Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Mississippi counties, Harrison County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (130.35K), followed by DeSoto County (115.83K), and Rankin County (113.06K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2016
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Lee
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2016
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Rank County Non-Hispanic White Population
1 Harrison County 130349
2 DeSoto County 115826
3 Rankin County 113061
4 Jackson County 96339
5 Hinds County 60467
6 Madison County 57882
7 Lee County 55993
8 Lamar County 45762
9 Pearl River County 45206
10 Jones County 44433
11 Forrest County 43088
12 Lauderdale County 40918
13 Hancock County 39658
14 Lafayette County 37739
15 Lowndes County 31042
16 Alcorn County 30928
17 Oktibbeha County 28104
18 Pontotoc County 24293
19 Monroe County 24008
20 Lincoln County 23115
21 Warren County 22268
22 Union County 22244
23 Itawamba County 21119
24 Prentiss County 21076
25 George County 20721
26 Tate County 18255
27 Tishomingo County 18158
28 Neshoba County 17310
29 Pike County 17273
30 Tippah County 17072
31 Marshall County 17018
32 Simpson County 16592
33 Marion County 16397
34 Panola County 16104
35 Scott County 14048
36 Stone County 13863
37 Newton County 13191
38 Copiah County 12629
39 Washington County 11906
40 Smith County 11857
41 Wayne County 11773
42 Grenada County 11624
43 Adams County 11616
44 Covington County 11592
45 Leake County 10764
46 Bolivar County 10536
47 Clarke County 10080
48 Attala County 9957
49 Greene County 9846
50 Yazoo County 9824
51 Calhoun County 9445
52 Perry County 9381
53 Winston County 9250
54 Chickasaw County 8621
55 Lawrence County 8345
56 Clay County 7757
57 Walthall County 7658
58 Webster County 7629
59 Jasper County 7396
60 Yalobusha County 7249
61 Amite County 7189
62 Leflore County 6703
63 Carroll County 6553
64 Sunflower County 6383
65 Choctaw County 5614
66 Montgomery County 5327
67 Tallahatchie County 5093
68 Coahoma County 5051
69 Benton County 4989
70 Franklin County 4891
71 Jefferson Davis County 4360
72 Kemper County 3410
73 Noxubee County 2824
74 Holmes County 2814
75 Wilkinson County 2519
76 Tunica County 1986
77 Quitman County 1955
78 Humphreys County 1812
79 Sharkey County 1181
80 Claiborne County 1051
81 Jefferson County 937
82 Issaquena County 449