Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic or Latino in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Mississippi counties, Scott County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (10.78%), followed by Adams County (8.62%), and Tallahatchie County (6.56%).

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 2016
Scott
Adams
Tallahatchie
Pontotoc
Yazoo
Jackson
Calhoun
Harrison
DeSoto
Tippah
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Scott County 10.78
2 Adams County 8.62
3 Tallahatchie County 6.56
4 Pontotoc County 6.45
5 Yazoo County 6.4
6 Jackson County 6.32
7 Calhoun County 5.69
8 Harrison County 5.39
9 DeSoto County 4.81
10 Tippah County 4.68
11 Chickasaw County 4.56
12 Leake County 4.44
13 Jones County 4.4
14 Union County 4.24
15 Hancock County 3.8
16 Marshall County 3.49
17 Humphreys County 3.16
18 Alcorn County 3.13
19 Pearl River County 3.02
19 Tishomingo County 3.02
20 Copiah County 3
21 Forrest County 2.96
22 Madison County 2.86
23 Rankin County 2.72
24 George County 2.67
25 Lamar County 2.63
26 Tate County 2.57
27 Lee County 2.56
28 Benton County 2.55
29 Lafayette County 2.53
30 Leflore County 2.46
31 Tunica County 2.37
32 Covington County 2.34
33 Lauderdale County 2.23
34 Neshoba County 2.18
35 Bolivar County 2.14
36 Attala County 2.05
37 Walthall County 2.03
38 Warren County 2.02
39 Stone County 1.98
40 Lawrence County 1.96
40 Lowndes County 1.96
41 Newton County 1.88
42 Sharkey County 1.84
43 Panola County 1.83
44 Choctaw County 1.82
45 Smith County 1.78
46 Simpson County 1.77
47 Sunflower County 1.74
48 Oktibbeha County 1.69
49 Webster County 1.61
50 Itawamba County 1.6
51 Issaquena County 1.59
52 Wayne County 1.55
53 Yalobusha County 1.54
54 Hinds County 1.52
54 Perry County 1.52
54 Pike County 1.52
54 Washington County 1.52
55 Claiborne County 1.48
55 Jefferson Davis County 1.48
56 Marion County 1.47
57 Carroll County 1.44
58 Clay County 1.43
58 Prentiss County 1.43
59 Noxubee County 1.42
60 Coahoma County 1.41
60 Quitman County 1.41
61 Montgomery County 1.34
62 Grenada County 1.29
63 Amite County 1.26
64 Jasper County 1.23
65 Monroe County 1.22
65 Winston County 1.22
66 Greene County 1.2
67 Lincoln County 1.09
68 Clarke County 1.08
68 Kemper County 1.08
69 Holmes County 1.06
70 Wilkinson County 0.97
71 Franklin County 0.96
72 Jefferson County 0.73