Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.33M people in Mississippi with Other Groups ancestry (44.70% of Mississippi population). Among all Mississippi counties, Claiborne County had the highest percentage of its population with Other Groups ancestry (80.26%), followed by Jefferson County (78.04%), and Holmes County (75.88%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Other Groups 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 Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
Claiborne County
Jefferson County
Holmes County
Issaquena County
Coahoma County
Leflore County
Tunica County
Sharkey County
Sunflower County
Quitman County
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Claiborne County 80.26
2 Jefferson County 78.04
3 Holmes County 75.88
4 Issaquena County 75.61
5 Coahoma County 73.80
6 Leflore County 73.32
7 Tunica County 73.22
8 Sharkey County 72.00
9 Sunflower County 71.61
10 Quitman County 70.52
11 Wilkinson County 70.39
12 Kemper County 68.98
13 Hinds County 68.11
14 Washington County 67.42
15 Noxubee County 66.47
16 Humphreys County 65.80
17 Bolivar County 63.78
18 Pike County 63.63
19 Montgomery County 62.90
20 Copiah County 61.23
21 Covington County 61.07
22 Tallahatchie County 60.63
23 Jefferson Davis County 60.11
24 Adams County 59.17
25 Yazoo County 58.69
26 Clay County 57.65
27 Warren County 55.28
28 Neshoba County 54.67
29 Panola County 54.27
30 Leake County 51.64
31 Jones County 50.99
32 Marshall County 50.71
33 Winston County 50.05
34 Walthall County 49.86
35 Marion County 48.83
36 Chickasaw County 48.50
37 Lawrence County 48.18
38 Grenada County 48.01
39 Lauderdale County 46.91
40 Scott County 46.52
41 Lowndes County 46.35
42 Franklin County 46.17
43 Wayne County 44.76
44 Amite County 44.58
45 Madison County 44.27
46 Oktibbeha County 44.03
47 Forrest County 43.75
48 Lincoln County 42.67
49 Yalobusha County 42.35
50 Simpson County 41.44
51 Tate County 41.28
52 Greene County 40.10
53 Clarke County 39.01
54 Newton County 38.72
55 Jackson County 38.44
56 Monroe County 38.04
57 Attala County 37.98
58 DeSoto County 37.58
59 Benton County 37.32
60 Carroll County 37.23
61 Calhoun County 36.22
62 Lee County 36.03
63 Harrison County 35.66
64 Choctaw County 35.64
65 Jasper County 35.49
66 Lamar County 31.63
67 Rankin County 31.49
68 Webster County 30.55
69 Perry County 29.20
70 Lafayette County 28.45
71 Pontotoc County 27.95
72 Prentiss County 27.92
73 Stone County 27.74
74 Alcorn County 26.96
75 George County 26.39
76 Tippah County 26.20
77 Smith County 24.46
78 Pearl River County 23.01
79 Union County 22.64
80 Tishomingo County 21.83
81 Hancock County 19.48
82 Itawamba County 18.09