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.
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Related Topics: Mississippi ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
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 |