Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among all Mississippi counties, Claiborne County had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (87.13%), followed by Jefferson County (84.55%), and Holmes County (83.49%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi counties 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 of counties for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Mississippi.
You can also see similar ranking for all counties in the United States.
- Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
- Ranking of Mississippi Cities and Places By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population Percentage from Census 2020
- Mississippi Census 2020 Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population By County
| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claiborne County | 87.13 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 84.55 |
| 3 | Holmes County | 83.49 |
| 4 | Humphreys County | 78.00 |
| 5 | Tunica County | 76.83 |
| 6 | Coahoma County | 75.78 |
| 7 | Quitman County | 73.61 |
| 8 | Leflore County | 73.43 |
| 9 | Washington County | 71.05 |
| 10 | Sharkey County | 70.29 |
| 11 | Noxubee County | 69.91 |
| 12 | Sunflower County | 69.61 |
| 13 | Hinds County | 69.15 |
| 14 | Wilkinson County | 67.13 |
| 15 | Bolivar County | 62.15 |
| 16 | Kemper County | 61.04 |
| 17 | Yazoo County | 59.13 |
| 18 | Jefferson Davis County | 58.49 |
| 19 | Tallahatchie County | 58.12 |
| 20 | Clay County | 57.87 |
| 21 | Adams County | 56.57 |
| 22 | Issaquena County | 55.90 |
| 23 | Pike County | 53.21 |
| 24 | Jasper County | 50.86 |
| 25 | Copiah County | 50.28 |
| 26 | Panola County | 48.29 |
| 27 | Warren County | 47.61 |
| 28 | Winston County | 45.60 |
| 29 | Montgomery County | 44.43 |
| 30 | Marshall County | 44.09 |
| 31 | Lowndes County | 43.96 |
| 32 | Lauderdale County | 43.82 |
| 33 | Chickasaw County | 43.30 |
| 34 | Grenada County | 43.24 |
| 35 | Attala County | 42.72 |
| 36 | Walthall County | 41.10 |
| 37 | Wayne County | 38.97 |
| 38 | Leake County | 38.49 |
| 39 | Amite County | 38.01 |
| 40 | Yalobusha County | 36.98 |
| 41 | Forrest County | 36.02 |
| 42 | Scott County | 35.45 |
| 43 | Madison County | 35.30 |
| 44 | Oktibbeha County | 35.20 |
| 45 | Covington County | 34.81 |
| 46 | Benton County | 34.71 |
| 47 | Simpson County | 33.92 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 33.39 |
| 49 | Clarke County | 32.68 |
| 50 | Marion County | 31.03 |
| 51 | Lawrence County | 30.71 |
| 52 | Carroll County | 30.31 |
| 53 | Newton County | 30.28 |
| 54 | DeSoto County | 30.20 |
| 55 | Monroe County | 30.17 |
| 56 | Lincoln County | 30.03 |
| 57 | Tate County | 29.33 |
| 58 | Lee County | 28.95 |
| 59 | Jones County | 28.46 |
| 60 | Choctaw County | 28.28 |
| 61 | Calhoun County | 25.96 |
| 62 | Harrison County | 24.52 |
| 63 | Greene County | 23.23 |
| 64 | Lamar County | 22.26 |
| 65 | Neshoba County | 21.93 |
| 66 | Smith County | 21.90 |
| 67 | Jackson County | 20.74 |
| 68 | Rankin County | 20.65 |
| 69 | Lafayette County | 20.25 |
| 70 | Perry County | 18.22 |
| 71 | Webster County | 17.95 |
| 72 | Stone County | 17.67 |
| 73 | Tippah County | 15.80 |
| 74 | Union County | 14.22 |
| 75 | Prentiss County | 14.18 |
| 76 | Pontotoc County | 13.49 |
| 77 | Alcorn County | 12.42 |
| 78 | Pearl River County | 11.87 |
| 79 | Hancock County | 8.49 |
| 80 | George County | 7.29 |
| 81 | Itawamba County | 6.80 |
| 82 | Tishomingo County | 2.30 |