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Most segregated, Mississippi counties

Mississippi counties ranked by the CensusEasy Segregation Score, the White vs non-White index of dissimilarity across census tracts (2024 ACS). Higher means residents are more sorted into separate neighborhoods. This list covers the 81 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 81 is 32. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Tunica County, MS, up 45 places to #35.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPSEGREGATION SCOREVS 2020
01▲2Leflore County, MSMS25,68658+6%
02Hinds County, MSMS211,888550%
03▲12Bolivar County, MSMS28,26251+8%
04▲6Lincoln County, MSMS35,01249+1%
05▲13Yazoo County, MSMS22,94748+7%
06Wayne County, MSMS19,80748−2%
07▼6Monroe County, MSMS33,31847−16%
08▼3Greene County, MSMS13,70746−10%
09▼5Forrest County, MSMS79,03446−12%
10▲13Alcorn County, MSMS34,56945+7%
11▼4Benton County, MSMS7,50245−7%
12▲13Pearl River County, MSMS59,36345+8%
13▼4Madison County, MSMS116,29844−10%
14▲24Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87743+21%
15▼2Washington County, MSMS40,44643−9%
16▲39Stone County, MSMS19,65443+63%
17▼1Jones County, MSMS66,49642−11%
18▼7Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31742−13%
19▲7Lowndes County, MSMS57,34641+2%
20▲10Prentiss County, MSMS25,28441+6%
21▲1Leake County, MSMS21,66241−4%
22▼10Adams County, MSMS30,06140−16%
23▼6Jackson County, MSMS147,66640−14%
24▲11Copiah County, MSMS27,49739+6%
25▲11Lee County, MSMS83,73139+6%
26▼12Neshoba County, MSMS28,73239−18%
27▼7Coahoma County, MSMS19,84938−15%
28▼7Grenada County, MSMS20,86837−13%
29▲19Warren County, MSMS41,75937+22%
30▲36Jefferson County, MSMS6,82535+69%
31▼23Jasper County, MSMS15,78534−29%
32▼4Marshall County, MSMS34,65434−14%
33▲23Newton County, MSMS20,96034+30%
34▼5Harrison County, MSMS217,13633−14%
35▲45Tunica County, MSMS8,81933+239%
36▲7Lamar County, MSMS67,40333+1%
37▲2Itawamba County, MSMS24,15233−6%
38▼14Clarke County, MSMS15,10233−21%
39▲3Panola County, MSMS32,69133+1%
40Smith County, MSMS13,99133−6%
41▲5Pike County, MSMS38,71232+5%
42▲3Choctaw County, MSMS8,048320%
43▲7George County, MSMS26,33132+8%
44▲9Humphreys County, MSMS7,00131+13%
45▲4DeSoto County, MSMS197,91830+2%
46▲16Attala County, MSMS17,10030+32%
47▲12Franklin County, MSMS7,49129+15%
48▲12Lawrence County, MSMS11,81929+15%
49▲27Simpson County, MSMS25,49828+81%
50▲1Sunflower County, MSMS22,89327−3%
51▲21Noxubee County, MSMS9,79827+52%
52▼33Covington County, MSMS17,89827−39%
53▼20Hancock County, MSMS46,87327−28%
54▼27Tippah County, MSMS21,38927−33%
55▼14Scott County, MSMS28,07326−24%
56▼25Marion County, MSMS24,00126−33%
57▼25Webster County, MSMS10,16725−33%
58▲11Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73025+27%
59▲11Perry County, MSMS11,57725+27%
60▼6Rankin County, MSMS162,18124−11%
61▼3Quitman County, MSMS5,36424−7%
62▲2Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89624+10%
63▼6Clay County, MSMS18,23824−8%
64▲11Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63923+45%
65▼28Union County, MSMS28,45923−35%
66▼22Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09623−29%
67▼20Calhoun County, MSMS12,64323−26%
68▼5Winston County, MSMS17,47323+4%
69▲4Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37521+24%
70▼3Lafayette County, MSMS59,59721+1%
71Amite County, MSMS12,48719+8%
72▼7Carroll County, MSMS9,22618−14%
73▼12Tate County, MSMS28,72518−25%
74▲3Sharkey County, MSMS3,09718+32%
75▼1Holmes County, MSMS15,46517+5%
76▼24Claiborne County, MSMS8,05817−40%
77▲4Walthall County, MSMS13,92817+86%
78▲1Kemper County, MSMS8,60015+46%
79▼11Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94113−35%
80▼46Montgomery County, MSMS9,35413−66%
81▼3Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5824−66%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES