Lafayette 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 55.73K Lafayette County, MS population, 19.80K had Unclassified ancestry (35.53%), 15.85K had Other Groups ancestry (28.45%), and 6.65K had English ancestry (11.94%).

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.

Lafayette County, MS Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Unclassified
Other Groups
English
Irish
German
American
Scottish
Italian
French (except Basque)
Scotch Irish
Lafayette County, MS Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Unclassified 19801 35.53
Other Groups 15853 28.45
English 6654 11.94
Irish 4443 7.97
German 4050 7.27
American 3843 6.90
Scottish 1648 2.96
Italian 1208 2.17
French (except Basque) 926 1.66
Scotch Irish 911 1.64
European 750 1.35
Swedish 507 0.91
Polish 454 0.82
Arab 434 0.78
British 294 0.53
Norwegian 277 0.50
Dutch 201 0.36
Subsaharan African 186 0.33
Welsh 178 0.32
Czech 164 0.29
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 161 0.29
Jordanian 154 0.28
Bahamian 126 0.23
Ethiopian 124 0.22
Armenian 120 0.22
Danish 106 0.19
Lebanese 86 0.15
Turkish 67 0.12
Russian 61 0.11
Celtic 58 0.10
Greek 58 0.10
Scandinavian 57 0.10
Brazilian 55 0.10
Finnish 46 0.08
Syrian 42 0.08
Iranian 29 0.05
Northern European 28 0.05
Austrian 27 0.05
Swiss 27 0.05
Slovak 26 0.05
Belizean 26 0.05
Lithuanian 24 0.04
Nigerian 24 0.04
French Canadian 20 0.04
African 16 0.03
Afghan 15 0.03
Romanian 15 0.03
Croatian 10 0.02
Eastern European 10 0.02
Haitian 9 0.02
Cajun 8 0.01
Bulgarian 7 0.01
Portuguese 7 0.01
Hungarian 6 0.01
Czechoslovakian 5 0.01