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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 704.09K people in Mississippi with Unclassified ancestry (23.73% of Mississippi population). Among all Mississippi counties, Itawamba County had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (53.11%), followed by Union County (42.89%), and Carroll County (38.47%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Unclassified 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 Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Itawamba County
Union County
Carroll County
Pontotoc County
Lafayette County
Tippah County
Prentiss County
George County
Tate County
Lincoln County
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Itawamba County 53.11
2 Union County 42.89
3 Carroll County 38.47
4 Pontotoc County 36.17
5 Lafayette County 35.53
6 Tippah County 35.22
7 Prentiss County 34.31
8 George County 33.89
9 Tate County 32.73
10 Lincoln County 32.59
11 Lee County 32.38
12 Stone County 32.26
13 Yalobusha County 31.92
14 Attala County 31.84
15 DeSoto County 31.17
16 Simpson County 30.80
17 Tishomingo County 30.22
18 Pearl River County 28.67
19 Grenada County 27.95
20 Lawrence County 27.50
21 Alcorn County 27.40
22 Yazoo County 27.38
23 Hancock County 26.78
24 Monroe County 26.77
25 Amite County 26.40
26 Franklin County 25.96
27 Harrison County 25.92
28 Choctaw County 25.88
29 Leake County 25.83
30 Marion County 25.31
31 Wayne County 24.99
32 Walthall County 24.55
33 Marshall County 24.51
34 Rankin County 24.50
35 Newton County 24.45
36 Lauderdale County 24.13
37 Jackson County 24.12
38 Adams County 24.04
39 Lowndes County 23.03
40 Webster County 22.83
41 Winston County 22.53
42 Scott County 21.88
43 Perry County 21.70
44 Benton County 21.62
45 Chickasaw County 21.56
46 Clarke County 21.41
47 Jones County 20.54
48 Humphreys County 20.45
49 Clay County 20.32
50 Neshoba County 20.16
51 Copiah County 20.08
52 Jefferson Davis County 19.02
53 Panola County 18.35
54 Bolivar County 17.94
55 Madison County 17.78
56 Forrest County 17.73
57 Wilkinson County 17.48
58 Jasper County 17.21
59 Tallahatchie County 16.83
60 Warren County 16.74
61 Oktibbeha County 16.62
62 Hinds County 16.60
63 Pike County 16.38
64 Noxubee County 16.34
65 Covington County 16.21
66 Washington County 16.08
67 Smith County 15.57
68 Lamar County 15.51
69 Holmes County 15.04
70 Montgomery County 14.81
71 Calhoun County 14.57
72 Greene County 14.29
73 Kemper County 14.02
74 Claiborne County 12.84
75 Sunflower County 12.65
76 Tunica County 11.85
77 Leflore County 11.82
78 Jefferson County 11.74
79 Issaquena County 10.35
80 Coahoma County 9.81
80 Sharkey County 9.81
81 Quitman County 9.40