Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 238.58K people in Mississippi with English ancestry (8.04% of Mississippi population). Among all Mississippi counties, Webster County had the highest percentage of its population with English ancestry (17.12%), followed by Clarke County (17.01%), and Monroe County (16.30%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having English ancestry.
You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Mississippi.
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Related Topics: Mississippi ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Webster County | 17.12 |
| 2 | Clarke County | 17.01 |
| 3 | Monroe County | 16.30 |
| 4 | Oktibbeha County | 15.44 |
| 5 | Tippah County | 14.82 |
| 6 | Benton County | 14.39 |
| 7 | Lowndes County | 13.94 |
| 7 | Stone County | 13.94 |
| 8 | Panola County | 13.05 |
| 9 | Marshall County | 12.70 |
| 10 | Choctaw County | 12.39 |
| 11 | Tallahatchie County | 12.16 |
| 12 | Lafayette County | 11.94 |
| 13 | Clay County | 11.41 |
| 14 | Hancock County | 10.82 |
| 15 | Tishomingo County | 10.68 |
| 16 | Rankin County | 10.57 |
| 17 | Pearl River County | 10.04 |
| 18 | Wayne County | 9.90 |
| 19 | Quitman County | 9.89 |
| 20 | George County | 9.88 |
| 21 | Jackson County | 9.68 |
| 22 | Madison County | 9.57 |
| 23 | Harrison County | 9.32 |
| 24 | Lee County | 9.22 |
| 25 | Lamar County | 8.93 |
| 26 | Prentiss County | 8.64 |
| 27 | Pontotoc County | 8.62 |
| 28 | Union County | 8.43 |
| 29 | Franklin County | 8.32 |
| 30 | Jones County | 8.29 |
| 31 | DeSoto County | 8.26 |
| 32 | Greene County | 8.01 |
| 33 | Winston County | 7.59 |
| 34 | Warren County | 7.51 |
| 35 | Alcorn County | 7.43 |
| 36 | Montgomery County | 7.16 |
| 37 | Neshoba County | 7.09 |
| 38 | Forrest County | 7.07 |
| 39 | Itawamba County | 7.00 |
| 40 | Lawrence County | 6.94 |
| 41 | Lauderdale County | 6.66 |
| 42 | Simpson County | 6.49 |
| 43 | Copiah County | 6.46 |
| 44 | Calhoun County | 6.38 |
| 45 | Covington County | 6.37 |
| 46 | Coahoma County | 6.30 |
| 47 | Attala County | 6.18 |
| 47 | Tate County | 6.18 |
| 48 | Newton County | 6.14 |
| 49 | Grenada County | 6.10 |
| 50 | Pike County | 5.48 |
| 51 | Marion County | 5.34 |
| 52 | Issaquena County | 5.22 |
| 53 | Walthall County | 5.10 |
| 54 | Leake County | 5.01 |
| 55 | Jefferson Davis County | 4.98 |
| 56 | Amite County | 4.79 |
| 57 | Perry County | 4.69 |
| 58 | Lincoln County | 4.56 |
| 59 | Yazoo County | 4.55 |
| 60 | Tunica County | 4.50 |
| 61 | Smith County | 4.27 |
| 62 | Noxubee County | 4.17 |
| 63 | Bolivar County | 3.90 |
| 64 | Carroll County | 3.86 |
| 65 | Adams County | 3.82 |
| 66 | Chickasaw County | 3.66 |
| 67 | Hinds County | 3.59 |
| 68 | Yalobusha County | 3.55 |
| 69 | Scott County | 3.43 |
| 70 | Sunflower County | 3.41 |
| 71 | Washington County | 3.23 |
| 72 | Kemper County | 2.78 |
| 73 | Wilkinson County | 2.73 |
| 74 | Leflore County | 2.65 |
| 75 | Holmes County | 2.62 |
| 76 | Jasper County | 2.49 |
| 77 | Humphreys County | 2.42 |
| 78 | Sharkey County | 2.36 |
| 79 | Claiborne County | 1.00 |
| 80 | Jefferson County | 0.51 |