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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 42.87K people in Mississippi with Scottish ancestry (1.45% of Mississippi population). Among all Mississippi counties, Franklin County had the highest percentage of its population with Scottish ancestry (4.71%), followed by Covington County (4.13%), and Lamar County (3.37%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Scottish 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 Scottish Ancestry in 2021
Franklin County
Covington County
Lamar County
Winston County
Lafayette County
Clarke County
Oktibbeha County
Forrest County
Choctaw County
Jackson County
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population with Scottish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Franklin County 4.71
2 Covington County 4.13
3 Lamar County 3.37
4 Winston County 3.28
5 Lafayette County 2.96
6 Clarke County 2.95
7 Oktibbeha County 2.66
8 Forrest County 2.62
9 Choctaw County 2.42
10 Jackson County 2.25
11 Rankin County 2.12
12 Perry County 1.95
13 Alcorn County 1.89
14 Pontotoc County 1.84
14 Prentiss County 1.84
15 Harrison County 1.79
16 Greene County 1.76
16 Madison County 1.76
17 George County 1.75
18 Hancock County 1.72
19 Jones County 1.64
20 Simpson County 1.57
21 Leake County 1.49
22 Lee County 1.48
23 Kemper County 1.41
24 Tippah County 1.40
25 DeSoto County 1.38
26 Newton County 1.31
27 Pearl River County 1.30
28 Attala County 1.29
28 Wilkinson County 1.29
29 Webster County 1.27
30 Union County 1.25
31 Warren County 1.22
32 Benton County 1.20
32 Monroe County 1.20
33 Pike County 1.12
34 Montgomery County 1.08
34 Yazoo County 1.08
35 Tishomingo County 1.06
36 Smith County 1.05
37 Itawamba County 1.01
38 Yalobusha County 0.99
39 Lauderdale County 0.98
40 Amite County 0.92
41 Marshall County 0.91
42 Neshoba County 0.88
42 Wayne County 0.88
43 Hinds County 0.83
43 Lowndes County 0.83
44 Stone County 0.82
45 Jasper County 0.81
46 Panola County 0.79
47 Walthall County 0.77
48 Scott County 0.76
49 Copiah County 0.75
50 Bolivar County 0.74
50 Tallahatchie County 0.74
51 Tate County 0.73
52 Sunflower County 0.70
53 Adams County 0.65
54 Carroll County 0.60
55 Grenada County 0.56
55 Leflore County 0.56
56 Clay County 0.54
56 Lincoln County 0.54
57 Washington County 0.50
58 Lawrence County 0.49
59 Claiborne County 0.46
60 Sharkey County 0.43
61 Marion County 0.42
62 Noxubee County 0.39
63 Jefferson County 0.38
64 Humphreys County 0.35
65 Coahoma County 0.33
66 Tunica County 0.28
67 Jefferson Davis County 0.26
68 Holmes County 0.12
69 Calhoun County 0.10
70 Chickasaw County 0.06
71 Quitman County 0.05