Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2018

Updated on January 26, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, the Death Rate per 1K for Mississippi was 10.99. Among all Mississippi counties, Sharkey County had the highest death rate (19.86), followed by Wilkinson County (16.68), and Webster County (15.91).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi counties.

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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2018
Sharkey
Wilkinson
Webster
Tishomingo
Grenada
Jefferson Davis
Choctaw
Humphreys
Clarke
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2018
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Rank County Death Rate
1 Sharkey County 19.86
2 Wilkinson County 16.68
3 Webster County 15.91
4 Tishomingo County 15.18
5 Grenada County 15.02
6 Jefferson Davis County 14.95
7 Choctaw County 14.93
8 Humphreys County 14.75
9 Clarke County 14.73
10 Montgomery County 14.71
11 Lawrence County 14.6
12 Walthall County 14.52
13 Winston County 14.51
14 Covington County 14.39
15 Pike County 14.32
16 Yalobusha County 14.1
17 Adams County 14.05
18 Franklin County 13.93
19 Benton County 13.82
20 Attala County 13.8
21 Coahoma County 13.77
22 Prentiss County 13.48
23 Washington County 13.45
24 Neshoba County 13.41
25 Quitman County 13.32
26 Leflore County 13.18
27 Pearl River County 12.85
28 Itawamba County 12.74
29 Tippah County 12.72
30 Bolivar County 12.69
31 Lincoln County 12.55
32 Alcorn County 12.53
33 Amite County 12.51
34 Jefferson County 12.43
35 Monroe County 12.34
36 Claiborne County 12.25
36 Scott County 12.25
37 Chickasaw County 12.2
38 Simpson County 12.19
39 Newton County 12.17
40 Jasper County 12.13
41 Clay County 12.05
42 George County 12.01
43 Wayne County 11.98
44 Jones County 11.96
45 Holmes County 11.9
46 Tunica County 11.86
47 Calhoun County 11.82
48 Sunflower County 11.79
49 Marion County 11.71
50 Marshall County 11.67
51 Warren County 11.64
52 Leake County 11.62
53 Lauderdale County 11.61
54 Union County 11.47
55 Issaquena County 11.36
56 Carroll County 11.3
57 Lee County 11.25
58 Forrest County 11.21
58 Tallahatchie County 11.21
59 Perry County 11.18
60 Lowndes County 11.12
61 Kemper County 11.11
61 Panola County 11.11
62 Noxubee County 11.09
63 Copiah County 10.91
64 Stone County 10.88
65 Hancock County 10.82
66 Tate County 10.75
67 Yazoo County 10.71
68 Harrison County 10.64
69 Madison County 10.23
70 Pontotoc County 10.04
71 Smith County 9.68
72 Jackson County 9.67
73 Hinds County 9.49
74 Greene County 9.24
75 Rankin County 8.13
76 DeSoto County 7.99
77 Lafayette County 7.26
78 Lamar County 7.14
79 Oktibbeha County 6.36