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Counties in Mississippi by establishment entry rate

Benton County had the highest establishment entry rate of 81 counties in 2018, at 13.605%. Jefferson Davis County had the lowest, at 3.69%. The median was 7.362% and the figure for Mississippi was 7.678%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest13.605Benton County
Lowest3.69Jefferson Davis County
Median7.36281 counties
Mississippi7.678History

Map of counties, 2018

Adams County: 7.18 %Alcorn County: 6.787 %Amite County: 7.362 %Attala County: 9.351 %Benton County: 13.605 %Bolivar County: 5.945 %Calhoun County: 5 %Carroll County: 7.048 %Chickasaw County: 8.911 %Choctaw County: 10.233 %Claiborne County: 8 %Clarke County: 6.467 %Clay County: 6.677 %Coahoma County: 6.673 %Copiah County: 6.747 %Covington County: 8.612 %DeSoto County: 8.942 %Forrest County: 7.091 %Franklin County: 7.843 %George County: 8.926 %Greene County: 8.772 %Grenada County: 5.243 %Hancock County: 10.068 %Harrison County: 7.236 %Hinds County: 6.973 %Holmes County: 8.929 %Humphreys County: 7.905 %Itawamba County: 8.26 %Jackson County: 8.243 %Jasper County: 4.95 %Jefferson County: 5.769 %Jefferson Davis County: 3.69 %Jones County: 7.265 %Kemper County: 5.634 %Lafayette County: 10.689 %Lamar County: 9.472 %Lauderdale County: 5.882 %Lawrence County: 8.525 %Leake County: 8.961 %Lee County: 6.605 %Leflore County: 6.527 %Lincoln County: 6.744 %Lowndes County: 7.514 %Madison County: 10.428 %Marion County: 9.18 %Marshall County: 8.322 %Monroe County: 6.374 %Montgomery County: 8.608 %Neshoba County: 7.035 %Newton County: 10.131 %Noxubee County: 9.036 %Oktibbeha County: 6.201 %Panola County: 7.348 %Pearl River County: 7.051 %Perry County: 11.407 %Pike County: 8.922 %Pontotoc County: 6.783 %Prentiss County: 7.869 %Quitman County: 6.024 %Rankin County: 7.468 %Scott County: 7.288 %Sharkey County: 6.061 %Simpson County: 8.794 %Smith County: 5.147 %Stone County: 8.527 %Sunflower County: 6.234 %Tallahatchie County: 8.125 %Tate County: 10.7 %Tippah County: 9.091 %Tishomingo County: 7.761 %Tunica County: 6.799 %Union County: 5.901 %Walthall County: 8.081 %Warren County: 7.108 %Washington County: 6.075 %Wayne County: 6.584 %Webster County: 8.088 %Wilkinson County: 6.584 %Winston County: 8.096 %Yalobusha County: 4.636 %Yazoo County: 7.45 %
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%, 2018. 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, 2018

Benton County: 13.605 %Benton County13.605Perry County: 11.407 %Perry County11.407Tate County: 10.7 %Tate County10.7Lafayette County: 10.689 %Lafayette County10.689Madison County: 10.428 %Madison County10.428Choctaw County: 10.233 %Choctaw County10.233Newton County: 10.131 %Newton County10.131Hancock County: 10.068 %Hancock County10.068Lamar County: 9.472 %Lamar County9.472Attala County: 9.351 %Attala County9.351Marion County: 9.18 %Marion County9.18Tippah County: 9.091 %Tippah County9.091Noxubee County: 9.036 %Noxubee County9.036Leake County: 8.961 %Leake County8.961DeSoto County: 8.942 %DeSoto County8.942Holmes County: 8.929 %Holmes County8.929George County: 8.926 %George County8.926Pike County: 8.922 %Pike County8.922Chickasaw County: 8.911 %Chickasaw County8.911Simpson County: 8.794 %Simpson County8.794Greene County: 8.772 %Greene County8.772Covington County: 8.612 %Covington County8.612Montgomery County: 8.608 %Montgomery County8.608Stone County: 8.527 %Stone County8.527Lawrence County: 8.525 %Lawrence County8.525Marshall County: 8.322 %Marshall County8.322Itawamba County: 8.26 %Itawamba County8.26Jackson County: 8.243 %Jackson County8.243Tallahatchie County: 8.125 %Tallahatchie County8.125Winston County: 8.096 %Winston County8.096Webster County: 8.088 %Webster County8.088Walthall County: 8.081 %Walthall County8.081Claiborne County: 8 %Claiborne County8Humphreys County: 7.905 %Humphreys County7.905Prentiss County: 7.869 %Prentiss County7.869Franklin County: 7.843 %Franklin County7.843Tishomingo County: 7.761 %Tishomingo County7.761Lowndes County: 7.514 %Lowndes County7.514Rankin County: 7.468 %Rankin County7.468Yazoo County: 7.45 %Yazoo County7.45Benton County: 13.605 %Benton County13.605Perry County: 11.407 %Perry County11.407Tate County: 10.7 %Tate County10.7Lafayette County: 10.689 %Lafayette County10.689Madison County: 10.428 %Madison County10.428Choctaw County: 10.233 %Choctaw County10.233Newton County: 10.131 %Newton County10.131Hancock County: 10.068 %Hancock County10.068Lamar County: 9.472 %Lamar County9.472Attala County: 9.351 %Attala County9.351Marion County: 9.18 %Marion County9.18Tippah County: 9.091 %Tippah County9.091Noxubee County: 9.036 %Noxubee County9.036Leake County: 8.961 %Leake County8.961DeSoto County: 8.942 %DeSoto County8.942Holmes County: 8.929 %Holmes County8.929George County: 8.926 %George County8.926Pike County: 8.922 %Pike County8.922Chickasaw County: 8.911 %Chickasaw County8.911Simpson County: 8.794 %Simpson County8.794Greene County: 8.772 %Greene County8.772Covington County: 8.612 %Covington County8.612Montgomery County: 8.608 %Montgomery County8.608Stone County: 8.527 %Stone County8.527Lawrence County: 8.525 %Lawrence County8.525Marshall County: 8.322 %Marshall County8.322Itawamba County: 8.26 %Itawamba County8.26Jackson County: 8.243 %Jackson County8.243Tallahatchie County: 8.125 %Tallahatchie County8.125Winston County: 8.096 %Winston County8.096Webster County: 8.088 %Webster County8.088Walthall County: 8.081 %Walthall County8.081Claiborne County: 8 %Claiborne County8Humphreys County: 7.905 %Humphreys County7.905Prentiss County: 7.869 %Prentiss County7.869Franklin County: 7.843 %Franklin County7.843Tishomingo County: 7.761 %Tishomingo County7.761Lowndes County: 7.514 %Lowndes County7.514Rankin County: 7.468 %Rankin County7.468Yazoo County: 7.45 %Yazoo County7.45
%. 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

RankCounties2018 (%)Change on 2017
1Benton County13.605+8.01 pts
2Perry County11.407+5.35 pts
3Tate County10.7+4.65 pts
4Lafayette County10.689-1.23 pts
5Madison County10.428-0.19 pts
6Choctaw County10.233+1.78 pts
7Newton County10.131-0.58 pts
8Hancock County10.068+0.81 pts
9Lamar County9.472+0.04 pts
10Attala County9.351+0.74 pts
11Marion County9.18+3.77 pts
12Tippah County9.091+3.48 pts
13Noxubee County9.036+2.97 pts
14Leake County8.961-0.2 pts
15DeSoto County8.942-0.33 pts
16Holmes County8.929+2.59 pts
17George County8.926-1.18 pts
18Pike County8.922+2.35 pts
19Chickasaw County8.911+2.27 pts
20Simpson County8.794+0.39 pts
21Greene County8.772-2.83 pts
22Covington County8.612+1.54 pts
23Montgomery County8.608+1.26 pts
24Stone County8.527+3.08 pts
25Lawrence County8.525+1.33 pts
26Marshall County8.322-1.32 pts
27Itawamba County8.26+0.56 pts
28Jackson County8.243-0.13 pts
29Tallahatchie County8.125+2.06 pts
30Winston County8.096-0.36 pts
31Webster County8.088-2.06 pts
32Walthall County8.081+0.16 pts
33Claiborne County8+0.86 pts
34Humphreys County7.905+2.5 pts
35Prentiss County7.869-1.86 pts
36Franklin County7.843+4.05 pts
37Tishomingo County7.761-0.21 pts
38Lowndes County7.514-0.71 pts
39Rankin County7.468-1.51 pts
40Yazoo County7.45-1.69 pts
41Amite County7.362+2.54 pts
42Panola County7.348+0.54 pts
43Scott County7.288-1.76 pts
44Jones County7.265-0.47 pts
45Harrison County7.236-1.14 pts
46Adams County7.18+0.75 pts
47Warren County7.108+0.94 pts
48Forrest County7.091-1.18 pts
49Pearl River County7.051-0.3 pts
50Carroll County7.048-4.88 pts
51Neshoba County7.035+0.8 pts
52Hinds County6.973-0.52 pts
53Tunica County6.799-0.21 pts
54Alcorn County6.787+1.47 pts
55Pontotoc County6.783+0.73 pts
56Copiah County6.747-1.46 pts
57Lincoln County6.744+0.5 pts
58Clay County6.677-0.73 pts
59Coahoma County6.673+0.86 pts
60Lee County6.605-0.92 pts
61Wayne County6.584-5.03 pts
61Wilkinson County6.584-0.98 pts
63Leflore County6.527+0.1 pts
64Clarke County6.467+1.43 pts
65Monroe County6.374-2.35 pts
66Sunflower County6.234-0.88 pts
67Oktibbeha County6.201-1.57 pts
68Washington County6.075+0.69 pts
69Sharkey County6.061+0.35 pts
70Quitman County6.024-1.89 pts
71Bolivar County5.945-0.38 pts
72Union County5.901+0.04 pts
73Lauderdale County5.882-1.11 pts
74Jefferson County5.769-1.78 pts
75Kemper County5.634-3.8 pts
76Grenada County5.243-1.69 pts
77Smith County5.147-0.63 pts
78Calhoun County5-2.45 pts
79Jasper County4.95+0.04 pts
80Yalobusha County4.636+2.1 pts
81Jefferson Davis County3.69-0.45 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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Benton County, with 13.605% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Jefferson Davis County, with 3.69% in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.

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