Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Mississippi counties, Tishomingo County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (93.26%), followed by Itawamba County (90.05%), and George County (87.52%).

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 2017
Tishomingo
Itawamba
George
Hancock
Prentiss
Alcorn
Pearl River
Union
Webster
Perry
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Tishomingo County 93.26
2 Itawamba County 90.05
3 George County 87.52
4 Hancock County 84.97
5 Prentiss County 82.87
6 Alcorn County 82.81
7 Pearl River County 82.05
8 Union County 78.31
9 Webster County 78.27
10 Perry County 77.48
11 Tippah County 76.95
12 Pontotoc County 76.49
13 Stone County 75.86
14 Lamar County 74.38
15 Rankin County 74.01
16 Smith County 73.82
17 Greene County 72.42
18 Lafayette County 70.49
19 Jackson County 67.75
20 Choctaw County 67.29
21 Lincoln County 67.28
22 Monroe County 66.94
23 Lee County 65.41
24 Marion County 65
25 Lawrence County 64.8
26 Tate County 64.73
27 Calhoun County 64.68
28 Jones County 64.66
29 Carroll County 64.47
30 DeSoto County 64.37
31 Harrison County 63.78
32 Clarke County 63.42
33 Franklin County 63.28
34 Simpson County 61.71
35 Benton County 61.05
36 Newton County 60.92
37 Covington County 60.43
38 Neshoba County 58.46
39 Yalobusha County 58.07
40 Amite County 57.33
41 Wayne County 57.22
42 Forrest County 56.84
43 Oktibbeha County 56.68
44 Madison County 55.61
45 Grenada County 54.51
46 Attala County 53.73
47 Walthall County 52.62
48 Lauderdale County 52.6
49 Montgomery County 51.95
50 Lowndes County 51.73
51 Chickasaw County 49.91
52 Winston County 49.74
53 Scott County 49.72
54 Marshall County 47.73
55 Warren County 46.99
56 Panola County 46.83
57 Leake County 46.75
58 Jasper County 44.7
59 Copiah County 43.91
60 Pike County 43.44
61 Clay County 38.87
62 Jefferson Davis County 37.75
63 Adams County 36.64
64 Tallahatchie County 35.08
65 Issaquena County 34.88
66 Yazoo County 34.69
67 Kemper County 33.99
68 Bolivar County 32.47
69 Wilkinson County 27.84
70 Sharkey County 26.07
71 Noxubee County 25.83
72 Quitman County 25.82
73 Washington County 25.02
74 Hinds County 24.47
75 Sunflower County 23.57
76 Leflore County 22.08
77 Coahoma County 20.71
78 Humphreys County 20.67
79 Tunica County 19.02
80 Holmes County 15.58
81 Jefferson County 12.82
82 Claiborne County 11.25