Rankin 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 156.05K Rankin County, MS population, 49.14K had Other Groups ancestry (31.49%), 38.24K had Unclassified ancestry (24.50%), and 20.16K had American ancestry (12.92%).

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.

Rankin County, MS Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
American
English
Irish
German
European
Scottish
Scotch Irish
Italian
Rankin County, MS Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 49140 31.49
Unclassified 38239 24.50
American 20157 12.92
English 16493 10.57
Irish 14400 9.23
German 9499 6.09
European 7371 4.72
Scottish 3302 2.12
Scotch Irish 2916 1.87
Italian 2846 1.82
French (except Basque) 2195 1.41
British 1116 0.72
Dutch 1116 0.72
Welsh 856 0.55
Polish 795 0.51
Swedish 634 0.41
Norwegian 612 0.39
Subsaharan African 477 0.31
Lebanese 359 0.23
Hungarian 344 0.22
African 337 0.22
Northern European 283 0.18
Arab 264 0.17
Greek 258 0.17
French Canadian 242 0.16
Scandinavian 182 0.12
Nigerian 137 0.09
Eastern European 127 0.08
Danish 96 0.06
Austrian 89 0.06
Swiss 83 0.05
Cajun 82 0.05
Portuguese 81 0.05
Czech 80 0.05
Ukrainian 80 0.05
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 80 0.05
Canadian 78 0.05
Palestinian 76 0.05
Russian 63 0.04
Belgian 60 0.04
Slavic 60 0.04
Afghan 59 0.04
Slovak 39 0.03
Jamaican 39 0.03
Croatian 37 0.02
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 30 0.02
Brazilian 20 0.01
Lithuanian 19 0.01
Bulgarian 16 0.01
Israeli 15 0.01
Iranian 12 0.01
New Zealander 10 0.01
Yugoslavian 9 0.01
Syrian 8 0.01
Armenian 7 0.00
Basque 7 0.00
Czechoslovakian 7 0.00
British West Indian 7 0.00
Moroccan 4 0.00
Dutch West Indian 4 0.00
Somali 3 0.00