Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 704.09K people in Mississippi with Unclassified ancestry. Among all Mississippi counties, DeSoto County had the highest population with Unclassified ancestry (57.12K), followed by Harrison County (53.75K), and Hinds County (38.32K).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high number of people with Unclassified ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Mississippi.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
DeSoto County
Harrison County
Hinds County
Rankin County
Jackson County
Lee County
Lafayette County
Madison County
Lauderdale County
Pearl River County
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Population
1 DeSoto County 57117
2 Harrison County 53748
3 Hinds County 38318
4 Rankin County 38239
5 Jackson County 34489
6 Lee County 26997
7 Lafayette County 19801
8 Madison County 19244
9 Lauderdale County 17799
10 Pearl River County 16046
11 Jones County 13839
12 Forrest County 13780
13 Lowndes County 13566
14 Itawamba County 12674
15 Hancock County 12294
16 Union County 11912
17 Lincoln County 11376
18 Pontotoc County 11263
19 Lamar County 9864
20 Alcorn County 9581
21 Monroe County 9221
22 Tate County 9205
23 Prentiss County 8585
24 Oktibbeha County 8533
25 Marshall County 8340
26 George County 8222
27 Simpson County 8027
28 Tippah County 7705
29 Yazoo County 7646
30 Warren County 7557
31 Washington County 7337
32 Adams County 7193
33 Pike County 6596
34 Marion County 6228
35 Scott County 6140
36 Panola County 6112
37 Grenada County 6044
38 Stone County 5922
39 Neshoba County 5876
40 Attala County 5739
41 Tishomingo County 5725
42 Copiah County 5713
43 Bolivar County 5615
44 Leake County 5540
45 Newton County 5229
46 Wayne County 4953
47 Winston County 4020
48 Yalobusha County 4018
49 Carroll County 3867
50 Clay County 3813
51 Chickasaw County 3687
52 Walthall County 3432
53 Leflore County 3375
54 Amite County 3357
54 Clarke County 3357
55 Sunflower County 3326
56 Lawrence County 3315
57 Covington County 2998
58 Jasper County 2823
59 Holmes County 2594
60 Perry County 2519
61 Webster County 2269
62 Smith County 2255
63 Tallahatchie County 2174
64 Jefferson Davis County 2163
65 Coahoma County 2142
66 Choctaw County 2139
67 Franklin County 2000
68 Calhoun County 1955
69 Greene County 1951
70 Noxubee County 1701
71 Benton County 1662
72 Humphreys County 1619
73 Wilkinson County 1522
74 Montgomery County 1473
75 Kemper County 1291
76 Tunica County 1179
77 Claiborne County 1170
78 Jefferson County 855
79 Quitman County 595
80 Sharkey County 408
81 Issaquena County 115