DeSoto County, MS Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 183.22K DeSoto County, MS population, 68.85K had Other Groups ancestry (37.58%), 57.12K had Unclassified ancestry (31.17%), and 15.61K had American ancestry (8.52%).

The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups, and the table below shows both the number and percentages for all ancestry groups.

You can see similar information for other Mississippi counties, and for Mississippi.

DeSoto County, MS Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
American
English
Irish
German
Italian
French (except Basque)
Scottish
Scotch Irish
DeSoto County, MS Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 68846 37.58
Unclassified 57117 31.17
American 15609 8.52
English 15133 8.26
Irish 14274 7.79
German 11904 6.50
Italian 3928 2.14
French (except Basque) 2684 1.47
Scottish 2526 1.38
Scotch Irish 2386 1.30
European 2286 1.25
Subsaharan African 1395 0.76
Swedish 1363 0.74
African 1146 0.63
Dutch 1123 0.61
Polish 952 0.52
British 784 0.43
Welsh 776 0.42
Norwegian 529 0.29
French Canadian 412 0.23
Russian 387 0.21
Guyanese 340 0.19
Greek 327 0.18
Lebanese 243 0.13
Hungarian 213 0.12
Danish 207 0.11
Scandinavian 199 0.11
Canadian 127 0.07
Czechoslovakian 89 0.05
Austrian 79 0.04
Nigerian 72 0.04
Swiss 67 0.04
Ethiopian 63 0.03
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 62 0.03
Jamaican 62 0.03
Romanian 55 0.03
Eastern European 53 0.03
Czech 50 0.03
Pennsylvania German 49 0.03
Belgian 47 0.03
South African 39 0.02
Ukrainian 39 0.02
Lithuanian 38 0.02
Portuguese 34 0.02
Northern European 32 0.02
Celtic 30 0.02
Moroccan 27 0.02
Arab 25 0.01
Kenyan 23 0.01
Alsatian 18 0.01
Syrian 17 0.01
Palestinian 14 0.01
Finnish 14 0.01
Bulgarian 13 0.01
Slovak 13 0.01
Croatian 12 0.01
Armenian 11 0.01
Cajun 11 0.01
New Zealander 11 0.01
Senegalese 11 0.01
Yugoslavian 10 0.01
Icelander 7 0.00
Australian 6 0.00
Jordanian 4 0.00
Iranian 3 0.00