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Most segregated, Mississippi counties · 2020

Mississippi counties ranked by the CensusEasy Segregation Score, the White vs non-White index of dissimilarity across census tracts (2020 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.

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YEAR20202024
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RANKPLACESTATEPOPSEGREGATION SCOREVS –
01Monroe County, MSMS33,31856
02Hinds County, MSMS211,88856
03Leflore County, MSMS25,68655
04Forrest County, MSMS79,03452
05Greene County, MSMS13,70751
06Wayne County, MSMS19,80749
07Benton County, MSMS7,50248
08Jasper County, MSMS15,78548
09Madison County, MSMS116,29848
10Lincoln County, MSMS35,01248
11Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31748
12Adams County, MSMS30,06148
13Washington County, MSMS40,44647
14Neshoba County, MSMS28,73247
15Bolivar County, MSMS28,26247
16Jones County, MSMS66,49647
17Jackson County, MSMS147,66647
18Yazoo County, MSMS22,94745
19Covington County, MSMS17,89844
20Coahoma County, MSMS19,84944
21Grenada County, MSMS20,86843
22Leake County, MSMS21,66243
23Alcorn County, MSMS34,56942
24Clarke County, MSMS15,10242
25Pearl River County, MSMS59,36342
26Lowndes County, MSMS57,34641
27Tippah County, MSMS21,38940
28Marshall County, MSMS34,65440
29Harrison County, MSMS217,13639
30Prentiss County, MSMS25,28439
31Marion County, MSMS24,00139
32Webster County, MSMS10,16738
33Hancock County, MSMS46,87337
34Montgomery County, MSMS9,35437
35Copiah County, MSMS27,49737
36Lee County, MSMS83,73137
37Union County, MSMS28,45936
39Itawamba County, MSMS24,15235
40Smith County, MSMS13,99135
41Scott County, MSMS28,07335
42Panola County, MSMS32,69133
43Lamar County, MSMS67,40333
44Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09633
45Choctaw County, MSMS8,04832
46Pike County, MSMS38,71231
47Calhoun County, MSMS12,64331
48Warren County, MSMS41,75930
49DeSoto County, MSMS197,91830
50George County, MSMS26,33129
51Sunflower County, MSMS22,89328
52Claiborne County, MSMS8,05828
53Humphreys County, MSMS7,00128
54Rankin County, MSMS162,18127
55Stone County, MSMS19,65426
56Newton County, MSMS20,96026
57Clay County, MSMS18,23826
58Quitman County, MSMS5,36426
59Franklin County, MSMS7,49126
60Lawrence County, MSMS11,81925
61Tate County, MSMS28,72524
62Attala County, MSMS17,10022
63Winston County, MSMS17,47322
64Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89621
65Carroll County, MSMS9,22621
66Jefferson County, MSMS6,82521
67Lafayette County, MSMS59,59720
69Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73020
70Perry County, MSMS11,57719
71Amite County, MSMS12,48718
72Noxubee County, MSMS9,79818
73Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37517
74Holmes County, MSMS15,46516
75Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63916
76Simpson County, MSMS25,49816
77Sharkey County, MSMS3,09714
78Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58212
79Kemper County, MSMS8,60011
80Tunica County, MSMS8,81910
81Walthall County, MSMS13,9289
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS