Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Mississippi counties, Tishomingo County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (96.09%), followed by Itawamba County (92.69%), and George County (90.27%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi counties.

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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2012
Tishomingo
Itawamba
George
Hancock
Alcorn
Pearl River
Prentiss
Union
Pontotoc
Tippah
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Tishomingo County 96.09
2 Itawamba County 92.69
3 George County 90.27
4 Hancock County 88.73
5 Alcorn County 86.51
6 Pearl River County 84.89
7 Prentiss County 84.5
8 Union County 83.4
9 Pontotoc County 83.13
10 Tippah County 82.14
11 Perry County 78.88
12 Webster County 78.84
13 Stone County 78.57
14 Rankin County 77.99
15 Lamar County 77.75
16 Smith County 76.1
17 Jackson County 73.72
18 DeSoto County 73.71
19 Lafayette County 72.28
20 Greene County 72.14
21 Harrison County 70.72
22 Calhoun County 70.21
23 Lee County 69.89
24 Jones County 69.21
25 Choctaw County 68.7
26 Lincoln County 68.13
27 Monroe County 68.06
28 Lawrence County 67.94
29 Tate County 67.59
30 Marion County 66.28
31 Carroll County 65.34
32 Franklin County 64.42
33 Clarke County 64.36
34 Newton County 63.76
35 Simpson County 63.14
36 Covington County 63.03
37 Benton County 61.24
38 Neshoba County 60.74
39 Forrest County 60.41
40 Yalobusha County 60.25
41 Wayne County 59.73
42 Scott County 59.2
43 Oktibbeha County 58.97
44 Madison County 58.1
45 Amite County 57.73
46 Grenada County 56.69
47 Attala County 56.62
48 Chickasaw County 55.42
49 Lauderdale County 55.04
50 Lowndes County 54.3
51 Walthall County 53.99
52 Montgomery County 53.35
53 Winston County 51.84
54 Leake County 51.12
55 Marshall County 50.89
56 Warren County 50.41
57 Panola County 49.07
58 Copiah County 47.42
59 Jasper County 46.72
60 Pike County 45.65
61 Adams County 44.73
62 Tallahatchie County 41.22
63 Yazoo County 41.08
64 Clay County 40.2
65 Jefferson Davis County 39.25
66 Issaquena County 35.41
67 Kemper County 35
68 Bolivar County 33.58
69 Quitman County 29.61
70 Wilkinson County 28.61
71 Hinds County 27.87
72 Sharkey County 27.32
73 Noxubee County 27.09
74 Washington County 26.99
75 Leflore County 25.73
76 Sunflower County 25.67
77 Humphreys County 23.52
78 Coahoma County 23.21
79 Tunica County 23.01
80 Holmes County 16.19
81 Claiborne County 13.89
82 Jefferson County 13.2