Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that were White Alone from Census 2020

Updated on February 25, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Mississippi counties, in April 2020, among all Mississippi counties, Tishomingo County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as White Alone (92.04%), followed by Itawamba County (88.91%), and George County (86.70%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as White Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in Mississippi.

Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were White Alone from Census 2020
Tishomingo
92.04%
Itawamba
88.91%
George
86.70%
Hancock
82.18%
Prentiss
81.19%
Alcorn
80.58%
Pearl River
79.85%
Union
78.31%
Webster
77.84%
Perry
77.68%
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were White Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
White Alone % of County Pop.
1 Tishomingo County 92.04
2 Itawamba County 88.91
3 George County 86.70
4 Hancock County 82.18
5 Prentiss County 81.19
6 Alcorn County 80.58
7 Pearl River County 79.85
8 Union County 78.31
9 Webster County 77.84
10 Perry County 77.68
11 Pontotoc County 77.37
12 Tippah County 77.04
13 Stone County 76.00
14 Smith County 74.69
15 Greene County 72.79
16 Rankin County 71.88
17 Lafayette County 70.37
18 Lamar County 69.22
19 Choctaw County 67.83
20 Monroe County 66.21
21 Calhoun County 66.15
22 Lincoln County 66.15
23 Jackson County 66.11
24 Carroll County 65.44
25 Lawrence County 65.31
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