Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Updated on February 25, 2023.
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Mississippi counties, in April 2020, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (158.11K), followed by DeSoto County (56.21K), and Harrison County (51.71K).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi counties based on Black or African American Alone population.
You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in Mississippi.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Black Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hinds County | 158112 |
| 2 | DeSoto County | 56205 |
| 3 | Harrison County | 51706 |
| 4 | Madison County | 38647 |
| 5 | Rankin County | 32566 |
| 6 | Lauderdale County | 32133 |
| 7 | Washington County | 32042 |
| 8 | Jackson County | 30070 |
| 9 | Forrest County | 28330 |
| 10 | Lowndes County | 25997 |
| 11 | Lee County | 24246 |
| 12 | Pike County | 21562 |
| 13 | Warren County | 21417 |
| 14 | Leflore County | 20895 |
| 15 | Bolivar County | 19365 |
| 16 | Jones County | 19239 |
| 17 | Oktibbeha County | 18330 |
| 18 | Sunflower County | 18164 |
| 19 | Adams County | 16785 |
| 20 | Coahoma County | 16281 |
| 21 | Panola County | 16092 |
| 22 | Yazoo County | 15931 |
| 23 | Marshall County | 14912 |
| 24 | Lamar County | 14372 |
| 25 | Copiah County | 14342 |
| 26 | Holmes County | 14256 |
| 27 | Lafayette County | 11381 |
| 28 | Clay County | 10803 |
| 29 | Lincoln County | 10542 |
| 30 | Monroe County | 10337 |
| 31 | Scott County | 10012 |
| 32 | Grenada County | 9409 |
| 33 | Simpson County | 8838 |
| 34 | Jasper County | 8341 |
| 35 | Tate County | 8262 |
| 36 | Leake County | 8235 |
| 37 | Winston County | 8121 |
| 38 | Claiborne County | 7989 |
| 39 | Wayne County | 7732 |
| 40 | Attala County | 7678 |
| 41 | Marion County | 7623 |
| 42 | Tunica County | 7559 |
| 43 | Tallahatchie County | 7454 |
| 44 | Chickasaw County | 7436 |
| 45 | Noxubee County | 7227 |
| 46 | Pearl River County | 6710 |
| 47 | Jefferson Davis County | 6643 |
| 48 | Newton County | 6472 |
| 49 | Covington County | 6416 |
| 50 | Neshoba County | 6404 |
| 51 | Jefferson County | 6191 |
| 52 | Humphreys County | 6110 |
| 53 | Wilkinson County | 5787 |
| 54 | Walthall County | 5732 |
| 55 | Kemper County | 5495 |
| 56 | Clarke County | 5115 |
| 57 | Amite County | 4854 |
| 58 | Yalobusha County | 4638 |
| 59 | Quitman County | 4546 |
| 60 | Montgomery County | 4373 |
| 61 | Alcorn County | 4337 |
| 62 | Pontotoc County | 4226 |
| 63 | Union County | 3974 |
| 64 | Hancock County | 3957 |
| 65 | Lawrence County | 3703 |
| 66 | Prentiss County | 3570 |
| 67 | Calhoun County | 3467 |
| 68 | Tippah County | 3464 |
| 69 | Stone County | 3253 |
| 70 | Greene County | 3149 |
| 71 | Smith County | 3112 |
| 72 | Carroll County | 3044 |
| 73 | Sharkey County | 2689 |
| 74 | Benton County | 2666 |
| 75 | Franklin County | 2585 |
| 76 | Choctaw County | 2343 |
| 77 | Perry County | 2097 |
| 78 | Webster County | 1785 |
| 79 | George County | 1782 |
| 80 | Itawamba County | 1625 |
| 81 | Issaquena County | 757 |
| 82 | Tishomingo County | 434 |