Mississippi: the counties with the highest share of Hispanic students

73 counties

Mississippi public school districts ranked by the share of public school students who are Hispanic or Latino. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Hispanic students	% Hispanic
1	Scott County	MS	11	5,627	1,586	28.2%
2	Leake County	MS	7	2,644	502	19.0%
3	Pontotoc County	MS	12	5,865	994	16.9%
4	Marshall County	MS	12	3,762	622	16.5%
5	Calhoun County	MS	5	1,989	320	16.1%
6	Jones County	MS	15	11,313	1,633	14.4%
7	Copiah County	MS	7	3,397	417	12.3%
8	Jackson County	MS	40	22,712	2,647	11.7%
9	Harrison County	MS	48	30,521	3,422	11.2%
10	DeSoto County	MS	39	34,934	3,854	11.0%
11	Tippah County	MS	8	3,623	383	10.6%
12	Union County	MS	7	5,135	495	9.6%
13	Madison County	MS	30	16,432	1,563	9.5%
14	Alcorn County	MS	11	5,626	510	9.1%
15	Forrest County	MS	20	10,857	978	9.0%
16	Lafayette County	MS	11	7,617	610	8.0%
17	Chickasaw County	MS	8	2,709	190	7.0%
18	Lee County	MS	30	14,808	1,023	6.9%
19	Tate County	MS	8	3,758	258	6.9%
20	Lamar County	MS	15	10,318	689	6.7%
21	Pearl River County	MS	15	8,456	565	6.7%
22	Rankin County	MS	32	22,454	1,463	6.5%
23	Tishomingo County	MS	6	2,844	184	6.5%
24	Covington County	MS	7	2,492	141	5.7%
25	Hancock County	MS	10	5,598	320	5.7%
26	Leflore County	MS	13	3,921	198	5.0%
27	Wayne County	MS	6	2,977	131	4.4%
28	George County	MS	8	4,049	158	3.9%
29	Lauderdale County	MS	20	10,325	386	3.7%
30	Lawrence County	MS	5	1,674	57	3.4%
31	Bolivar County	MS	15	4,415	147	3.3%
32	Hinds County	MS	69	32,870	1,054	3.2%
33	Noxubee County	MS	3	1,321	40	3.0%
34	Lowndes County	MS	16	8,512	246	2.9%
35	Simpson County	MS	7	3,023	87	2.9%
36	Walthall County	MS	5	1,698	48	2.8%
37	Panola County	MS	10	5,323	145	2.7%
38	Attala County	MS	9	2,925	75	2.6%
39	Sunflower County	MS	11	2,807	74	2.6%
40	Jasper County	MS	7	2,110	46	2.2%
41	Pike County	MS	15	5,717	124	2.2%
42	Oktibbeha County	MS	7	4,880	102	2.1%
43	Marion County	MS	11	3,667	75	2.0%
44	Stone County	MS	4	2,532	51	2.0%
45	Perry County	MS	6	1,433	27	1.9%
46	Winston County	MS	6	2,413	46	1.9%
47	Neshoba County	MS	10	5,185	92	1.8%
48	Smith County	MS	4	2,538	46	1.8%
49	Warren County	MS	14	6,610	117	1.8%
50	Itawamba County	MS	6	3,275	56	1.7%

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