Mississippi Immigrant or Foreign-Born Population By County in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on February 24, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the total immigrant or foreign-born population in Mississippi was 68.58K which was 2.31% of Mississippi's population. Among all Mississippi counties, Harrison had the highest immigrant population (9.06K) and immigrants constituted 4.37% of its population, followed by DeSoto (pop: 7.13K, perc: 3.89%), and then Jackson (pop: 4.86K, perc: 3.40%).

On the other hand, the counties with the least number of immigrant population were: Wilkinson (pop: 0, perc: 0.00%), Sharkey (pop: 0, perc: 0.00%), and Issaquena (pop: 0, perc: 0.00%),

The chart and table below shows the immigrant or foreign-born population of each county and the percentage of each county's population that are immigrants.

You can see similar information for other states and by state for the United States.

Mississippi Immigrant or Foreign-Born Population By County in 2021
Mississippi Immigrant or Foreign-Born Population By County in 2021
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County Immigrant Population % of County Population
Adams 1980 6.62
Alcorn 513 1.47
Amite 49 0.39
Attala 136 0.76
Benton 562 7.31
Bolivar 768 2.45
Calhoun 491 3.66
Carroll 0 0.00
Chickasaw 323 1.89
Choctaw 18 0.22
Claiborne 61 0.67
Clarke 114 0.73
Clay 67 0.36
Coahoma 127 0.58
Copiah 415 1.46
Covington 135 0.73
DeSoto 7134 3.89
Forrest 1827 2.35
Franklin 9 0.12
George 412 1.70
Greene 198 1.45
Grenada 201 0.93
Hancock 953 2.08
Harrison 9063 4.37
Hinds 3765 1.63
Holmes 52 0.30
Humphreys 81 1.02
Issaquena 0 0.00
Itawamba 107 0.45
Jackson 4861 3.40
Jasper 15 0.09
Jefferson 78 1.07
Jefferson Davis 55 0.48
Jones 1561 2.32
Kemper 16 0.17
Lafayette 2078 3.73
Lamar 1508 2.37
Lauderdale 1222 1.66
Lawrence 60 0.50
Leake 334 1.56
Lee 1860 2.23
Leflore 486 1.70
Lincoln 256 0.73
Lowndes 1054 1.79
Madison 4593 4.24
Marion 210 0.85
Marshall 798 2.35
Monroe 324 0.94
Montgomery 93 0.94
Neshoba 208 0.71
Newton 305 1.43
Noxubee 47 0.45
Oktibbeha 2016 3.93
Panola 232 0.70
Pearl River 832 1.49
Perry 254 2.19
Pike 308 0.77
Pontotoc 1193 3.83
Prentiss 415 1.66
Quitman 15 0.24
Rankin 4102 2.63
Scott 1485 5.29
Sharkey 0 0.00
Simpson 308 1.18
Smith 128 0.88
Stone 209 1.14
Sunflower 32 0.12
Tallahatchie 236 1.83
Tate 337 1.20
Tippah 509 2.33
Tishomingo 320 1.69
Tunica 78 0.78
Union 751 2.70
Walthall 231 1.65
Warren 1022 2.26
Washington 345 0.76
Wayne 731 3.69
Webster 73 0.74
Wilkinson 0 0.00
Winston 12 0.07
Yalobusha 53 0.42
Yazoo 770 2.76