Mississippi Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2020

Updated on August 2, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, there were 1,110,494 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Mississippi and they represented 37.54% of the total population of Mississippi in 2020. Hinds County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (165,036), followed by DeSoto County (57,754), and Harrison County (53,247). On the other hand, Tishomingo County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (496), followed by Issaquena County (802), and George County (1,789).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone, Claiborne County had the highest percentage (86.04%), followed by Jefferson County (84.93%), and Holmes County (83.27%).

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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 2020
Mississippi Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2020
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Adams 16504 56.09
Alcorn 4298 12.37
Amite 4971 39.14
Attala 7773 43.62
Benton 2723 35.53
Bolivar 19648 63.72
Calhoun 3693 27.94
Carroll 3359 33.81
Chickasaw 7670 44.89
Choctaw 2411 29.36
Claiborne 7827 86.04
Clarke 5347 34.4
Clay 11000 59.07
Coahoma 16468 77.59
Copiah 14403 50.95
Covington 6531 35.7
DeSoto 57754 31.03
Forrest 28765 36.79
Franklin 2671 34.85
George 1789 7.34
Greene 3461 25.57
Grenada 9254 42.89
Hancock 3845 8.34
Harrison 53247 25.5
Hinds 165036 72.78
Holmes 14058 83.27
Humphreys 5984 77.31
Issaquena 802 60.39
Itawamba 1804 7.56
Jackson 30193 21.06
Jasper 8673 53.05
Jefferson 6153 84.93
Jefferson Davis 6787 60.23
Jones 19350 28.81
Kemper 5460 60.94
Lafayette 12833 22.95
Lamar 13758 21.37
Lauderdale 32153 44.24
Lawrence 3865 32.27
Leake 8486 39.94
Lee 25371 30.45
Leflore 21018 74.56
Lincoln 10445 29.99
Lowndes 26223 44.61
Madison 41009 37.53
Marion 7656 31.41
Marshall 15669 46.38
Monroe 10344 30.3
Montgomery 4367 44.59
Neshoba 6236 21.51
Newton 6689 31.47
Noxubee 7359 71.94
Oktibbeha 19242 37.21
Panola 16490 49.72
Pearl River 6776 12.06
Perry 2161 18.87
Pike 21825 54.3
Pontotoc 4716 15.12
Prentiss 3827 15.33
Quitman 4490 72.9
Rankin 33355 21.22
Scott 10098 36.1
Sharkey 2690 71.32
Simpson 9131 35.25
Smith 3324 23.42
Stone 3454 18.84
Sunflower 18890 73.06
Tallahatchie 7356 58.16
Tate 8717 31
Tippah 3572 16.43
Tishomingo 496 2.63
Tunica 7552 77.59
Union 4289 15.42
Walthall 5992 43.2
Warren 21923 49.22
Washington 32401 72.58
Wayne 7924 40
Webster 1808 18.26
Wilkinson 5985 70.2
Winston 8248 46.63
Yalobusha 4862 39.09
Yazoo 15707 58.88