Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone 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 race as White Alone (95.96%), followed by Itawamba County (91.4%), and George County (89.96%).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
White Alone in 2017
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tishomingo County | 95.96 |
| 2 | Itawamba County | 91.4 |
| 3 | George County | 89.96 |
| 4 | Hancock County | 88.09 |
| 5 | Alcorn County | 85.6 |
| 6 | Pearl River County | 84.77 |
| 7 | Prentiss County | 84.01 |
| 8 | Pontotoc County | 82.25 |
| 9 | Union County | 81.99 |
| 10 | Tippah County | 80.91 |
| 11 | Webster County | 79.46 |
| 12 | Perry County | 78.71 |
| 13 | Stone County | 77.53 |
| 14 | Lamar County | 76.63 |
| 15 | Rankin County | 76.33 |
| 16 | Smith County | 75.19 |
| 17 | Greene County | 73.43 |
| 18 | Jackson County | 73.27 |
| 19 | Lafayette County | 72.52 |
| 20 | Calhoun County | 69.88 |
| 21 | DeSoto County | 68.76 |
| 22 | Choctaw County | 68.55 |
| 23 | Jones County | 68.38 |
| 24 | Harrison County | 68.27 |
| 25 | Lincoln County | 68.11 |
| 26 | Monroe County | 67.89 |
| 27 | Lee County | 67.5 |
| 28 | Tate County | 66.75 |
| 29 | Marion County | 66.31 |
| 30 | Lawrence County | 66.15 |
| 31 | Carroll County | 65.66 |
| 32 | Clarke County | 64.32 |
| 33 | Franklin County | 63.97 |
| 34 | Benton County | 63.17 |
| 35 | Simpson County | 62.88 |
| 36 | Newton County | 62.15 |
| 37 | Covington County | 62.02 |
| 38 | Neshoba County | 59.55 |
| 39 | Yalobusha County | 59.28 |
| 40 | Forrest County | 59.03 |
| 41 | Wayne County | 58.34 |
| 42 | Scott County | 58.27 |
| 43 | Amite County | 58.23 |
| 44 | Oktibbeha County | 57.95 |
| 45 | Madison County | 57.82 |
| 46 | Grenada County | 55.41 |
| 47 | Attala County | 55.35 |
| 48 | Lauderdale County | 54.15 |
| 49 | Walthall County | 54 |
| 50 | Chickasaw County | 53.29 |
| 50 | Lowndes County | 53.29 |
| 51 | Montgomery County | 52.91 |
| 52 | Winston County | 50.64 |
| 53 | Marshall County | 50.6 |
| 54 | Leake County | 49.54 |
| 55 | Warren County | 48.48 |
| 56 | Panola County | 48.27 |
| 57 | Copiah County | 46.25 |
| 58 | Jasper County | 45.43 |
| 59 | Adams County | 44.94 |
| 60 | Pike County | 44.43 |
| 61 | Yazoo County | 40.75 |
| 62 | Tallahatchie County | 40.72 |
| 63 | Clay County | 39.75 |
| 64 | Jefferson Davis County | 38.63 |
| 65 | Issaquena County | 35.92 |
| 66 | Kemper County | 34.45 |
| 67 | Bolivar County | 33.89 |
| 68 | Wilkinson County | 28.47 |
| 69 | Sharkey County | 27.36 |
| 70 | Quitman County | 26.79 |
| 71 | Noxubee County | 26.69 |
| 72 | Washington County | 25.94 |
| 73 | Hinds County | 25.6 |
| 74 | Sunflower County | 24.52 |
| 75 | Leflore County | 23.5 |
| 76 | Humphreys County | 22.51 |
| 77 | Coahoma County | 21.61 |
| 78 | Tunica County | 20.79 |
| 79 | Holmes County | 16.04 |
| 80 | Jefferson County | 13.17 |
| 81 | Claiborne County | 12 |