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Counties in Mississippi by establishment entry rate

Carroll County had the highest establishment entry rate of 81 counties in 2017, at 11.927%. Yalobusha County had the lowest, at 2.532%. The median was 7.353% and the figure for Mississippi was 7.959%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest11.927Carroll County
Lowest2.532Yalobusha County
Median7.35381 counties
Mississippi7.959History

Map of counties, 2017

Adams County: 6.427 %Alcorn County: 5.321 %Amite County: 4.819 %Attala County: 8.615 %Benton County: 5.594 %Bolivar County: 6.33 %Calhoun County: 7.453 %Carroll County: 11.927 %Chickasaw County: 6.645 %Choctaw County: 8.451 %Claiborne County: 7.143 %Clarke County: 5.034 %Clay County: 7.407 %Coahoma County: 5.812 %Copiah County: 8.203 %Covington County: 7.074 %DeSoto County: 9.276 %Forrest County: 8.273 %Franklin County: 3.791 %George County: 10.101 %Greene County: 11.607 %Grenada County: 6.93 %Hancock County: 9.254 %Harrison County: 8.376 %Hinds County: 7.495 %Holmes County: 6.335 %Humphreys County: 5.405 %Itawamba County: 7.704 %Jackson County: 8.37 %Jasper County: 4.914 %Jefferson County: 7.547 %Jefferson Davis County: 4.138 %Jones County: 7.733 %Kemper County: 9.434 %Lafayette County: 11.916 %Lamar County: 9.432 %Lauderdale County: 6.99 %Lawrence County: 7.19 %Leake County: 9.158 %Lee County: 7.523 %Leflore County: 6.427 %Lincoln County: 6.242 %Lowndes County: 8.228 %Madison County: 10.614 %Marion County: 5.405 %Marshall County: 9.642 %Monroe County: 8.725 %Montgomery County: 7.353 %Neshoba County: 6.237 %Newton County: 10.714 %Noxubee County: 6.061 %Oktibbeha County: 7.772 %Panola County: 6.804 %Pearl River County: 7.347 %Perry County: 6.061 %Pike County: 6.572 %Pontotoc County: 6.054 %Prentiss County: 9.73 %Quitman County: 7.91 %Rankin County: 8.981 %Scott County: 9.052 %Sharkey County: 5.714 %Simpson County: 8.408 %Smith County: 5.776 %Stone County: 5.447 %Sunflower County: 7.117 %Tallahatchie County: 6.061 %Tate County: 6.052 %Tippah County: 5.613 %Tishomingo County: 7.976 %Tunica County: 7.008 %Union County: 5.864 %Walthall County: 7.921 %Warren County: 6.164 %Washington County: 5.388 %Wayne County: 11.618 %Webster County: 10.145 %Wilkinson County: 7.563 %Winston County: 8.459 %Yalobusha County: 2.532 %Yazoo County: 9.143 %
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%, 2017. 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, 2017

Carroll County: 11.927 %Carroll County11.927Lafayette County: 11.916 %Lafayette County11.916Wayne County: 11.618 %Wayne County11.618Greene County: 11.607 %Greene County11.607Newton County: 10.714 %Newton County10.714Madison County: 10.614 %Madison County10.614Webster County: 10.145 %Webster County10.145George County: 10.101 %George County10.101Prentiss County: 9.73 %Prentiss County9.73Marshall County: 9.642 %Marshall County9.642Kemper County: 9.434 %Kemper County9.434Lamar County: 9.432 %Lamar County9.432DeSoto County: 9.276 %DeSoto County9.276Hancock County: 9.254 %Hancock County9.254Leake County: 9.158 %Leake County9.158Yazoo County: 9.143 %Yazoo County9.143Scott County: 9.052 %Scott County9.052Rankin County: 8.981 %Rankin County8.981Monroe County: 8.725 %Monroe County8.725Attala County: 8.615 %Attala County8.615Winston County: 8.459 %Winston County8.459Choctaw County: 8.451 %Choctaw County8.451Simpson County: 8.408 %Simpson County8.408Harrison County: 8.376 %Harrison County8.376Jackson County: 8.37 %Jackson County8.37Forrest County: 8.273 %Forrest County8.273Lowndes County: 8.228 %Lowndes County8.228Copiah County: 8.203 %Copiah County8.203Tishomingo County: 7.976 %Tishomingo County7.976Walthall County: 7.921 %Walthall County7.921Quitman County: 7.91 %Quitman County7.91Oktibbeha County: 7.772 %Oktibbeha County7.772Jones County: 7.733 %Jones County7.733Itawamba County: 7.704 %Itawamba County7.704Wilkinson County: 7.563 %Wilkinson County7.563Jefferson County: 7.547 %Jefferson County7.547Lee County: 7.523 %Lee County7.523Hinds County: 7.495 %Hinds County7.495Calhoun County: 7.453 %Calhoun County7.453Clay County: 7.407 %Clay County7.407Carroll County: 11.927 %Carroll County11.927Lafayette County: 11.916 %Lafayette County11.916Wayne County: 11.618 %Wayne County11.618Greene County: 11.607 %Greene County11.607Newton County: 10.714 %Newton County10.714Madison County: 10.614 %Madison County10.614Webster County: 10.145 %Webster County10.145George County: 10.101 %George County10.101Prentiss County: 9.73 %Prentiss County9.73Marshall County: 9.642 %Marshall County9.642Kemper County: 9.434 %Kemper County9.434Lamar County: 9.432 %Lamar County9.432DeSoto County: 9.276 %DeSoto County9.276Hancock County: 9.254 %Hancock County9.254Leake County: 9.158 %Leake County9.158Yazoo County: 9.143 %Yazoo County9.143Scott County: 9.052 %Scott County9.052Rankin County: 8.981 %Rankin County8.981Monroe County: 8.725 %Monroe County8.725Attala County: 8.615 %Attala County8.615Winston County: 8.459 %Winston County8.459Choctaw County: 8.451 %Choctaw County8.451Simpson County: 8.408 %Simpson County8.408Harrison County: 8.376 %Harrison County8.376Jackson County: 8.37 %Jackson County8.37Forrest County: 8.273 %Forrest County8.273Lowndes County: 8.228 %Lowndes County8.228Copiah County: 8.203 %Copiah County8.203Tishomingo County: 7.976 %Tishomingo County7.976Walthall County: 7.921 %Walthall County7.921Quitman County: 7.91 %Quitman County7.91Oktibbeha County: 7.772 %Oktibbeha County7.772Jones County: 7.733 %Jones County7.733Itawamba County: 7.704 %Itawamba County7.704Wilkinson County: 7.563 %Wilkinson County7.563Jefferson County: 7.547 %Jefferson County7.547Lee County: 7.523 %Lee County7.523Hinds County: 7.495 %Hinds County7.495Calhoun County: 7.453 %Calhoun County7.453Clay County: 7.407 %Clay County7.407
%. 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

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Carroll County11.927+0.28 pts
2Lafayette County11.916-1.18 pts
3Wayne County11.618+5.63 pts
4Greene County11.607+1.56 pts
5Newton County10.714+1.59 pts
6Madison County10.614+1.51 pts
7Webster County10.145+2.53 pts
8George County10.101+2.5 pts
9Prentiss County9.73+3.53 pts
10Marshall County9.642+1.89 pts
11Kemper County9.434n/a
12Lamar County9.432+1.08 pts
13DeSoto County9.276-1.33 pts
14Hancock County9.254-1.26 pts
15Leake County9.158+2.58 pts
16Yazoo County9.143+2.34 pts
17Scott County9.052+2.07 pts
18Rankin County8.981-0.37 pts
19Monroe County8.725+1.73 pts
20Attala County8.615-0.25 pts
21Winston County8.459+2.04 pts
22Choctaw County8.451-0.94 pts
23Simpson County8.408+0.46 pts
24Harrison County8.376+0.13 pts
25Jackson County8.37+0.1 pts
26Forrest County8.273-0.08 pts
27Lowndes County8.228+1.11 pts
28Copiah County8.203-0.83 pts
29Tishomingo County7.976-0.82 pts
30Walthall County7.921+0.55 pts
31Quitman County7.91+1.35 pts
32Oktibbeha County7.772-2.49 pts
33Jones County7.733+0.9 pts
34Itawamba County7.704-1.68 pts
35Wilkinson County7.563+1.63 pts
36Jefferson County7.547-2.07 pts
37Lee County7.523-0.92 pts
38Hinds County7.495-0.15 pts
39Calhoun County7.453+0.76 pts
40Clay County7.407+2.05 pts
41Montgomery County7.353-0.45 pts
42Pearl River County7.347-1.59 pts
43Lawrence County7.19+0.25 pts
44Claiborne County7.143+0.11 pts
45Sunflower County7.117-0.94 pts
46Covington County7.074+3.89 pts
47Tunica County7.008+2.97 pts
48Lauderdale County6.99+1.54 pts
49Grenada County6.93+2.32 pts
50Panola County6.804+1 pts
51Chickasaw County6.645+1.41 pts
52Pike County6.572-0.75 pts
53Adams County6.427+0.08 pts
53Leflore County6.427-0.85 pts
55Holmes County6.335-1.75 pts
56Bolivar County6.33+0.75 pts
57Lincoln County6.242-3.05 pts
58Neshoba County6.237+0.8 pts
59Warren County6.164-2.4 pts
60Noxubee County6.061-6.63 pts
60Perry County6.061-2.03 pts
60Tallahatchie County6.061+1.4 pts
63Pontotoc County6.054-0.4 pts
64Tate County6.052-4.58 pts
65Union County5.864-3.01 pts
66Coahoma County5.812-0.67 pts
67Smith County5.776-1.84 pts
68Sharkey County5.714+1.08 pts
69Tippah County5.613-1.76 pts
70Benton County5.594+0.08 pts
71Stone County5.447-1.53 pts
72Humphreys County5.405+1.06 pts
72Marion County5.405-2.69 pts
74Washington County5.388-0.47 pts
75Alcorn County5.321-1.83 pts
76Clarke County5.034-5.1 pts
77Jasper County4.914+0.08 pts
78Amite County4.819-5.3 pts
79Jefferson Davis County4.138-2.51 pts
80Franklin County3.791-2.57 pts
81Yalobusha County2.532-7.93 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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Carroll County, with 11.927% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Yalobusha County, with 2.532% in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.

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