Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Mississippi counties, Tishomingo County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (93.33%), followed by Itawamba County (90.15%), and George County (87.61%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi counties.

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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016
Tishomingo
Itawamba
George
Hancock
Alcorn
Prentiss
Pearl River
Union
Webster
Perry
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Tishomingo County 93.33
2 Itawamba County 90.15
3 George County 87.61
4 Hancock County 84.91
5 Alcorn County 82.99
6 Prentiss County 82.96
7 Pearl River County 82.03
8 Union County 78.61
9 Webster County 78.1
10 Perry County 77.68
11 Tippah County 77.32
12 Pontotoc County 77.08
13 Stone County 76.22
14 Lamar County 74.46
15 Smith County 74.37
16 Rankin County 74.34
17 Greene County 72.68
18 Lafayette County 70.39
19 Jackson County 68
20 Choctaw County 67.66
21 Lincoln County 67.22
22 Monroe County 66.86
23 Lee County 65.98
24 DeSoto County 65.83
25 Marion County 65.28
26 Lawrence County 65.13
27 Calhoun County 64.91
28 Jones County 64.85
29 Tate County 64.48
30 Harrison County 64.29
31 Carroll County 64.25
32 Clarke County 63.41
33 Franklin County 63.33
34 Simpson County 61.45
35 Newton County 61.34
36 Benton County 60.5
37 Covington County 60.47
38 Neshoba County 58.73
39 Yalobusha County 58.14
40 Amite County 57.78
41 Wayne County 57.5
42 Forrest County 57
43 Oktibbeha County 56.65
44 Madison County 55.7
45 Grenada County 54.77
46 Attala County 53.66
47 Lauderdale County 52.8
48 Walthall County 52.57
49 Lowndes County 52.13
50 Montgomery County 52.07
51 Winston County 50.39
52 Chickasaw County 50.1
53 Scott County 49.5
54 Marshall County 47.54
55 Warren County 47.36
56 Leake County 47.25
57 Panola County 47.04
58 Jasper County 44.59
59 Copiah County 44.06
60 Pike County 43.58
61 Clay County 39.07
62 Jefferson Davis County 38.06
63 Adams County 36.76
64 Tallahatchie County 35.41
65 Yazoo County 35.08
66 Issaquena County 33.99
67 Kemper County 33.96
68 Bolivar County 32.39
69 Wilkinson County 27.89
70 Quitman County 26.56
71 Sharkey County 26.17
72 Noxubee County 25.93
73 Washington County 25.22
74 Hinds County 24.96
75 Sunflower County 24.07
76 Leflore County 22.5
77 Coahoma County 21.16
78 Humphreys County 21.15
79 Tunica County 19.59
80 Holmes County 15.63
81 Jefferson County 12.83
82 Claiborne County 11.46