Mississippi Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2010

Updated on February 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, there were 1,096,539 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Mississippi and they represented 36.91% of the total population of Mississippi in 2010. Hinds County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (169,665), followed by Harrison County (41,374), and Madison County (36,483). On the other hand, Tishomingo County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (516), followed by Issaquena County (897), and Itawamba County (1,395).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone, Jefferson County had the highest percentage (85.43%), followed by Claiborne County (84.23%), and Holmes County (82.36%).

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Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

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Mississippi Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2010
Mississippi Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2010
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Adams 17165 52.68
Alcorn 4227 11.39
Amite 5391 41.04
Attala 8165 41.91
Benton 3228 37.12
Bolivar 21801 63.93
Calhoun 4126 27.57
Carroll 3455 32.58
Chickasaw 7320 41.98
Choctaw 2570 29.99
Claiborne 8068 84.23
Clarke 5757 34.43
Clay 11943 58.06
Coahoma 19694 75.42
Copiah 14926 50.71
Covington 6810 34.78
DeSoto 35513 21.95
Forrest 27050 36.09
Franklin 2792 34.45
George 1835 8.1
Greene 3730 25.93
Grenada 9063 41.5
Hancock 3099 7.03
Harrison 41374 22.02
Hinds 169665 69.05
Holmes 15983 82.36
Humphreys 6928 74.23
Issaquena 897 64.72
Itawamba 1395 5.96
Jackson 29780 21.35
Jasper 8900 52.31
Jefferson 6598 85.43
Jefferson Davis 7441 59.69
Jones 19165 28.26
Kemper 6276 60.03
Lafayette 11220 23.58
Lamar 10998 19.6
Lauderdale 34301 42.67
Lawrence 3980 30.79
Leake 9609 40.49
Lee 22550 27.21
Leflore 23346 72.01
Lincoln 10433 29.9
Lowndes 25929 43.36
Madison 36483 38.18
Marion 8706 32.26
Marshall 17374 46.87
Monroe 11374 30.81
Montgomery 4923 45.19
Neshoba 6172 20.78
Newton 6506 30.04
Noxubee 8214 71.54
Oktibbeha 17303 36.26
Panola 16778 48.43
Pearl River 6846 12.3
Perry 2462 20.12
Pike 20819 51.48
Pontotoc 4158 13.84
Prentiss 3491 13.84
Quitman 5658 69.41
Rankin 27085 19.01
Scott 10529 37.15
Sharkey 3447 70.55
Simpson 9638 35.01
Smith 3771 22.86
Stone 3424 19.12
Sunflower 21044 72.61
Tallahatchie 8616 56.18
Tate 8795 30.35
Tippah 3513 15.84
Tishomingo 516 2.63
Tunica 7905 73.45
Union 3920 14.44
Walthall 6802 44.18
Warren 22922 46.94
Washington 36354 71.15
Wayne 8072 38.84
Webster 2042 19.89
Wilkinson 6965 70.62
Winston 8737 45.5
Yalobusha 4751 37.63
Yazoo 15928 56.61