Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 41.16K people in Mississippi with European ancestry (1.39% of Mississippi population). Among all Mississippi counties, Rankin County had the highest percentage of its population with European ancestry (4.72%), followed by Madison County (4.01%), and Lawrence County (3.34%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having European 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 European Ancestry in 2021
Rankin County
Madison County
Lawrence County
Wayne County
Oktibbeha County
Choctaw County
Attala County
Tishomingo County
Hancock County
Franklin County
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Rankin County 4.72
2 Madison County 4.01
3 Lawrence County 3.34
4 Wayne County 2.90
5 Oktibbeha County 2.64
6 Choctaw County 2.14
7 Attala County 1.97
8 Tishomingo County 1.83
9 Hancock County 1.81
10 Franklin County 1.69
11 Kemper County 1.59
12 Pearl River County 1.58
13 Prentiss County 1.55
14 Union County 1.53
15 Jackson County 1.52
15 Lauderdale County 1.52
16 Clarke County 1.45
17 Jasper County 1.43
18 Harrison County 1.40
19 Lafayette County 1.35
20 Lee County 1.32
20 Lowndes County 1.32
21 DeSoto County 1.25
21 Webster County 1.25
22 Alcorn County 1.24
23 Jones County 1.21
24 Stone County 1.20
25 Simpson County 1.17
26 Hinds County 1.16
27 Lamar County 1.10
28 Calhoun County 1.09
29 Newton County 1.06
30 Winston County 1.04
31 Greene County 1.02
32 Forrest County 0.99
33 Warren County 0.96
34 Pike County 0.95
35 Marshall County 0.88
35 Monroe County 0.88
36 Montgomery County 0.80
37 Pontotoc County 0.78
37 Scott County 0.78
38 Adams County 0.77
38 Panola County 0.77
39 Jefferson Davis County 0.76
40 Walthall County 0.75
41 Washington County 0.73
42 Carroll County 0.72
43 Tallahatchie County 0.71
44 Neshoba County 0.68
45 Bolivar County 0.66
45 Grenada County 0.66
46 Itawamba County 0.64
47 Yazoo County 0.60
48 Amite County 0.58
49 Tate County 0.57
50 Copiah County 0.51
51 Chickasaw County 0.50
51 Leake County 0.50
52 Marion County 0.34
53 Leflore County 0.31
54 Perry County 0.28
55 Coahoma County 0.24
56 Covington County 0.23
57 Wilkinson County 0.21
58 Claiborne County 0.19
59 Tippah County 0.18
60 Sharkey County 0.17
60 Tunica County 0.17
61 Clay County 0.16
61 Holmes County 0.16
61 Yalobusha County 0.16
62 Lincoln County 0.11
63 Sunflower County 0.10
64 Benton County 0.07
64 Noxubee County 0.07
64 Smith County 0.07
65 George County 0.05