Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Mississippi counties, Neshoba County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (16.76%), followed by Leake County (6.73%), and Newton County (5.34%).

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 American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2016

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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).

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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2016

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Leake

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Kemper

Winston

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Scott

Pearl River

Hancock

Stone

Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2016

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Rank	County	% of County Population
1	Neshoba County	16.76
2	Leake County	6.73
3	Newton County	5.34
4	Kemper County	3.43
5	Winston County	1.17
6	Jones County	0.69
6	Scott County	0.69
7	Pearl River County	0.62
8	Hancock County	0.61
9	Stone County	0.53
10	Pontotoc County	0.52
11	Perry County	0.51
12	Harrison County	0.48
12	Yazoo County	0.48
13	Clarke County	0.47
14	Adams County	0.46
14	George County	0.46
15	Jackson County	0.45
16	Walthall County	0.43
17	Benton County	0.41
17	Leflore County	0.41
17	Tishomingo County	0.41
18	Tallahatchie County	0.4
19	Marshall County	0.39
19	Tippah County	0.39
20	Chickasaw County	0.37
20	Lafayette County	0.37
21	Greene County	0.36
21	Pike County	0.36
22	Forrest County	0.35
22	Madison County	0.35
23	Alcorn County	0.34
23	Montgomery County	0.34
23	Warren County	0.34
24	Noxubee County	0.33
25	Attala County	0.32
25	Calhoun County	0.32
25	DeSoto County	0.32
25	Lamar County	0.32
25	Lauderdale County	0.32
25	Union County	0.32
26	Amite County	0.31
26	Itawamba County	0.31
26	Sunflower County	0.31
26	Webster County	0.31
26	Yalobusha County	0.31
27	Choctaw County	0.3
27	Issaquena County	0.3
27	Simpson County	0.3
27	Tate County	0.3
28	Panola County	0.29
29	Jefferson Davis County	0.28
29	Lawrence County	0.28
29	Quitman County	0.28
29	Wayne County	0.28
30	Copiah County	0.27
30	Grenada County	0.27
30	Prentiss County	0.27
31	Carroll County	0.26
31	Lee County	0.26
31	Lowndes County	0.26
31	Monroe County	0.26
31	Tunica County	0.26
32	Marion County	0.25
33	Jasper County	0.24
33	Lincoln County	0.24
33	Wilkinson County	0.24
34	Jefferson County	0.23
34	Oktibbeha County	0.23
34	Washington County	0.23
35	Rankin County	0.22
36	Covington County	0.21
36	Humphreys County	0.21
37	Clay County	0.2
38	Bolivar County	0.18
38	Smith County	0.18
39	Franklin County	0.17
40	Claiborne County	0.16
41	Coahoma County	0.14
41	Holmes County	0.14
42	Hinds County	0.13
43	Sharkey County	0.09