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Counties in Mississippi by establishment entry rate

Lafayette County had the highest establishment entry rate of 81 counties in 2016, at 13.098%. Issaquena County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 7.375% and the figure for Mississippi was 8.055%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest13.098Lafayette County
Lowest0Issaquena County
Median7.37581 counties
Mississippi8.055History

Map of counties, 2016

Adams County: 6.345 %Alcorn County: 7.152 %Amite County: 10.119 %Attala County: 8.861 %Benton County: 5.517 %Bolivar County: 5.581 %Calhoun County: 6.695 %Carroll County: 11.65 %Chickasaw County: 5.237 %Choctaw County: 9.39 %Claiborne County: 7.035 %Clarke County: 10.138 %Clay County: 5.357 %Coahoma County: 6.483 %Copiah County: 9.035 %Covington County: 3.185 %DeSoto County: 10.606 %Forrest County: 8.348 %Franklin County: 6.364 %George County: 7.599 %Greene County: 10.046 %Grenada County: 4.611 %Hancock County: 10.511 %Harrison County: 8.245 %Hinds County: 7.643 %Holmes County: 8.09 %Humphreys County: 4.348 %Issaquena County: 0 %Itawamba County: 9.38 %Jackson County: 8.266 %Jasper County: 4.831 %Jefferson County: 9.615 %Jefferson Davis County: 6.645 %Jones County: 6.83 %Lafayette County: 13.098 %Lamar County: 8.352 %Lauderdale County: 5.453 %Lawrence County: 6.94 %Leake County: 6.581 %Lee County: 8.446 %Leflore County: 7.278 %Lincoln County: 9.287 %Lowndes County: 7.115 %Madison County: 9.108 %Marion County: 8.098 %Marshall County: 7.756 %Monroe County: 6.997 %Montgomery County: 7.805 %Neshoba County: 5.438 %Newton County: 9.121 %Noxubee County: 12.689 %Oktibbeha County: 10.26 %Panola County: 5.805 %Pearl River County: 8.941 %Perry County: 8.088 %Pike County: 7.32 %Pontotoc County: 6.459 %Prentiss County: 6.197 %Quitman County: 6.557 %Rankin County: 9.349 %Scott County: 6.979 %Sharkey County: 4.63 %Simpson County: 7.949 %Smith County: 7.612 %Stone County: 6.977 %Sunflower County: 8.059 %Tallahatchie County: 4.665 %Tate County: 10.629 %Tippah County: 7.375 %Tishomingo County: 8.798 %Tunica County: 4.04 %Union County: 8.879 %Walthall County: 7.371 %Warren County: 8.562 %Washington County: 5.861 %Wayne County: 5.986 %Webster County: 7.612 %Wilkinson County: 5.932 %Winston County: 6.422 %Yalobusha County: 10.462 %Yazoo County: 6.799 %
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%, 2016. 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, 2016

Lafayette County: 13.098 %Lafayette County13.098Noxubee County: 12.689 %Noxubee County12.689Carroll County: 11.65 %Carroll County11.65Tate County: 10.629 %Tate County10.629DeSoto County: 10.606 %DeSoto County10.606Hancock County: 10.511 %Hancock County10.511Yalobusha County: 10.462 %Yalobusha County10.462Oktibbeha County: 10.26 %Oktibbeha County10.26Clarke County: 10.138 %Clarke County10.138Amite County: 10.119 %Amite County10.119Greene County: 10.046 %Greene County10.046Jefferson County: 9.615 %Jefferson County9.615Choctaw County: 9.39 %Choctaw County9.39Itawamba County: 9.38 %Itawamba County9.38Rankin County: 9.349 %Rankin County9.349Lincoln County: 9.287 %Lincoln County9.287Newton County: 9.121 %Newton County9.121Madison County: 9.108 %Madison County9.108Copiah County: 9.035 %Copiah County9.035Pearl River County: 8.941 %Pearl River County8.941Union County: 8.879 %Union County8.879Attala County: 8.861 %Attala County8.861Tishomingo County: 8.798 %Tishomingo County8.798Warren County: 8.562 %Warren County8.562Lee County: 8.446 %Lee County8.446Lamar County: 8.352 %Lamar County8.352Forrest County: 8.348 %Forrest County8.348Jackson County: 8.266 %Jackson County8.266Harrison County: 8.245 %Harrison County8.245Marion County: 8.098 %Marion County8.098Holmes County: 8.09 %Holmes County8.09Perry County: 8.088 %Perry County8.088Sunflower County: 8.059 %Sunflower County8.059Simpson County: 7.949 %Simpson County7.949Montgomery County: 7.805 %Montgomery County7.805Marshall County: 7.756 %Marshall County7.756Hinds County: 7.643 %Hinds County7.643Smith County: 7.612 %Smith County7.612Webster County: 7.612 %Webster County7.612George County: 7.599 %George County7.599Lafayette County: 13.098 %Lafayette County13.098Noxubee County: 12.689 %Noxubee County12.689Carroll County: 11.65 %Carroll County11.65Tate County: 10.629 %Tate County10.629DeSoto County: 10.606 %DeSoto County10.606Hancock County: 10.511 %Hancock County10.511Yalobusha County: 10.462 %Yalobusha County10.462Oktibbeha County: 10.26 %Oktibbeha County10.26Clarke County: 10.138 %Clarke County10.138Amite County: 10.119 %Amite County10.119Greene County: 10.046 %Greene County10.046Jefferson County: 9.615 %Jefferson County9.615Choctaw County: 9.39 %Choctaw County9.39Itawamba County: 9.38 %Itawamba County9.38Rankin County: 9.349 %Rankin County9.349Lincoln County: 9.287 %Lincoln County9.287Newton County: 9.121 %Newton County9.121Madison County: 9.108 %Madison County9.108Copiah County: 9.035 %Copiah County9.035Pearl River County: 8.941 %Pearl River County8.941Union County: 8.879 %Union County8.879Attala County: 8.861 %Attala County8.861Tishomingo County: 8.798 %Tishomingo County8.798Warren County: 8.562 %Warren County8.562Lee County: 8.446 %Lee County8.446Lamar County: 8.352 %Lamar County8.352Forrest County: 8.348 %Forrest County8.348Jackson County: 8.266 %Jackson County8.266Harrison County: 8.245 %Harrison County8.245Marion County: 8.098 %Marion County8.098Holmes County: 8.09 %Holmes County8.09Perry County: 8.088 %Perry County8.088Sunflower County: 8.059 %Sunflower County8.059Simpson County: 7.949 %Simpson County7.949Montgomery County: 7.805 %Montgomery County7.805Marshall County: 7.756 %Marshall County7.756Hinds County: 7.643 %Hinds County7.643Smith County: 7.612 %Smith County7.612Webster County: 7.612 %Webster County7.612George County: 7.599 %George County7.599
%. 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

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Lafayette County13.098+3 pts
2Noxubee County12.689+8.54 pts
3Carroll County11.65+2.7 pts
4Tate County10.629+5.22 pts
5DeSoto County10.606+1.38 pts
6Hancock County10.511+0.41 pts
7Yalobusha County10.462+1.03 pts
8Oktibbeha County10.26+1.42 pts
9Clarke County10.138-0.66 pts
10Amite County10.119+5.36 pts
11Greene County10.046+0.7 pts
12Jefferson County9.615n/a
13Choctaw County9.39+2.82 pts
14Itawamba County9.38+3.82 pts
15Rankin County9.349+0.32 pts
16Lincoln County9.287+2.93 pts
17Newton County9.121+0.51 pts
18Madison County9.108-0.4 pts
19Copiah County9.035+0.95 pts
20Pearl River County8.941-0.75 pts
21Union County8.879+2.06 pts
22Attala County8.861+2.09 pts
23Tishomingo County8.798+0.26 pts
24Warren County8.562+0.31 pts
25Lee County8.446+1.04 pts
26Lamar County8.352-2.65 pts
27Forrest County8.348-0.02 pts
28Jackson County8.266-1.1 pts
29Harrison County8.245+0.06 pts
30Marion County8.098+1.43 pts
31Holmes County8.09+4.12 pts
32Perry County8.088-0.8 pts
33Sunflower County8.059+2.21 pts
34Simpson County7.949+0.81 pts
35Montgomery County7.805+2.44 pts
36Marshall County7.756+0.9 pts
37Hinds County7.643-0.36 pts
38Smith County7.612+2.17 pts
38Webster County7.612-4.59 pts
40George County7.599+2.05 pts
41Tippah County7.375+0.19 pts
42Walthall County7.371+2.53 pts
43Pike County7.32+0.86 pts
44Leflore County7.278+2.96 pts
45Alcorn County7.152-0.09 pts
46Lowndes County7.115+0.38 pts
47Claiborne County7.035+0.04 pts
48Monroe County6.997-2.29 pts
49Scott County6.979+0.21 pts
50Stone County6.977-1.23 pts
51Lawrence County6.94-4.52 pts
52Jones County6.83+1.04 pts
53Yazoo County6.799-0.2 pts
54Calhoun County6.695+0.87 pts
55Jefferson Davis County6.645+2.05 pts
56Leake County6.581-0.99 pts
57Quitman County6.557-0.04 pts
58Coahoma County6.483+2.88 pts
59Pontotoc County6.459-1.59 pts
60Winston County6.422-0.59 pts
61Franklin County6.364-1.01 pts
62Adams County6.345-1.2 pts
63Prentiss County6.197-0.84 pts
64Wayne County5.986-2.63 pts
65Wilkinson County5.932+0.8 pts
66Washington County5.861-0.14 pts
67Panola County5.805-1.34 pts
68Bolivar County5.581+0.85 pts
69Benton County5.517+1.44 pts
70Lauderdale County5.453+0.02 pts
71Neshoba County5.438-0.81 pts
72Clay County5.357-1.44 pts
73Chickasaw County5.237-0.46 pts
74Jasper County4.831-0.32 pts
75Tallahatchie County4.665-1.69 pts
76Sharkey County4.63-1.82 pts
77Grenada County4.611-1.93 pts
78Humphreys County4.348-1.99 pts
79Tunica County4.04-3.78 pts
80Covington County3.185-5.06 pts
81Issaquena County0n/a

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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 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Lafayette County, with 13.098% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Issaquena County, with 0% in 2016.

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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 2016 and are not ranked.

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