Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic or Latino in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Mississippi counties, Scott County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (10.43%), followed by Adams County (7.51%), and Tallahatchie County (6.01%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2012
Scott
Adams
Tallahatchie
Pontotoc
Yazoo
Calhoun
Harrison
Jackson
DeSoto
Tippah
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Scott County 10.43
2 Adams County 7.51
3 Tallahatchie County 6.01
4 Pontotoc County 5.89
5 Yazoo County 5.42
6 Calhoun County 5.33
7 Harrison County 5.2
8 Jackson County 4.99
9 DeSoto County 4.84
10 Tippah County 4.81
11 Union County 4.36
12 Leake County 4.24
13 Jones County 4.22
14 Chickasaw County 3.74
15 Hancock County 3.4
16 Forrest County 3.31
16 Marshall County 3.31
17 Pearl River County 2.92
18 Madison County 2.82
19 Alcorn County 2.78
20 Copiah County 2.72
20 Tishomingo County 2.72
21 Rankin County 2.52
22 Humphreys County 2.5
23 Leflore County 2.4
24 Lee County 2.39
25 Lamar County 2.35
26 Tate County 2.32
27 Covington County 2.21
28 George County 2.19
29 Lafayette County 2.15
30 Lawrence County 2.14
30 Tunica County 2.14
31 Bolivar County 2.05
32 Benton County 2.03
33 Warren County 1.99
34 Lauderdale County 1.96
35 Attala County 1.77
35 Neshoba County 1.77
35 Simpson County 1.77
36 Stone County 1.76
37 Lowndes County 1.75
38 Walthall County 1.66
39 Newton County 1.5
40 Panola County 1.49
41 Sunflower County 1.46
42 Hinds County 1.45
43 Oktibbeha County 1.44
44 Smith County 1.41
45 Itawamba County 1.36
45 Yalobusha County 1.36
46 Choctaw County 1.34
47 Marion County 1.31
47 Pike County 1.31
48 Coahoma County 1.28
48 Washington County 1.28
49 Sharkey County 1.27
49 Webster County 1.27
50 Wayne County 1.26
51 Prentiss County 1.25
52 Claiborne County 1.18
53 Jefferson Davis County 1.15
54 Clay County 1.13
55 Carroll County 1.09
55 Montgomery County 1.09
56 Jasper County 1.06
57 Amite County 1.04
57 Grenada County 1.04
58 Lincoln County 1.03
59 Winston County 1.02
60 Issaquena County 1
60 Perry County 1
61 Quitman County 0.99
62 Greene County 0.97
62 Monroe County 0.97
63 Noxubee County 0.91
64 Clarke County 0.9
65 Holmes County 0.87
66 Franklin County 0.86
67 Kemper County 0.64
68 Wilkinson County 0.58
69 Jefferson County 0.44