Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Some Other Race Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all Mississippi counties, Scott County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Some Other Race Alone (8.83%), followed by Jones County (3.60%), and Pontotoc County (3.44%).

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 voting-age population that identified as Some Other Race Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups in Mississippi.

Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Some Other Race Alone from Census 2020
Scott
Jones
Pontotoc
Leake
Adams
Jackson
Calhoun
Tippah
DeSoto
Union
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Some Other Race Alone from Census 2020
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Rank County Some Other Race Alone % of County Voting-age Pop.
1 Scott County 8.83
2 Jones County 3.60
3 Pontotoc County 3.44
4 Leake County 3.34
5 Adams County 3.08
6 Jackson County 2.88
7 Calhoun County 2.85
8 Tippah County 2.82
9 DeSoto County 2.77
10 Union County 2.69
11 Harrison County 2.50
11 Marshall County 2.50
12 Forrest County 2.47
13 Copiah County 1.98
14 Madison County 1.96
15 Chickasaw County 1.94
16 Leflore County 1.91
17 Lee County 1.58
18 Alcorn County 1.55
18 Stone County 1.55
19 Tunica County 1.54
20 Lamar County 1.53
21 Rankin County 1.49
22 Tate County 1.48
23 Lafayette County 1.36
24 George County 1.32
25 Bolivar County 1.29
26 Oktibbeha County 1.22
27 Lauderdale County 1.21
28 Sunflower County 1.18
29 Tishomingo County 1.17
30 Attala County 1.13
30 Hancock County 1.13
30 Pearl River County 1.13
31 Hinds County 1.07
32 Benton County 1.04
33 Coahoma County 1.02
34 Carroll County 1.00
35 Covington County 0.99
36 Wayne County 0.96
37 Issaquena County 0.86
37 Panola County 0.86
38 Simpson County 0.80
39 Walthall County 0.78
40 Smith County 0.74
41 Lowndes County 0.73
42 Pike County 0.72
42 Prentiss County 0.72
42 Warren County 0.72
43 Itawamba County 0.71
44 Lawrence County 0.68
45 Marion County 0.67
45 Newton County 0.67
46 Washington County 0.65
47 Jasper County 0.59
47 Neshoba County 0.59
47 Winston County 0.59
48 Clay County 0.55
49 Montgomery County 0.53
50 Amite County 0.52
50 Monroe County 0.52
51 Noxubee County 0.51
52 Humphreys County 0.49
53 Greene County 0.46
54 Sharkey County 0.45
55 Lincoln County 0.44
56 Perry County 0.42
57 Clarke County 0.39
58 Webster County 0.38
59 Kemper County 0.36
60 Grenada County 0.35
61 Yalobusha County 0.34
62 Yazoo County 0.33
63 Choctaw County 0.31
64 Jefferson Davis County 0.27
65 Franklin County 0.23
65 Wilkinson County 0.23
66 Holmes County 0.19
67 Tallahatchie County 0.17
68 Claiborne County 0.15
69 Jefferson County 0.09
70 Quitman County 0.08