Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone 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 race as White Alone (95.97%), followed by Itawamba County (91.44%), and George County (90.01%).

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 White Alone in 2016
Tishomingo
Itawamba
George
Hancock
Alcorn
Pearl River
Prentiss
Pontotoc
Union
Tippah
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Tishomingo County 95.97
2 Itawamba County 91.44
3 George County 90.01
4 Hancock County 88.04
5 Alcorn County 85.71
6 Pearl River County 84.67
7 Prentiss County 84.05
8 Pontotoc County 82.35
9 Union County 82.15
10 Tippah County 81.25
11 Webster County 79.45
12 Perry County 78.9
13 Stone County 77.86
14 Rankin County 76.63
15 Lamar County 76.58
16 Smith County 75.79
17 Greene County 73.67
18 Jackson County 73.36
19 Lafayette County 72.4
20 DeSoto County 70.09
21 Calhoun County 69.81
22 Choctaw County 69.05
23 Harrison County 68.73
24 Jones County 68.46
25 Lee County 68.03
26 Lincoln County 68.02
27 Monroe County 67.77
28 Tate County 66.52
29 Lawrence County 66.46
29 Marion County 66.46
30 Carroll County 65.2
31 Clarke County 64.3
32 Franklin County 63.94
33 Simpson County 62.63
34 Newton County 62.59
35 Benton County 62.52
36 Covington County 62.1
37 Neshoba County 59.88
38 Yalobusha County 59.3
39 Forrest County 59.28
40 Wayne County 58.62
41 Amite County 58.49
42 Oktibbeha County 57.93
42 Scott County 57.93
43 Madison County 57.81
44 Grenada County 55.64
45 Attala County 55.3
46 Lauderdale County 54.35
47 Walthall County 53.97
48 Lowndes County 53.62
49 Chickasaw County 53.48
50 Montgomery County 52.98
51 Winston County 51.27
52 Marshall County 50.29
53 Leake County 49.71
54 Warren County 48.8
55 Panola County 48.33
56 Copiah County 46.3
57 Jasper County 45.3
58 Pike County 44.54
59 Adams County 44.3
60 Tallahatchie County 40.88
61 Yazoo County 40.37
62 Clay County 39.95
63 Jefferson Davis County 38.94
64 Issaquena County 35.35
65 Kemper County 34.52
66 Bolivar County 33.82
67 Wilkinson County 28.49
68 Quitman County 27.43
69 Sharkey County 27.37
70 Noxubee County 26.93
71 Hinds County 26.09
72 Washington County 26.08
73 Sunflower County 24.99
74 Leflore County 23.85
75 Humphreys County 22.89
76 Coahoma County 21.99
77 Tunica County 21.24
78 Holmes County 16.12
79 Jefferson County 13.12
80 Claiborne County 12.23