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Largest Scotch-Irish population, Mississippi counties

Mississippi counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scotch-Irish ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 82 is 187. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Bolivar County, MS, up 43 places to #31.

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Largest Scotch-Irish population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTCH-IRISH POPULATIONVS 2010
01Rankin County, MSMS162,1812,503−55%
02▲2DeSoto County, MSMS197,9182,279−47%
03▼1Harrison County, MSMS217,1362,053−55%
04▲4Madison County, MSMS116,2982,024−17%
05▲2Jackson County, MSMS147,6661,772−50%
06▼3Hinds County, MSMS211,8881,638−66%
07▼1Lamar County, MSMS67,4031,634−1%
08▲1Lee County, MSMS83,7311,256−43%
09▼4Forrest County, MSMS79,0341,237−38%
10Lauderdale County, MSMS70,3171,204−33%
11▲2Jones County, MSMS66,496824−54%
12▲6Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896776−39%
13▼2Lafayette County, MSMS59,597702−68%
14▲3Lowndes County, MSMS57,346605−55%
15Simpson County, MSMS25,498599+12%
16▼4Pearl River County, MSMS59,363590−35%
17▼1Warren County, MSMS41,759519−42%
18▲1Hancock County, MSMS46,873459−24%
19▲23Tate County, MSMS28,725366−43%
20▼6Pontotoc County, MSMS32,096336−37%
21▲17Yazoo County, MSMS22,947328−15%
22▲4George County, MSMS26,331322−32%
23▲21Neshoba County, MSMS28,732291−58%
24Pike County, MSMS38,712287−72%
25▲24Copiah County, MSMS27,497278−58%
26▼5Lincoln County, MSMS35,012269−53%
27▲3Wayne County, MSMS19,807249−36%
28▲6Panola County, MSMS32,691239−57%
29▲31Clarke County, MSMS15,102232+6%
30▲39Marion County, MSMS24,001230−56%
31▲43Bolivar County, MSMS28,262222−51%
32▼3Tippah County, MSMS21,389219−55%
33▲7Carroll County, MSMS9,226216+110%
34▼7Monroe County, MSMS33,318213−69%
35▲22Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877213−74%
36▲3Washington County, MSMS40,446207−60%
37▲16Newton County, MSMS20,960197−56%
38▼18Union County, MSMS28,459191−65%
39▼7Covington County, MSMS17,898189−43%
40▲11Tishomingo County, MSMS18,639188−39%
41▼13Adams County, MSMS30,061187−67%
42▲6Lawrence County, MSMS11,819184−14%
43▲16Winston County, MSMS17,473171−64%
44▼22Alcorn County, MSMS34,569167−81%
45▲21Amite County, MSMS12,487153−43%
46▼23Marshall County, MSMS34,654152−79%
47▲15Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582148+90%
48▼17Stone County, MSMS19,654145−62%
49▲6Franklin County, MSMS7,491132−70%
50▲27Calhoun County, MSMS12,643128−60%
51▲3Scott County, MSMS28,073125−72%
52▼9Perry County, MSMS11,577124−67%
53▲17Walthall County, MSMS13,928118−66%
54▼4Greene County, MSMS13,707112−26%
55▼9Attala County, MSMS17,100103−70%
56▼9Clay County, MSMS18,238103−81%
57▼32Leflore County, MSMS25,686103−76%
58▼17Choctaw County, MSMS8,048102−74%
59▼1Smith County, MSMS13,991100−75%
60▼24Itawamba County, MSMS24,15293−85%
61▼5Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73086−34%
62Jefferson County, MSMS6,82584+110%
63▼11Coahoma County, MSMS19,84975−88%
64▼31Prentiss County, MSMS25,28475−83%
65▲13Jasper County, MSMS15,78564−84%
66▼2Kemper County, MSMS8,60063−84%
67▼32Grenada County, MSMS20,86861−88%
68Leake County, MSMS21,66260−74%
69▼2Tunica County, MSMS8,81954−70%
70▼25Webster County, MSMS10,16754−71%
71▲4Holmes County, MSMS15,46549−36%
72▼11Sunflower County, MSMS22,89347−83%
73▼10Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37543−78%
74▼1Quitman County, MSMS5,36441−71%
75▼10Benton County, MSMS7,50237−54%
76▼39Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94128−84%
77▼5Montgomery County, MSMS9,35425−83%
78▼2Humphreys County, MSMS7,00123−67%
79▲2Claiborne County, MSMS8,05818−69%
80▼9Noxubee County, MSMS9,79817−92%
81▼1Sharkey County, MSMS3,0978−89%
82▼3Issaquena County, MSMS1,2637−46%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES