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Counties in Mississippi by establishment entry rate

Benton County had the highest establishment entry rate of 81 counties in 2021, at 22.667%. Wilkinson County had the lowest, at 2.643%. The median was 8.377% and the figure for Mississippi was 9.087%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest22.667Benton County
Lowest2.643Wilkinson County
Median8.37781 counties
Mississippi9.087History

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 6.388 %Alcorn County: 7.337 %Amite County: 8.485 %Attala County: 4.268 %Benton County: 22.667 %Bolivar County: 8.346 %Calhoun County: 5.778 %Carroll County: 11.374 %Chickasaw County: 7.947 %Choctaw County: 7.93 %Claiborne County: 6.154 %Clarke County: 5.742 %Clay County: 8.202 %Coahoma County: 6.632 %Copiah County: 7.656 %Covington County: 7.754 %DeSoto County: 12.397 %Forrest County: 7.905 %Franklin County: 10.628 %George County: 10.017 %Greene County: 7.018 %Grenada County: 7.094 %Hancock County: 11.254 %Harrison County: 9.595 %Hinds County: 8.731 %Holmes County: 8.019 %Humphreys County: 5.809 %Itawamba County: 10.557 %Jackson County: 11.346 %Jasper County: 7.089 %Jefferson County: 21.239 %Jefferson Davis County: 10 %Jones County: 8.072 %Kemper County: 5.051 %Lafayette County: 8.675 %Lamar County: 9.289 %Lauderdale County: 6.753 %Lawrence County: 11.215 %Leake County: 6.05 %Lee County: 9.339 %Leflore County: 7.154 %Lincoln County: 7.773 %Lowndes County: 7.875 %Madison County: 10.464 %Marion County: 10.446 %Marshall County: 14.129 %Monroe County: 9.919 %Montgomery County: 6.011 %Neshoba County: 6.776 %Newton County: 7.603 %Noxubee County: 14.9 %Oktibbeha County: 9.595 %Panola County: 7.685 %Pearl River County: 10.442 %Perry County: 8.835 %Pike County: 6.246 %Pontotoc County: 9.905 %Prentiss County: 8.484 %Quitman County: 16.774 %Rankin County: 9.594 %Scott County: 10.318 %Sharkey County: 7.821 %Simpson County: 10.606 %Smith County: 9.848 %Stone County: 7.925 %Sunflower County: 6.968 %Tallahatchie County: 10.356 %Tate County: 11.554 %Tippah County: 7.876 %Tishomingo County: 8.394 %Tunica County: 11.869 %Union County: 9.25 %Walthall County: 8.377 %Warren County: 6.961 %Washington County: 5.985 %Wayne County: 9.362 %Webster County: 14.545 %Wilkinson County: 2.643 %Winston County: 8.863 %Yalobusha County: 8.333 %Yazoo County: 4.409 %
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%, 2021. 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, 2021

Benton County: 22.667 %Benton County22.667Jefferson County: 21.239 %Jefferson County21.239Quitman County: 16.774 %Quitman County16.774Noxubee County: 14.9 %Noxubee County14.9Webster County: 14.545 %Webster County14.545Marshall County: 14.129 %Marshall County14.129DeSoto County: 12.397 %DeSoto County12.397Tunica County: 11.869 %Tunica County11.869Tate County: 11.554 %Tate County11.554Carroll County: 11.374 %Carroll County11.374Jackson County: 11.346 %Jackson County11.346Hancock County: 11.254 %Hancock County11.254Lawrence County: 11.215 %Lawrence County11.215Franklin County: 10.628 %Franklin County10.628Simpson County: 10.606 %Simpson County10.606Itawamba County: 10.557 %Itawamba County10.557Madison County: 10.464 %Madison County10.464Marion County: 10.446 %Marion County10.446Pearl River County: 10.442 %Pearl River County10.442Tallahatchie County: 10.356 %Tallahatchie County10.356Scott County: 10.318 %Scott County10.318George County: 10.017 %George County10.017Jefferson Davis County: 10 %Jefferson Davis County10Monroe County: 9.919 %Monroe County9.919Pontotoc County: 9.905 %Pontotoc County9.905Smith County: 9.848 %Smith County9.848Harrison County: 9.595 %Harrison County9.595Oktibbeha County: 9.595 %Oktibbeha County9.595Rankin County: 9.594 %Rankin County9.594Wayne County: 9.362 %Wayne County9.362Lee County: 9.339 %Lee County9.339Lamar County: 9.289 %Lamar County9.289Union County: 9.25 %Union County9.25Winston County: 8.863 %Winston County8.863Perry County: 8.835 %Perry County8.835Hinds County: 8.731 %Hinds County8.731Lafayette County: 8.675 %Lafayette County8.675Amite County: 8.485 %Amite County8.485Prentiss County: 8.484 %Prentiss County8.484Tishomingo County: 8.394 %Tishomingo County8.394Benton County: 22.667 %Benton County22.667Jefferson County: 21.239 %Jefferson County21.239Quitman County: 16.774 %Quitman County16.774Noxubee County: 14.9 %Noxubee County14.9Webster County: 14.545 %Webster County14.545Marshall County: 14.129 %Marshall County14.129DeSoto County: 12.397 %DeSoto County12.397Tunica County: 11.869 %Tunica County11.869Tate County: 11.554 %Tate County11.554Carroll County: 11.374 %Carroll County11.374Jackson County: 11.346 %Jackson County11.346Hancock County: 11.254 %Hancock County11.254Lawrence County: 11.215 %Lawrence County11.215Franklin County: 10.628 %Franklin County10.628Simpson County: 10.606 %Simpson County10.606Itawamba County: 10.557 %Itawamba County10.557Madison County: 10.464 %Madison County10.464Marion County: 10.446 %Marion County10.446Pearl River County: 10.442 %Pearl River County10.442Tallahatchie County: 10.356 %Tallahatchie County10.356Scott County: 10.318 %Scott County10.318George County: 10.017 %George County10.017Jefferson Davis County: 10 %Jefferson Davis County10Monroe County: 9.919 %Monroe County9.919Pontotoc County: 9.905 %Pontotoc County9.905Smith County: 9.848 %Smith County9.848Harrison County: 9.595 %Harrison County9.595Oktibbeha County: 9.595 %Oktibbeha County9.595Rankin County: 9.594 %Rankin County9.594Wayne County: 9.362 %Wayne County9.362Lee County: 9.339 %Lee County9.339Lamar County: 9.289 %Lamar County9.289Union County: 9.25 %Union County9.25Winston County: 8.863 %Winston County8.863Perry County: 8.835 %Perry County8.835Hinds County: 8.731 %Hinds County8.731Lafayette County: 8.675 %Lafayette County8.675Amite County: 8.485 %Amite County8.485Prentiss County: 8.484 %Prentiss County8.484Tishomingo County: 8.394 %Tishomingo County8.394
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)Change on 2020
1Benton County22.667+14.1 pts
2Jefferson County21.239+7.78 pts
3Quitman County16.774+8.83 pts
4Noxubee County14.9+7.28 pts
5Webster County14.545+9.54 pts
6Marshall County14.129+0.81 pts
7DeSoto County12.397+3.61 pts
8Tunica County11.869+4.85 pts
9Tate County11.554+4.14 pts
10Carroll County11.374-2.32 pts
11Jackson County11.346+2.93 pts
12Hancock County11.254+1.04 pts
13Lawrence County11.215+2.99 pts
14Franklin County10.628+2.9 pts
15Simpson County10.606+0.39 pts
16Itawamba County10.557+0.99 pts
17Madison County10.464+0.76 pts
18Marion County10.446+2.37 pts
19Pearl River County10.442+0.94 pts
20Tallahatchie County10.356+3.26 pts
21Scott County10.318+2.85 pts
22George County10.017+3.53 pts
23Jefferson Davis County10+3.57 pts
24Monroe County9.919+3.61 pts
25Pontotoc County9.905+3.15 pts
26Smith County9.848+6.06 pts
27Harrison County9.595+1.76 pts
27Oktibbeha County9.595+1.28 pts
29Rankin County9.594+0.37 pts
30Wayne County9.362+2.08 pts
31Lee County9.339+2.07 pts
32Lamar County9.289+2.56 pts
33Union County9.25+1.97 pts
34Winston County8.863-0.59 pts
35Perry County8.835+4.09 pts
36Hinds County8.731+0.84 pts
37Lafayette County8.675-0.81 pts
38Amite County8.485+0.65 pts
39Prentiss County8.484+1.89 pts
40Tishomingo County8.394-0.06 pts
41Walthall County8.377-2.48 pts
42Bolivar County8.346+2.24 pts
43Yalobusha County8.333+0.8 pts
44Clay County8.202-0.24 pts
45Jones County8.072+2.84 pts
46Holmes County8.0190 pts
47Chickasaw County7.947+2.99 pts
48Choctaw County7.93-1.63 pts
49Stone County7.925+0.69 pts
50Forrest County7.905+2.26 pts
51Tippah County7.876+0.82 pts
52Lowndes County7.875+1.78 pts
53Sharkey County7.821+2.39 pts
54Lincoln County7.773+2.08 pts
55Covington County7.754-0.32 pts
56Panola County7.685+1.42 pts
57Copiah County7.656-0.83 pts
58Newton County7.603-1.37 pts
59Alcorn County7.337+0.43 pts
60Leflore County7.154-1.55 pts
61Grenada County7.094+0.42 pts
62Jasper County7.089+3.58 pts
63Greene County7.018-2.51 pts
64Sunflower County6.968+0.67 pts
65Warren County6.961-0.17 pts
66Neshoba County6.776+1.98 pts
67Lauderdale County6.753+1.18 pts
68Coahoma County6.632+2.55 pts
69Adams County6.388+1.71 pts
70Pike County6.246-1.46 pts
71Claiborne County6.154-0.71 pts
72Leake County6.05-2.44 pts
73Montgomery County6.011-1.24 pts
74Washington County5.985+1.08 pts
75Humphreys County5.809+2.63 pts
76Calhoun County5.778-0.76 pts
77Clarke County5.742+1.12 pts
78Kemper County5.051+1.03 pts
79Yazoo County4.409-2.98 pts
80Attala County4.268-2.91 pts
81Wilkinson County2.643-2.55 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 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Benton County, with 22.667% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Wilkinson County, with 2.643% in 2021.

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 2021 and are not ranked.

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