Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Number of Deaths in 2021

Updated on July 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, the Number of Deaths for Mississippi was 41.70K. Among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of deaths (2.97K), followed by Harrison County (2.68K), and DeSoto County (1.94K).

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 2021
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Rank County Number of Deaths
1 Hinds County 2970
2 Harrison County 2681
3 DeSoto County 1940
4 Jackson County 1753
5 Rankin County 1719
6 Madison County 1206
7 Lee County 1191
8 Lauderdale County 1124
9 Jones County 963
10 Forrest County 950
11 Pearl River County 886
12 Lowndes County 814
13 Washington County 808
14 Warren County 699
15 Hancock County 674
16 Pike County 598
17 Lamar County 583
18 Marshall County 580
19 Alcorn County 579
20 Bolivar County 575
21 Monroe County 570
22 Lincoln County 535
23 Lafayette County 525
24 Leflore County 516
24 Neshoba County 516
25 Panola County 502
26 Adams County 470
27 Tate County 462
28 Pontotoc County 452
29 Marion County 447
29 Sunflower County 447
30 Oktibbeha County 443
31 Simpson County 438
32 Copiah County 420
33 Coahoma County 412
34 Scott County 401
35 Prentiss County 397
36 Grenada County 393
37 Tishomingo County 385
38 Union County 381
39 Itawamba County 374
40 Yazoo County 365
41 George County 364
42 Winston County 346
43 Tippah County 335
44 Newton County 323
45 Attala County 319
46 Leake County 317
47 Covington County 316
48 Wayne County 294
49 Clay County 286
50 Clarke County 283
51 Jasper County 280
52 Holmes County 273
53 Stone County 272
54 Calhoun County 243
55 Chickasaw County 242
56 Walthall County 231
57 Amite County 223
58 Yalobusha County 222
59 Smith County 220
60 Tallahatchie County 211
61 Lawrence County 210
62 Montgomery County 209
63 Perry County 204
64 Jefferson Davis County 190
65 Webster County 181
66 Carroll County 165
67 Greene County 164
68 Noxubee County 157
68 Tunica County 157
69 Quitman County 156
70 Benton County 146
71 Wilkinson County 142
72 Humphreys County 140
73 Claiborne County 133
74 Franklin County 131
75 Choctaw County 125
76 Kemper County 120
77 Jefferson County 114
78 Sharkey County 99
79 Issaquena County 16