Hancock 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 45.91K Hancock County, MS population, 12.29K had Unclassified ancestry (26.78%), 8.94K had Other Groups ancestry (19.48%), and 6.18K had French (except Basque) ancestry (13.47%).

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

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Hancock County, MS Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Unclassified
Other Groups
French (except Basque)
American
Irish
German
English
Italian
European
Scotch Irish
Hancock County, MS Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Unclassified 12294 26.78
Other Groups 8942 19.48
French (except Basque) 6183 13.47
American 5743 12.51
Irish 5582 12.16
German 5303 11.55
English 4967 10.82
Italian 3037 6.62
European 829 1.81
Scotch Irish 798 1.74
Scottish 788 1.72
French Canadian 515 1.12
Polish 457 1.00
Cajun 409 0.89
British 308 0.67
Norwegian 299 0.65
Northern European 294 0.64
Swedish 267 0.58
Welsh 231 0.50
Dutch 171 0.37
Greek 157 0.34
Scandinavian 104 0.23
Subsaharan African 95 0.21
African 73 0.16
Portuguese 69 0.15
Eastern European 68 0.15
Ukrainian 61 0.13
Danish 57 0.12
Czech 56 0.12
Lebanese 54 0.12
Russian 51 0.11
Slovak 51 0.11
Croatian 50 0.11
Czechoslovakian 49 0.11
Arab 48 0.11
Nigerian 48 0.11
Swiss 33 0.07
Iranian 30 0.07
Australian 29 0.06
Finnish 27 0.06
Bulgarian 26 0.06
South African 22 0.05
Brazilian 21 0.05
Romanian 15 0.03
Hungarian 13 0.03
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 12 0.03
Jamaican 12 0.03
Austrian 9 0.02
Lithuanian 5 0.01