County: 6.358 %Lowndes County: 6.734 %Madison County: 9.513 %Marion County: 6.667 %Marshall County: 6.859 %Monroe County: 9.291 %Montgomery County: 5.366 %Neshoba County: 6.244 %Newton County: 8.609 %Noxubee County: 4.154 %Oktibbeha County: 8.844 %Panola County: 7.149 %Pearl River County: 9.689 %Perry County: 8.889 %Pike County: 6.462 %Pontotoc County: 8.052 %Prentiss County: 7.036 %Quitman County: 6.593 %Rankin County: 9.033 %Scott County: 6.769 %Sharkey County: 6.452 %Simpson County: 7.143 %Smith County: 5.442 %Stone County: 8.203 %Sunflower County: 5.847 %Tallahatchie County: 6.358 %Tate County: 5.413 %Tippah County: 7.186 %Tishomingo County: 8.542 %Tunica County: 7.824 %Union County: 6.816 %Walthall County: 4.843 %Warren County: 8.253 %Washington County: 6.003 %Wayne County: 8.614 %Webster County: 12.203 %Wilkinson County: 5.128 %Winston County: 7.012 %Yalobusha County: 9.434 %Yazoo County: 7.003 %
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%, 2015. 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, 2015

Webster County: 12.203 %Webster County12.203Lawrence County: 11.465 %Lawrence County11.465Lamar County: 11.005 %Lamar County11.005Clarke County: 10.798 %Clarke County10.798Hancock County: 10.098 %Hancock County10.098Lafayette County: 10.094 %Lafayette County10.094Pearl River County: 9.689 %Pearl River County9.689Madison County: 9.513 %Madison County9.513Yalobusha County: 9.434 %Yalobusha County9.434Jackson County: 9.368 %Jackson County9.368Greene County: 9.346 %Greene County9.346Monroe County: 9.291 %Monroe County9.291DeSoto County: 9.228 %DeSoto County9.228Rankin County: 9.033 %Rankin County9.033Carroll County: 8.955 %Carroll County8.955Perry County: 8.889 %Perry County8.889Oktibbeha County: 8.844 %Oktibbeha County8.844Wayne County: 8.614 %Wayne County8.614Newton County: 8.609 %Newton County8.609Tishomingo County: 8.542 %Tishomingo County8.542Forrest County: 8.371 %Forrest County8.371Warren County: 8.253 %Warren County8.253Covington County: 8.241 %Covington County8.241Stone County: 8.203 %Stone County8.203Harrison County: 8.189 %Harrison County8.189Copiah County: 8.088 %Copiah County8.088Pontotoc County: 8.052 %Pontotoc County8.052Hinds County: 8.008 %Hinds County8.008Tunica County: 7.824 %Tunica County7.824Leake County: 7.568 %Leake County7.568Adams County: 7.542 %Adams County7.542Lee County: 7.411 %Lee County7.411Franklin County: 7.373 %Franklin County7.373Alcorn County: 7.243 %Alcorn County7.243Tippah County: 7.186 %Tippah County7.186Panola County: 7.149 %Panola County7.149Simpson County: 7.143 %Simpson County7.143Prentiss County: 7.036 %Prentiss County7.036Winston County: 7.012 %Winston County7.012Yazoo County: 7.003 %Yazoo County7.003Webster County: 12.203 %Webster County12.203Lawrence County: 11.465 %Lawrence County11.465Lamar County: 11.005 %Lamar County11.005Clarke County: 10.798 %Clarke County10.798Hancock County: 10.098 %Hancock County10.098Lafayette County: 10.094 %Lafayette County10.094Pearl River County: 9.689 %Pearl River County9.689Madison County: 9.513 %Madison County9.513Yalobusha County: 9.434 %Yalobusha County9.434Jackson County: 9.368 %Jackson County9.368Greene County: 9.346 %Greene County9.346Monroe County: 9.291 %Monroe County9.291DeSoto County: 9.228 %DeSoto County9.228Rankin County: 9.033 %Rankin County9.033Carroll County: 8.955 %Carroll County8.955Perry County: 8.889 %Perry County8.889Oktibbeha County: 8.844 %Oktibbeha County8.844Wayne County: 8.614 %Wayne County8.614Newton County: 8.609 %Newton County8.609Tishomingo County: 8.542 %Tishomingo County8.542Forrest County: 8.371 %Forrest County8.371Warren County: 8.253 %Warren County8.253Covington County: 8.241 %Covington County8.241Stone County: 8.203 %Stone County8.203Harrison County: 8.189 %Harrison County8.189Copiah County: 8.088 %Copiah County8.088Pontotoc County: 8.052 %Pontotoc County8.052Hinds County: 8.008 %Hinds County8.008Tunica County: 7.824 %Tunica County7.824Leake County: 7.568 %Leake County7.568Adams County: 7.542 %Adams County7.542Lee County: 7.411 %Lee County7.411Franklin County: 7.373 %Franklin County7.373Alcorn County: 7.243 %Alcorn County7.243Tippah County: 7.186 %Tippah County7.186Panola County: 7.149 %Panola County7.149Simpson County: 7.143 %Simpson County7.143Prentiss County: 7.036 %Prentiss County7.036Winston County: 7.012 %Winston County7.012Yazoo County: 7.003 %Yazoo County7.003
%. 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

RankCounties2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Webster County12.203+2.65 pts
2Lawrence County11.465+0.21 pts
3Lamar County11.005+3.24 pts
4Clarke County10.798+5.8 pts
5Hancock County10.098+0.72 pts
6Lafayette County10.094+0.44 pts
7Pearl River County9.689+1.08 pts
8Madison County9.513+0.01 pts
9Yalobusha County9.434+1.07 pts
10Jackson County9.368+1.31 pts
11Greene County9.346-1.92 pts
12Monroe County9.291+1.77 pts
13DeSoto County9.228-0.81 pts
14Rankin County9.033-1.04 pts
15Carroll County8.955-4.52 pts
16Perry County8.889+4.48 pts
17Oktibbeha County8.844+0.27 pts
18Wayne County8.614-1.51 pts
19Newton County8.609-1.9 pts
20Tishomingo County8.542-2.33 pts
21Forrest County8.371+0.99 pts
22Warren County8.253+2.37 pts
23Covington County8.241+1.16 pts
24Stone County8.203-1.82 pts
25Harrison County8.189-0.52 pts
26Copiah County8.088+0.01 pts
27Pontotoc County8.052+0.19 pts
28Hinds County8.008+0.25 pts
29Tunica County7.824+0.06 pts
30Leake County7.568-2.65 pts
31Adams County7.542+0.42 pts
32Lee County7.411-0.59 pts
33Franklin County7.373-2.29 pts
34Alcorn County7.243-0.01 pts
35Tippah County7.186-1.71 pts
36Panola County7.149+2.01 pts
37Simpson County7.143-2.38 pts
38Prentiss County7.036+1.07 pts
39Winston County7.012+0.08 pts
40Yazoo County7.003-0.04 pts
41Claiborne County7+1.26 pts
42Marshall County6.859-4.6 pts
43Union County6.816-1.49 pts
44Clay County6.795-2.35 pts
45Attala County6.774+1.74 pts
46Scott County6.769+0.12 pts
47Lowndes County6.734-1.51 pts
48Marion County6.667-2.02 pts
49Quitman County6.593-1.18 pts
50Choctaw County6.573+1.07 pts
51Grenada County6.545+0.56 pts
52Pike County6.462+0.43 pts
53Sharkey County6.452+1.89 pts
54Lincoln County6.358-2.27 pts
54Tallahatchie County6.358-0.08 pts
56Humphreys County6.338+0.07 pts
57Neshoba County6.244+0.02 pts
58Washington County6.003-0.22 pts
59Sunflower County5.847-0.7 pts
60Calhoun County5.821+0.43 pts
61Jones County5.787-0.85 pts
62Chickasaw County5.696-2.71 pts
63Itawamba County5.556-3.76 pts
64George County5.546-0.32 pts
65Smith County5.442-0.72 pts
66Lauderdale County5.429-0.37 pts
67Tate County5.413-5.54 pts
68Montgomery County5.366-0.9 pts
69Jasper County5.152-0.84 pts
70Wilkinson County5.128n/a
71Walthall County4.843+0.52 pts
72Amite County4.762-4.19 pts
73Bolivar County4.73-2.69 pts
74Kemper County4.717-3.14 pts
75Jefferson Davis County4.59-4.71 pts
76Leflore County4.315-1.23 pts
77Noxubee County4.154-2.61 pts
78Benton County4.082-4.08 pts
79Holmes County3.974-2.14 pts
80Coahoma County3.605-3.47 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 2015 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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, 2015. 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=2015.

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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, 2015 [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=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Webster County, with 12.203% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Coahoma County, with 3.605% in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.

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