African-Americans are Mississippi's largest ethnic group. Mississippi also has the largest percentage of African-Americans of any state, at 36.7%.
Rank
|
Ethnicity
|
2010
Mississippi Population |
As a
Percent of
Total Mississippi Population |
Total
Population
|
2,970,036
|
100.00%
|
|
1
|
African-American*
|
1,090,398
|
36.71%
|
2
|
American
|
335,092
|
11.28%
|
3
|
Irish
|
263,081
|
8.86%
|
4
|
English
|
238,559
|
8.03%
|
5
|
German
|
172,070
|
5.79%
|
6
|
French,
except Basque
|
79,899
|
2.69%
|
7
|
Italian
|
54,471
|
1.83%
|
8
|
Scotch-Irish
|
47,316
|
1.59%
|
9
|
Mexican
|
47,265
|
1.59%
|
10
|
Scottish
|
44,314
|
1.49%
|
11
|
Dutch
|
22,846
|
0.77%
|
12
|
European
|
19,648
|
0.66%
|
13
|
Polish
|
15,130
|
0.51%
|
14
|
American Indian or Alaska Native
|
12,478
|
0.42%
|
15
|
Subsaharan
African
|
12,143
|
0.41%
|
16
|
Welsh
|
9,056
|
0.30%
|
17
|
Vietnamese
|
7,558
|
0.25%
|
18
|
Swedish
|
7,322
|
0.25%
|
19
|
French
Canadian
|
7,065
|
0.24%
|
20
|
British
|
6,124
|
0.21%
|
21
|
Puerto
Rican
|
5,543
|
0.19%
|
22
|
Russian
|
5,094
|
0.17%
|
23
|
Arab
|
4,994
|
0.17%
|
24
|
Chinese,
including Taiwanese
|
4,836
|
0.16%
|
25
|
Norwegian
|
4,338
|
0.15%
|
26
|
Asian
Indian
|
4,160
|
0.14%
|
27
|
Filipino
|
4,117
|
0.14%
|
28
|
Hungarian
|
4,036
|
0.14%
|
29
|
Danish
|
2,851
|
0.10%
|
30
|
Honduran
|
2,736
|
0.09%
|
31
|
Greek
|
2,665
|
0.09%
|
32
|
West
Indian (except Hispanic groups)
|
2,640
|
0.09%
|
33
|
Korean
|
2,562
|
0.09%
|
34
|
Cuban
|
2,439
|
0.08%
|
35
|
Czech
|
2,420
|
0.08%
|
36
|
Spaniard
|
1,893
|
0.06%
|
37
|
Swiss
|
1,835
|
0.06%
|
38
|
Guatemalan
|
1,561
|
0.05%
|
39
|
Uruguayan
|
1,537
|
0.05%
|
40
|
Salvadoran
|
1,506
|
0.05%
|
41
|
Portuguese
|
1,064
|
0.04%
|
42
|
Spanish
|
1,000
|
0.03%
|
43
|
Ukrainian
|
956
|
0.03%
|
44
|
Panamanian
|
943
|
0.03%
|
45
|
Bolivian
|
821
|
0.03%
|
46
|
Slovak
|
721
|
0.02%
|
47
|
Colombian
|
624
|
0.02%
|
48
|
Peruvian
|
589
|
0.02%
|
49
|
Lithuanian
|
574
|
0.02%
|
50
|
Costa
Rican
|
513
|
0.02%
|
Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
1 year estimates, tables: B02001, C02005, C02006,
C02007, B03001, B03002, C04006
* African-American is derived as respondents selecting Black as racial group after removing African, West Indian, and Hispanic ethnicities.
