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

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all Mississippi counties, Claiborne County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (85.95%), followed by Jefferson County (83.67%), and Holmes County (81.48%).

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 voting-age population that identified as Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups in Mississippi.

Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Claiborne
85.95%
Jefferson
83.67%
Holmes
81.48%
Humphreys
75.77%
Tunica
73.78%
Coahoma
73.23%
Quitman
71.42%
Leflore
71.19%
Noxubee
69.60%
Washington
69.14%
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
Black Alone % of County Voting-age Pop.
1 Claiborne County 85.95
2 Jefferson County 83.67
3 Holmes County 81.48
4 Humphreys County 75.77
5 Tunica County 73.78
6 Coahoma County 73.23
7 Quitman County 71.42
8 Leflore County 71.19
9 Noxubee County 69.60
10 Washington County 69.14
11 Sharkey County 67.83
12 Sunflower County 67.59
13 Hinds County 67.28
14 Wilkinson County 65.43
15 Bolivar County 60.44
16 Kemper County 59.55
17 Jefferson Davis County 57.12
18 Yazoo County 56.92
19 Issaquena County 55.83
20 Clay County 55.67
21 Tallahatchie County 55.55
22 Adams County 54.26
23 Pike County 50.91
24 Jasper County 49.12
25 Copiah County 48.86
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