Ranking of Mississippi Counties By White Alone Population in 2021

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Mississippi counties, Harrison County had the highest number of people who identified their race as White Alone (141.16K), followed by DeSoto County (119.96K), and Rankin County (118.41K).

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.

You can also see similar information for other states, and also the ranking of all counties in the United States.

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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By White Alone Population in 2021
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By White Alone Population in 2021
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Rank County White Alone Population
1 Harrison County 141162
2 DeSoto County 119961
3 Rankin County 118407
4 Jackson County 105714
5 Madison County 63409
6 Hinds County 55577
7 Lee County 54791
8 Lamar County 48650
9 Pearl River County 47767
10 Forrest County 46487
11 Jones County 45634
12 Lafayette County 41040
13 Hancock County 40175
14 Lauderdale County 37814
15 Lowndes County 30335
16 Oktibbeha County 29824
17 Alcorn County 29125
18 Pontotoc County 25426
19 Lincoln County 23822
20 Monroe County 22960
21 Union County 22662
22 George County 22150
23 Itawamba County 21552
24 Warren County 20998
25 Prentiss County 20654
26 Tate County 18845
27 Tishomingo County 17867
28 Marshall County 17503
29 Tippah County 17458
30 Pike County 17119
31 Neshoba County 16979
32 Scott County 16190
33 Marion County 16146
34 Simpson County 16012
35 Panola County 15836
36 Stone County 14583
37 Copiah County 13015
38 Newton County 12888
39 Adams County 11923
40 Grenada County 11588
41 Wayne County 11414
42 Covington County 11211
43 Washington County 10992
44 Leake County 10731
45 Smith County 10606
46 Yazoo County 10272
47 Bolivar County 10195
48 Greene County 9912
49 Clarke County 9905
50 Attala County 9545
51 Perry County 9067
52 Calhoun County 8955
53 Winston County 8906
54 Chickasaw County 8881
55 Webster County 7954
56 Lawrence County 7692
57 Amite County 7488
58 Walthall County 7461
59 Yalobusha County 7358
60 Jasper County 7355
61 Clay County 7101
62 Leflore County 6320
63 Sunflower County 6309
64 Carroll County 6279
65 Choctaw County 5570
66 Montgomery County 5151
67 Franklin County 4906
68 Tallahatchie County 4851
69 Benton County 4767
70 Jefferson Davis County 4266
71 Coahoma County 4260
72 Kemper County 2973
73 Noxubee County 2654
74 Holmes County 2543
75 Wilkinson County 2367
76 Tunica County 1957
77 Humphreys County 1596
78 Quitman County 1465
79 Claiborne County 1025
80 Jefferson County 989
81 Sharkey County 940
82 Issaquena County 496