Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Number of Deaths in 2020

Updated on January 26, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, the Number of Deaths for Mississippi was 33.89K. Among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of deaths (2.34K), followed by Harrison County (2.20K), and Jackson County (1.58K).

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 2020
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Rank County Number of Deaths
1 Hinds County 2340
2 Harrison County 2201
3 Jackson County 1584
4 DeSoto County 1568
5 Rankin County 1339
6 Madison County 1174
7 Lee County 1050
8 Lauderdale County 906
9 Jones County 859
10 Forrest County 791
11 Pearl River County 713
12 Lowndes County 678
13 Washington County 671
14 Pike County 553
15 Hancock County 536
16 Warren County 534
17 Alcorn County 505
18 Marshall County 486
19 Monroe County 463
20 Lamar County 457
21 Panola County 456
22 Lincoln County 440
23 Adams County 436
24 Lafayette County 428
25 Bolivar County 426
26 Neshoba County 405
27 Oktibbeha County 388
28 Marion County 373
29 Leflore County 365
30 Copiah County 343
31 Scott County 332
32 Simpson County 324
33 Sunflower County 322
34 Tate County 318
35 Coahoma County 310
36 Tishomingo County 300
37 Itawamba County 299
38 Union County 297
39 Leake County 290
39 Newton County 290
39 Pontotoc County 290
40 Yazoo County 287
41 Prentiss County 284
42 George County 282
43 Attala County 271
43 Grenada County 271
44 Tippah County 261
45 Holmes County 250
46 Winston County 248
47 Clay County 241
48 Covington County 240
49 Wayne County 216
50 Clarke County 212
50 Jasper County 212
51 Chickasaw County 209
52 Stone County 199
53 Smith County 197
54 Yalobusha County 191
55 Walthall County 190
56 Calhoun County 189
57 Jefferson Davis County 165
58 Amite County 164
59 Lawrence County 159
60 Tallahatchie County 157
61 Montgomery County 145
62 Webster County 144
63 Noxubee County 137
64 Perry County 136
65 Wilkinson County 132
66 Greene County 130
67 Humphreys County 126
68 Carroll County 120
69 Choctaw County 118
70 Claiborne County 112
71 Kemper County 111
72 Quitman County 107
73 Benton County 104
74 Tunica County 100
75 Franklin County 87
76 Jefferson County 78
77 Sharkey County 50
78 Issaquena County 16