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Counties in Mississippi by job destruction rate

Jefferson Davis County had the highest job destruction rate of 82 counties in 2020, at 81.654%. Tunica County had the lowest, at 5.077%. The median was 10.541% and the figure for Mississippi was 10.877%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest81.654Jefferson Davis County
Lowest5.077Tunica County
Median10.54182 counties
Mississippi10.877History

Map of counties, 2020

Adams County: 11.237 %Alcorn County: 15.203 %Amite County: 10.297 %Attala County: 9.587 %Benton County: 9.341 %Bolivar County: 9.576 %Calhoun County: 15.488 %Carroll County: 26.178 %Chickasaw County: 7.707 %Choctaw County: 11.845 %Claiborne County: 5.112 %Clarke County: 11.741 %Clay County: 9.847 %Coahoma County: 18.603 %Copiah County: 19.99 %Covington County: 7.347 %DeSoto County: 10.905 %Forrest County: 11.528 %Franklin County: 10.11 %George County: 13.462 %Greene County: 16.042 %Grenada County: 7.899 %Hancock County: 14.552 %Harrison County: 9.919 %Hinds County: 10.163 %Holmes County: 20.922 %Humphreys County: 11.048 %Issaquena County: 7.512 %Itawamba County: 10.727 %Jackson County: 10.499 %Jasper County: 25.932 %Jefferson County: 15.048 %Jefferson Davis County: 81.654 %Jones County: 12.013 %Kemper County: 20.193 %Lafayette County: 12.661 %Lamar County: 8.398 %Lauderdale County: 8.537 %Lawrence County: 9.357 %Leake County: 5.808 %Lee County: 10.256 %Leflore County: 13.614 %Lincoln County: 10.204 %Lowndes County: 10.727 %Madison County: 12.363 %Marion County: 11.972 %Marshall County: 12.411 %Monroe County: 14.445 %Montgomery County: 16.183 %Neshoba County: 6.646 %Newton County: 12.536 %Noxubee County: 7.403 %Oktibbeha County: 10.324 %Panola County: 14.267 %Pearl River County: 12.182 %Perry County: 7.337 %Pike County: 7.765 %Pontotoc County: 6.401 %Prentiss County: 9.752 %Quitman County: 14.049 %Rankin County: 9.748 %Scott County: 6.136 %Sharkey County: 11.26 %Simpson County: 10.06 %Smith County: 6.764 %Stone County: 10.045 %Sunflower County: 8.761 %Tallahatchie County: 8.594 %Tate County: 9.35 %Tippah County: 9.944 %Tishomingo County: 12.432 %Tunica County: 5.077 %Union County: 8.122 %Walthall County: 11.434 %Warren County: 10.582 %Washington County: 10.035 %Wayne County: 9.034 %Webster County: 20.325 %Wilkinson County: 10.7 %Winston County: 7.808 %Yalobusha County: 13.72 %Yazoo County: 11.667 %
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%, 2020. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2020

Jefferson Davis County: 81.654 %Jefferson Davis County81.654Carroll County: 26.178 %Carroll County26.178Jasper County: 25.932 %Jasper County25.932Holmes County: 20.922 %Holmes County20.922Webster County: 20.325 %Webster County20.325Kemper County: 20.193 %Kemper County20.193Copiah County: 19.99 %Copiah County19.99Coahoma County: 18.603 %Coahoma County18.603Montgomery County: 16.183 %Montgomery County16.183Greene County: 16.042 %Greene County16.042Calhoun County: 15.488 %Calhoun County15.488Alcorn County: 15.203 %Alcorn County15.203Jefferson County: 15.048 %Jefferson County15.048Hancock County: 14.552 %Hancock County14.552Monroe County: 14.445 %Monroe County14.445Panola County: 14.267 %Panola County14.267Quitman County: 14.049 %Quitman County14.049Yalobusha County: 13.72 %Yalobusha County13.72Leflore County: 13.614 %Leflore County13.614George County: 13.462 %George County13.462Lafayette County: 12.661 %Lafayette County12.661Newton County: 12.536 %Newton County12.536Tishomingo County: 12.432 %Tishomingo County12.432Marshall County: 12.411 %Marshall County12.411Madison County: 12.363 %Madison County12.363Pearl River County: 12.182 %Pearl River County12.182Jones County: 12.013 %Jones County12.013Marion County: 11.972 %Marion County11.972Choctaw County: 11.845 %Choctaw County11.845Clarke County: 11.741 %Clarke County11.741Yazoo County: 11.667 %Yazoo County11.667Forrest County: 11.528 %Forrest County11.528Walthall County: 11.434 %Walthall County11.434Sharkey County: 11.26 %Sharkey County11.26Adams County: 11.237 %Adams County11.237Humphreys County: 11.048 %Humphreys County11.048DeSoto County: 10.905 %DeSoto County10.905Itawamba County: 10.727 %Itawamba County10.727Lowndes County: 10.727 %Lowndes County10.727Wilkinson County: 10.7 %Wilkinson County10.7Jefferson Davis County: 81.654 %Jefferson Davis County81.654Carroll County: 26.178 %Carroll County26.178Jasper County: 25.932 %Jasper County25.932Holmes County: 20.922 %Holmes County20.922Webster County: 20.325 %Webster County20.325Kemper County: 20.193 %Kemper County20.193Copiah County: 19.99 %Copiah County19.99Coahoma County: 18.603 %Coahoma County18.603Montgomery County: 16.183 %Montgomery County16.183Greene County: 16.042 %Greene County16.042Calhoun County: 15.488 %Calhoun County15.488Alcorn County: 15.203 %Alcorn County15.203Jefferson County: 15.048 %Jefferson County15.048Hancock County: 14.552 %Hancock County14.552Monroe County: 14.445 %Monroe County14.445Panola County: 14.267 %Panola County14.267Quitman County: 14.049 %Quitman County14.049Yalobusha County: 13.72 %Yalobusha County13.72Leflore County: 13.614 %Leflore County13.614George County: 13.462 %George County13.462Lafayette County: 12.661 %Lafayette County12.661Newton County: 12.536 %Newton County12.536Tishomingo County: 12.432 %Tishomingo County12.432Marshall County: 12.411 %Marshall County12.411Madison County: 12.363 %Madison County12.363Pearl River County: 12.182 %Pearl River County12.182Jones County: 12.013 %Jones County12.013Marion County: 11.972 %Marion County11.972Choctaw County: 11.845 %Choctaw County11.845Clarke County: 11.741 %Clarke County11.741Yazoo County: 11.667 %Yazoo County11.667Forrest County: 11.528 %Forrest County11.528Walthall County: 11.434 %Walthall County11.434Sharkey County: 11.26 %Sharkey County11.26Adams County: 11.237 %Adams County11.237Humphreys County: 11.048 %Humphreys County11.048DeSoto County: 10.905 %DeSoto County10.905Itawamba County: 10.727 %Itawamba County10.727Lowndes County: 10.727 %Lowndes County10.727Wilkinson County: 10.7 %Wilkinson County10.7
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2020 (%)Change on 2019
1Jefferson Davis County81.654+76.06 pts
2Carroll County26.178+7.03 pts
3Jasper County25.932+21.91 pts
4Holmes County20.922+8.66 pts
5Webster County20.325+14.61 pts
6Kemper County20.193+10.44 pts
7Copiah County19.99+14.71 pts
8Coahoma County18.603+11.41 pts
9Montgomery County16.183+3.2 pts
10Greene County16.042+7.79 pts
11Calhoun County15.488-3.71 pts
12Alcorn County15.203+7.41 pts
13Jefferson County15.048+8.38 pts
14Hancock County14.552+6.74 pts
15Monroe County14.445+1.4 pts
16Panola County14.267+4.44 pts
17Quitman County14.049-1.9 pts
18Yalobusha County13.72+0.88 pts
19Leflore County13.614+2.57 pts
20George County13.462+3.15 pts
21Lafayette County12.661-2.18 pts
22Newton County12.536+4.43 pts
23Tishomingo County12.432+3.59 pts
24Marshall County12.411+2.92 pts
25Madison County12.363+1.71 pts
26Pearl River County12.182-1.14 pts
27Jones County12.013+5.08 pts
28Marion County11.972+2.51 pts
29Choctaw County11.845+4.49 pts
30Clarke County11.741-1.48 pts
31Yazoo County11.667-4.22 pts
32Forrest County11.528+2.26 pts
33Walthall County11.434-2.04 pts
34Sharkey County11.26+2.85 pts
35Adams County11.237+0.43 pts
36Humphreys County11.048+4.93 pts
37DeSoto County10.905+0.64 pts
38Itawamba County10.727+0.63 pts
38Lowndes County10.727+1.73 pts
40Wilkinson County10.7-0.46 pts
41Warren County10.582+1.92 pts
42Jackson County10.499+1.59 pts
43Oktibbeha County10.324+2.21 pts
44Amite County10.297-6.62 pts
45Lee County10.256+0.86 pts
46Lincoln County10.204+1.97 pts
47Hinds County10.163+1.11 pts
48Franklin County10.11-0.86 pts
49Simpson County10.06+3.17 pts
50Stone County10.045+1.9 pts
51Washington County10.035-0.38 pts
52Tippah County9.944+5.44 pts
53Harrison County9.919+2.38 pts
54Clay County9.847-0.58 pts
55Prentiss County9.752-1.45 pts
56Rankin County9.748-0.14 pts
57Attala County9.587+2.22 pts
58Bolivar County9.576-0.38 pts
59Lawrence County9.357+0.85 pts
60Tate County9.35-6.61 pts
61Benton County9.341+0.74 pts
62Wayne County9.034+1.37 pts
63Sunflower County8.761-1.37 pts
64Tallahatchie County8.594-1.71 pts
65Lauderdale County8.537+1.04 pts
66Lamar County8.398-2.07 pts
67Union County8.122-1.65 pts
68Grenada County7.899-3.88 pts
69Winston County7.808-2.39 pts
70Pike County7.765-4.28 pts
71Chickasaw County7.707-0.76 pts
72Issaquena County7.512-7.51 pts
73Noxubee County7.403+0.54 pts
74Covington County7.347-1.19 pts
75Perry County7.337+0.33 pts
76Smith County6.764-0.81 pts
77Neshoba County6.646+1.2 pts
78Pontotoc County6.401-3.26 pts
79Scott County6.136-4.71 pts
80Leake County5.808-0.51 pts
81Claiborne County5.112-2.07 pts
82Tunica County5.077-5.71 pts

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About this ranking

Jobs lost at closing and shrinking establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

A gross flow: jobs added elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is job_creation_rate minus this rate. Not a layoff rate: it counts positions lost at establishments, not people who lost a job. 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. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction 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: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Mississippi by job destruction rate, 2020) [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: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Mississippi by job destruction rate, 2020. 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/job-destruction-rate/mississippi-counties?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Mississippi by job destruction rate, 2020. 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/job-destruction-rate/mississippi-counties?period=2020.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Mississippi by job destruction rate, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/mississippi-counties?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Jefferson Davis County, with 81.654% in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Tunica County, with 5.077% in 2020.

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