Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K in 2019

Updated on January 26, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, the Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K for Mississippi was 1.7. Among all Mississippi counties, Sharkey County had the highest natural population increase rate (7.86), followed by Scott County (6.15), and Lamar County (5.66).

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 Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K in 2019
Sharkey
Scott
Lamar
Pontotoc
Tunica
Leake
Chickasaw
Oktibbeha
Forrest
DeSoto
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K in 2019
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Rank County Natural Pop. Increase Rate
1 Sharkey County 7.86
2 Scott County 6.15
3 Lamar County 5.66
4 Pontotoc County 5.61
5 Tunica County 4.71
6 Leake County 4.21
7 Chickasaw County 4.17
8 Oktibbeha County 3.89
9 Forrest County 3.76
10 DeSoto County 3.61
11 Hinds County 3.52
12 Noxubee County 3.43
13 Wayne County 3.41
14 George County 3.18
15 Rankin County 3.17
16 Madison County 3.08
17 Warren County 3.01
18 Lafayette County 2.82
19 Stone County 2.76
20 Humphreys County 2.71
21 Lee County 2.44
22 Tallahatchie County 2.36
23 Union County 2.31
24 Panola County 2.29
25 Harrison County 2.26
26 Lowndes County 2.2
27 Jefferson County 2.13
28 Clay County 2.01
29 Jones County 1.87
30 Smith County 1.82
31 Simpson County 1.76
32 Tate County 1.62
33 Newton County 1.61
34 Neshoba County 1.51
35 Greene County 1.45
36 Webster County 1.34
37 Calhoun County 1.32
38 Benton County 1.21
39 Leflore County 1.09
39 Perry County 1.09
40 Kemper County 1.03
41 Bolivar County 0.91
42 Coahoma County 0.89
43 Pike County 0.79
44 Jackson County 0.68
45 Copiah County 0.57
46 Carroll County 0.4
47 Yazoo County 0.34
48 Claiborne County 0.33
49 Hancock County 0.27
50 Lawrence County 0.24
51 Lauderdale County 0.09
52 Clarke County 0.06
53 Holmes County -0.06
54 Jasper County -0.12
55 Walthall County -0.28
56 Covington County -0.32
57 Tippah County -0.45
57 Washington County -0.45
58 Franklin County -0.52
59 Lincoln County -0.59
60 Itawamba County -0.6
61 Prentiss County -0.64
62 Alcorn County -1.33
62 Winston County -1.33
63 Marion County -1.34
64 Wilkinson County -1.38
65 Attala County -1.42
66 Quitman County -1.44
67 Choctaw County -1.46
68 Marshall County -1.47
69 Pearl River County -1.67
70 Monroe County -2.09
71 Sunflower County -2.3
72 Adams County -2.48
73 Montgomery County -2.94
74 Jefferson Davis County -3.05
75 Grenada County -3.4
76 Amite County -3.49
77 Tishomingo County -3.92
77 Yalobusha County -3.92
78 Issaquena County -4.57