Mississippi Death Rate By County in 2021

Updated on July 29, 2024.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2021, the death rate for Mississippi was 14.12. Sharkey County had the highest death rate (26.76), followed by Quitman County (25.87), and Montgomery County (21.44). On the other hand, Oktibbeha County had the lowest death rate (8.56), followed by Lamar County (8.98), and Lafayette County (9.31).

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Mississippi Death Rate By County in 2021
Mississippi Death Rate By County in 2021
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County Death Rate
Adams 16.13
Alcorn 16.75
Amite 17.61
Attala 17.95
Benton 19.08
Bolivar 18.84
Calhoun 18.56
Carroll 16.7
Chickasaw 14.2
Choctaw 15.29
Claiborne 14.79
Clarke 18.28
Clay 15.42
Coahoma 19.65
Copiah 14.95
Covington 17.28
DeSoto 10.34
Forrest 12.18
Franklin 17.07
George 14.81
Greene 12.07
Grenada 18.32
Hancock 14.63
Harrison 12.82
Hinds 13.22
Holmes 16.35
Humphreys 18.29
Issaquena 12.2
Itawamba 15.67
Jackson 12.18
Jasper 17.19
Jefferson 15.85
Jefferson Davis 16.94
Jones 14.38
Kemper 13.51
Lafayette 9.31
Lamar 8.98
Lauderdale 15.55
Lawrence 17.68
Leake 14.92
Lee 14.32
Leflore 18.56
Lincoln 15.34
Lowndes 13.92
Madison 11
Marion 18.36
Marshall 17.18
Monroe 16.75
Montgomery 21.44
Neshoba 17.82
Newton 15.24
Noxubee 15.43
Oktibbeha 8.56
Panola 15.19
Pearl River 15.72
Perry 17.77
Pike 14.91
Pontotoc 14.46
Prentiss 15.9
Quitman 25.87
Rankin 10.9
Scott 14.43
Sharkey 26.76
Simpson 16.98
Smith 15.5
Stone 14.74
Sunflower 17.47
Tallahatchie 16.91
Tate 16.43
Tippah 15.45
Tishomingo 20.49
Tunica 16.21
Union 13.64
Walthall 16.68
Warren 15.89
Washington 18.31
Wayne 14.9
Webster 18.22
Wilkinson 16.87
Winston 19.62
Yalobusha 17.85
Yazoo 13.75