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Lowest fertility rate, Mississippi counties

Mississippi counties with the lowest general fertility rate, births per 1,000 women ages 15-50 in the past 12 months (2024 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 82 is 59.0.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPBIRTHS PER 1,000 WOMEN (15-50)VS 2010

01Jefferson County, MSMS6,82510.0−69%

02Sharkey County, MSMS3,09711.9−65%

03Perry County, MSMS11,57719.0−80%

04Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37521.1−65%

05Humphreys County, MSMS7,00121.7−76%

06Claiborne County, MSMS8,05823.8+72%

07Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87724.3−46%

08Lafayette County, MSMS59,59730.4+7%

09Montgomery County, MSMS9,35431.5−72%

10Lawrence County, MSMS11,81934.7−64%

11Tippah County, MSMS21,38935.1−48%

12Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89636.2−27%

13Wayne County, MSMS19,80736.4−59%

14Lee County, MSMS83,73137.7−34%

15Madison County, MSMS116,29840.4−33%

16Covington County, MSMS17,89841.3−20%

17Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94142.4+348%

18Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63944.1−29%

19Copiah County, MSMS27,49744.7−33%

20Leflore County, MSMS25,68644.8−48%

21Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09644.8−24%

22Lincoln County, MSMS35,01246.4−30%

23Lamar County, MSMS67,40347.1−15%

24Calhoun County, MSMS12,64348.5−45%

25Walthall County, MSMS13,92849.8−39%

26Rankin County, MSMS162,18152.2−25%

27Franklin County, MSMS7,49152.3+19%

28Amite County, MSMS12,48752.3−36%

29Sunflower County, MSMS22,89352.7−16%

30Monroe County, MSMS33,31852.8−36%

31Hancock County, MSMS46,87352.9+20%

32Leake County, MSMS21,66253.2−10%

33Clarke County, MSMS15,10253.5−9%

34Harrison County, MSMS217,13654.0−18%

35Jasper County, MSMS15,78554.2+10%

36Warren County, MSMS41,75955.6+2%

37Simpson County, MSMS25,49855.8+86%

38Union County, MSMS28,45957.10%

39Panola County, MSMS32,69157.2−15%

40Tunica County, MSMS8,81957.6+48%

41Yazoo County, MSMS22,94758.4−34%

42Tate County, MSMS28,72559.0+9%

43Choctaw County, MSMS8,04859.0−51%

44Smith County, MSMS13,99159.1−25%

45Forrest County, MSMS79,03459.2+24%

46Adams County, MSMS30,06159.9+16%

47Marshall County, MSMS34,65460.0−40%

48Stone County, MSMS19,65460.6+28%

49Washington County, MSMS40,44660.7−9%

50Lowndes County, MSMS57,34660.7+23%

51Jackson County, MSMS147,66661.2+13%

52Marion County, MSMS24,00163.8+12%

53Hinds County, MSMS211,88864.1+6%

54Coahoma County, MSMS19,84964.3+24%

55DeSoto County, MSMS197,91864.7−8%

56Winston County, MSMS17,47365.3−10%

57Prentiss County, MSMS25,28467.7+161%

58Pearl River County, MSMS59,36367.9−2%

59Newton County, MSMS20,96068.7−6%

60Jones County, MSMS66,49668.9+17%

61Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31768.9−12%

62Attala County, MSMS17,10069.1+84%

63Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73069.6−45%

64Bolivar County, MSMS28,26273.3+18%

65Clay County, MSMS18,23874.3+10%

66Scott County, MSMS28,07374.5+1%

67Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58277.7+119%

68Neshoba County, MSMS28,73278.8+26%

69Holmes County, MSMS15,46580.4−1%

70Itawamba County, MSMS24,15284.0+75%

71Alcorn County, MSMS34,56985.2+138%

72Benton County, MSMS7,50286.4−23%

73Noxubee County, MSMS9,79888.0+190%

74Quitman County, MSMS5,36488.8−11%

75Greene County, MSMS13,70790.7+57%

76Grenada County, MSMS20,86895.3+5%

77Issaquena County, MSMS1,263102.4+77%

78Webster County, MSMS10,167105.1+19%

79Carroll County, MSMS9,226107.0+106%

80Kemper County, MSMS8,600130.7+19%

81Pike County, MSMS38,712131.5+182%

82George County, MSMS26,331143.1+180%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES