Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Mississippi counties, Harrison County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (130.82K), followed by DeSoto County (115.39K), and Rankin County (113.17K).

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 2017
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Lee
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2017
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Rank County Non-Hispanic White Population
1 Harrison County 130818
2 DeSoto County 115393
3 Rankin County 113169
4 Jackson County 96438
5 Hinds County 58727
6 Madison County 58189
7 Lee County 55678
8 Lamar County 45857
9 Pearl River County 45396
10 Jones County 44238
11 Forrest County 42736
12 Lauderdale County 40192
13 Hancock County 39953
14 Lafayette County 38290
15 Alcorn County 30818
16 Lowndes County 30610
17 Oktibbeha County 28213
18 Pontotoc County 24305
19 Monroe County 24007
20 Lincoln County 23111
21 Union County 22302
22 Warren County 21951
23 Itawamba County 21170
24 George County 20949
25 Prentiss County 20903
26 Tate County 18510
27 Tishomingo County 18204
28 Neshoba County 17213
29 Pike County 17174
30 Marshall County 17002
31 Tippah County 16900
32 Simpson County 16610
33 Marion County 16331
34 Panola County 15975
35 Scott County 14145
36 Stone County 14116
37 Newton County 13038
38 Copiah County 12530
39 Smith County 11861
40 Wayne County 11702
41 Adams County 11599
42 Washington County 11568
43 Covington County 11492
44 Grenada County 11475
45 Leake County 10669
46 Bolivar County 10300
47 Clarke County 10019
48 Yazoo County 9959
49 Attala County 9929
50 Greene County 9795
51 Calhoun County 9382
52 Perry County 9322
53 Winston County 9068
54 Chickasaw County 8534
55 Lawrence County 8186
56 Walthall County 7638
57 Clay County 7632
58 Webster County 7626
59 Jasper County 7406
60 Yalobusha County 7229
61 Amite County 7138
62 Carroll County 6512
63 Leflore County 6473
64 Sunflower County 6163
65 Choctaw County 5546
66 Montgomery County 5267
67 Benton County 5047
68 Tallahatchie County 4966
69 Franklin County 4911
70 Coahoma County 4812
71 Jefferson Davis County 4260
72 Kemper County 3429
73 Holmes County 2781
74 Noxubee County 2768
75 Wilkinson County 2465
76 Tunica County 1900
77 Quitman County 1861
78 Humphreys County 1721
79 Sharkey County 1152
80 Claiborne County 1016
81 Jefferson County 927
82 Issaquena County 467