Ranking of Mississippi Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Mississippi counties, in April 2020, among all of Mississippi's cities and places with a voting-age population of at least 10K, Clarksdale city had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (79.09%), followed by Greenville city (78.19%), and Jackson city (76.84%).

The chart and table below shows the ranking of all of Mississippi cities and places with a voting-age population of at least 10K, based on the percentage of the voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of cities and places for other racial groups, in Mississippi.

Ranking of Mississippi Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Clarksdale
Greenville
Jackson
Greenwood
Vicksburg
Meridian
Columbus
Laurel
Natchez
Hattiesburg
Ranking of Mississippi Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place Percent of City Voting-age Population
1 Clarksdale city 79.09
2 Greenville city 78.19
3 Jackson city 76.84
4 Greenwood city 67.67
5 Vicksburg city 63.72
6 Meridian city 62.10
7 Columbus city 60.68
8 Laurel city 59.56
9 Natchez city 56.92
10 Hattiesburg city 47.71
11 Horn Lake city 46.07
12 Ridgeland city 36.51
13 Gulfport city 36.35
14 Clinton city 35.93
15 Tupelo city 34.46
16 Olive Branch city 33.18
17 Pascagoula city 32.61
18 Southaven city 31.98
19 Starkville city 31.60
20 Gautier city 28.83
21 Pearl city 24.82
22 Corinth city 23.49
23 Oxford city 20.48
24 Biloxi city 20.24
25 Brandon city 19.03
26 Hernando city 12.03
27 Madison city 11.57
28 Long Beach city 8.15
29 Ocean Springs city 7.07