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.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
Webster County
Clarke County
Monroe County
Oktibbeha County
Tippah County
Benton County
Lowndes County
Stone County
Panola County
Marshall County
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