# Counties in Mississippi by job creation rate, 2023

All 82 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Jobs added at opening and expanding establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/mississippi-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Carroll County | 21.053 |
| 2 | Bolivar County | 19.004 |
| 3 | Humphreys County | 18.781 |
| 4 | Leake County | 17.427 |
| 5 | Amite County | 17.071 |
| 6 | DeSoto County | 16.67 |
| 7 | Scott County | 16.537 |
| 8 | Jefferson Davis County | 16.495 |
| 9 | Oktibbeha County | 15.904 |
| 10 | Rankin County | 15.446 |
| 11 | Perry County | 15.443 |
| 12 | Tallahatchie County | 15 |
| 13 | Hancock County | 14.944 |
| 14 | Winston County | 14.727 |
| 15 | Tate County | 14.677 |
| 16 | Coahoma County | 14.629 |
| 17 | Jones County | 14.593 |
| 18 | Stone County | 14.566 |
| 19 | Clarke County | 14.446 |
| 20 | Greene County | 14.414 |
| 21 | Monroe County | 14.41 |
| 22 | Sunflower County | 14.393 |
| 23 | Issaquena County | 14.286 |
| 24 | George County | 13.876 |
| 25 | Madison County | 13.79 |
| 26 | Marion County | 13.615 |
| 27 | Lafayette County | 13.496 |
| 28 | Quitman County | 13.333 |
| 29 | Holmes County | 13.254 |
| 30 | Prentiss County | 13.202 |
| 31 | Pike County | 13.089 |
| 32 | Union County | 12.925 |
| 33 | Simpson County | 12.649 |
| 34 | Lincoln County | 12.263 |
| 35 | Lauderdale County | 12.199 |
| 36 | Walthall County | 12.188 |
| 37 | Grenada County | 12.076 |
| 38 | Panola County | 12.002 |
| 39 | Lowndes County | 11.952 |
| 40 | Pearl River County | 11.752 |
| 41 | Jefferson County | 11.594 |
| 42 | Webster County | 11.521 |
| 43 | Lawrence County | 11.451 |
| 44 | Harrison County | 11.261 |
| 45 | Leflore County | 11.2 |
| 46 | Clay County | 11.137 |
| 47 | Adams County | 10.891 |
| 48 | Hinds County | 10.807 |
| 49 | Calhoun County | 10.779 |
| 50 | Pontotoc County | 10.486 |
| 51 | Forrest County | 10.483 |
| 52 | Attala County | 10.42 |
| 53 | Marshall County | 10.418 |
| 54 | Noxubee County | 10.417 |
| 55 | Yazoo County | 10.414 |
| 56 | Washington County | 10.371 |
| 57 | Tunica County | 10.169 |
| 58 | Tishomingo County | 10.135 |
| 59 | Franklin County | 10.005 |
| 60 | Yalobusha County | 9.979 |
| 61 | Lamar County | 9.97 |
| 62 | Wayne County | 9.93 |
| 63 | Benton County | 9.877 |
| 64 | Copiah County | 9.826 |
| 65 | Jasper County | 9.671 |
| 65 | Lee County | 9.671 |
| 67 | Wilkinson County | 9.667 |
| 68 | Itawamba County | 9.406 |
| 69 | Jackson County | 9.378 |
| 70 | Kemper County | 9.329 |
| 71 | Alcorn County | 9.121 |
| 72 | Neshoba County | 8.947 |
| 73 | Warren County | 8.527 |
| 74 | Newton County | 8.495 |
| 75 | Choctaw County | 8.112 |
| 76 | Montgomery County | 7.969 |
| 77 | Tippah County | 7.778 |
| 78 | Sharkey County | 7.442 |
| 79 | Claiborne County | 7.112 |
| 80 | Covington County | 6.66 |
| 81 | Smith County | 6.633 |
| 82 | Chickasaw County | 5.687 |