Mississippi Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2016

Updated on February 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, there were 1,118,160 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Mississippi and they represented 37.39% of the total population of Mississippi in 2016. Hinds County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (173,939), followed by Harrison County (49,936), and DeSoto County (46,296). On the other hand, Tishomingo County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (480), followed by Issaquena County (836), and Itawamba County (1,571).

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 (85.54%), followed by Claiborne County (85.41%), and Holmes County (82.27%).

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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 2016
Mississippi Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2016
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Adams 16692 52.82
Alcorn 4582 12.3
Amite 4974 39.98
Attala 7977 42.99
Benton 2910 35.29
Bolivar 20750 63.78
Calhoun 4063 27.92
Carroll 3372 33.06
Chickasaw 7516 43.68
Choctaw 2403 28.96
Claiborne 7835 85.41
Clarke 5452 34.3
Clay 11579 58.32
Coahoma 18231 76.36
Copiah 14751 51.46
Covington 6845 35.71
DeSoto 46296 26.31
Forrest 28344 37.5
Franklin 2650 34.31
George 1832 7.75
Greene 3362 24.82
Grenada 8999 42.4
Hancock 3668 7.85
Harrison 49936 24.63
Hinds 173939 71.8
Holmes 14810 82.27
Humphreys 6375 74.4
Issaquena 836 63.29
Itawamba 1571 6.71
Jackson 30165 21.29
Jasper 8802 53.07
Jefferson 6246 85.54
Jefferson Davis 6784 59.22
Jones 19897 29.04
Kemper 6087 60.62
Lafayette 12715 23.72
Lamar 12345 20.09
Lauderdale 33377 43.07
Lawrence 4066 31.73
Leake 9471 41.58
Lee 24746 29.16
Leflore 21963 73.71
Lincoln 10396 30.23
Lowndes 26097 43.82
Madison 39562 38.07
Marion 7964 31.7
Marshall 17030 47.58
Monroe 11006 30.65
Montgomery 4617 45.13
Neshoba 6191 21.01
Newton 6521 30.33
Noxubee 7785 71.48
Oktibbeha 18474 37.24
Panola 17032 49.75
Pearl River 6788 12.32
Perry 2288 18.95
Pike 21088 53.2
Pontotoc 4641 14.73
Prentiss 3593 14.14
Quitman 5183 70.41
Rankin 31047 20.41
Scott 10759 37.91
Sharkey 3193 70.75
Simpson 9524 35.27
Smith 3664 22.98
Stone 3608 19.84
Sunflower 19371 73.05
Tallahatchie 8044 55.93
Tate 8845 31.24
Tippah 3569 16.17
Tishomingo 480 2.47
Tunica 7723 76.18
Union 4177 14.76
Walthall 6324 43.41
Warren 22912 48.73
Washington 33933 71.87
Wayne 8109 39.6
Webster 1833 18.77
Wilkinson 6329 70.07
Winston 8473 46.16
Yalobusha 4842 38.83
Yazoo 15931 56.89