Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Number of Deaths in 2017

Updated on January 26, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the Number of Deaths for Mississippi was 31.95K. Among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of deaths (2.22K), followed by Harrison County (2.00K), and DeSoto County (1.42K).

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 Number of Deaths in 2017
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Rank County Number of Deaths
1 Hinds County 2216
2 Harrison County 1996
3 DeSoto County 1417
4 Jackson County 1385
5 Rankin County 1164
6 Madison County 998
7 Lee County 935
8 Lauderdale County 856
9 Forrest County 774
10 Jones County 760
11 Lowndes County 675
12 Pearl River County 637
13 Washington County 576
14 Warren County 536
15 Hancock County 533
16 Pike County 514
17 Alcorn County 468
18 Lamar County 455
19 Monroe County 446
20 Bolivar County 431
21 Panola County 426
22 Lincoln County 417
23 Adams County 412
23 Marshall County 412
24 Neshoba County 395
25 Lafayette County 385
26 Leflore County 373
27 Copiah County 363
28 Oktibbeha County 337
29 Sunflower County 334
30 Pontotoc County 330
31 Simpson County 321
32 Prentiss County 318
33 Marion County 317
33 Union County 317
34 Yazoo County 312
35 Itawamba County 303
36 Scott County 300
37 Grenada County 297
37 Tate County 297
38 George County 294
39 Tishomingo County 293
40 Tippah County 291
41 Newton County 286
42 Covington County 279
43 Attala County 278
44 Coahoma County 265
45 Clay County 253
46 Leake County 241
47 Holmes County 230
48 Clarke County 223
49 Winston County 218
50 Wayne County 213
51 Chickasaw County 203
52 Jasper County 198
53 Yalobusha County 186
54 Stone County 183
55 Greene County 175
56 Lawrence County 168
57 Smith County 166
57 Walthall County 166
58 Jefferson Davis County 163
59 Amite County 161
59 Calhoun County 161
60 Tallahatchie County 159
61 Webster County 144
62 Noxubee County 137
63 Montgomery County 133
64 Perry County 123
65 Kemper County 118
65 Wilkinson County 118
66 Carroll County 116
66 Choctaw County 116
67 Benton County 115
68 Jefferson County 105
69 Humphreys County 102
70 Tunica County 99
71 Claiborne County 95
72 Quitman County 92
73 Franklin County 81
74 Sharkey County 54
75 Issaquena County 9