Ranking of Mississippi Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 13, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Mississippi counties, in April 2020, among all the cities and places with over 10K population in Mississippi, Yazoo City city had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (85.60%), followed by Clarksdale city (81.49%), and Greenville city (80.17%).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places in Mississippi, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi cities and places with over 10K population, based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Mississippi.

Ranking of Mississippi Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Yazoo City
Clarksdale
Greenville
Jackson
Canton
Moss Point
Byram
McComb
Greenwood
Vicksburg
Ranking of Mississippi Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Population
1 Yazoo City city 85.60
2 Clarksdale city 81.49
3 Greenville city 80.17
4 Jackson city 78.55
5 Canton city 72.96
6 Moss Point city 71.25
7 Byram city 71.05
8 McComb city 70.59
9 Greenwood city 70.38
10 Vicksburg city 66.86
11 Meridian city 65.52
12 Columbus city 63.71
13 West Point city 62.10
14 Laurel city 62.01
15 Natchez city 60.12
16 Brookhaven city 57.48
17 Grenada city 57.43
18 Hattiesburg city 50.90
19 Horn Lake city 49.30
20 Cleveland city 49.28
21 Ridgeland city 39.39
22 Gulfport city 38.79
23 Clinton city 38.05
24 Tupelo city 37.13
25 Olive Branch city 34.82
26 Pascagoula city 34.35
27 Starkville city 34.34
28 Southaven city 33.88
29 Picayune city 33.45
30 Gautier city 30.64
31 Pearl city 26.69
32 Corinth city 24.42
33 Oxford city 22.25
34 Biloxi city 21.80
35 Flowood city 20.91
36 D'Iberville city 20.60
37 Brandon city 20.02
38 Petal city 14.55
39 Hernando city 11.84
40 Madison city 11.66
41 Long Beach city 9.11
42 Ocean Springs city 7.22