Mississippi: the counties with the highest share of White students

73 counties

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

#	County	State	Schools	Students	White students	% White
1	Itawamba County	MS	6	3,275	2,855	87.2%
2	Tishomingo County	MS	6	2,844	2,406	84.6%
3	Hancock County	MS	10	5,598	4,269	76.3%
4	Prentiss County	MS	10	3,973	3,029	76.2%
5	Greene County	MS	5	1,621	1,207	74.5%
6	Stone County	MS	4	2,532	1,846	72.9%
7	Pearl River County	MS	15	8,456	6,138	72.6%
8	Alcorn County	MS	11	5,626	3,940	70.0%
9	Union County	MS	7	5,135	3,529	68.7%
10	Smith County	MS	4	2,538	1,722	67.8%
11	Tippah County	MS	8	3,623	2,424	66.9%
12	Pontotoc County	MS	12	5,865	3,684	62.8%
13	George County	MS	8	4,049	2,528	62.4%
14	Perry County	MS	6	1,433	892	62.2%
15	Clarke County	MS	7	2,377	1,404	59.1%
16	Monroe County	MS	10	4,387	2,582	58.9%
17	Lafayette County	MS	11	7,617	4,382	57.5%
18	Choctaw County	MS	4	1,233	708	57.4%
19	Lamar County	MS	15	10,318	5,923	57.4%
20	Rankin County	MS	32	22,454	12,898	57.4%
21	Lincoln County	MS	10	5,327	3,024	56.8%
22	Jackson County	MS	40	22,712	12,797	56.3%
23	Franklin County	MS	4	1,147	611	53.3%
24	Webster County	MS	4	1,717	899	52.4%
25	Newton County	MS	9	3,634	1,854	51.0%
26	Lawrence County	MS	5	1,674	844	50.4%
27	Calhoun County	MS	5	1,989	981	49.3%
28	Marion County	MS	11	3,667	1,749	47.7%
29	Jones County	MS	15	11,313	5,311	46.9%
30	Grenada County	MS	3	3,863	1,784	46.2%
31	Lee County	MS	30	14,808	6,846	46.2%
32	Harrison County	MS	48	30,521	13,696	44.9%
33	Covington County	MS	7	2,492	1,052	42.2%
34	Tate County	MS	8	3,758	1,586	42.2%
35	Forrest County	MS	20	10,857	4,253	39.2%
36	DeSoto County	MS	39	34,934	13,655	39.1%
37	Chickasaw County	MS	8	2,709	1,042	38.5%
38	Wayne County	MS	6	2,977	1,137	38.2%
39	Simpson County	MS	7	3,023	1,117	37.0%
40	Lowndes County	MS	16	8,512	3,125	36.7%
41	Lauderdale County	MS	20	10,325	3,593	34.8%
42	Madison County	MS	30	16,432	5,708	34.7%
43	Neshoba County	MS	10	5,185	1,784	34.4%
44	Scott County	MS	11	5,627	1,801	32.0%
45	Warren County	MS	14	6,610	2,021	30.6%
46	Winston County	MS	6	2,413	723	30.0%
47	Panola County	MS	10	5,323	1,582	29.7%
48	Oktibbeha County	MS	7	4,880	1,425	29.2%
49	Walthall County	MS	5	1,698	481	28.3%
50	Attala County	MS	9	2,925	797	27.2%

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