Population By Race and Ethnicity in Wayne County, MS in 2017

Updated on January 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the 20,450 population of Wayne County, Mississippi comprised of 330 people who identified as Hispanic (1.61%), and 20,120 people who identified as Non-Hispanic (98.39%).

Race: The White Alone population was the largest racial group in Wayne County, Mississippi with a population of 11,930 (58.34%); Black or African American Alone population was the second largest racial group with a population of 8,196 (40.08%); and Two Or More Races was the third largest racial group with a population of 202 (0.99%).

Ethnicity: The White Alone - Non Hispanic population was the largest ethnic group in Wayne County, Mississippi in 2017, with a population of 11,702 (57.22%); the second largest ethnic group was Black or African American Alone - Non Hispanic with a population of 8,125 (39.73%); and the third largest ethnic group was White Alone - Hispanic with a population of 228 (1.12%).

The charts and tables below shows the population and percentage of each racial and ethnicity group in Wayne, Mississippi.

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Population By Race in Wayne , MS in 2017
Race Population Percentage
Black or African American Alone 8,196 40.08%
White Alone 11,930 58.34%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 63 0.31%
Asian Alone 53 0.26%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 6 0.03%
Two Or More Races 202 0.99%
Population By Ethnicity in Wayne , MS in 2017
Ethnicity Population Percentage
Black or African American Alone - Hispanic 71 0.35%
White Alone - Hispanic 228 1.12%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Hispanic 11 0.05%
Asian Alone - Hispanic 4 0.02%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Hispanic 4 0.02%
Two Or More Races - Hispanic 12 0.06%
Black or African American Alone - Non Hispanic 8,125 39.73%
White Alone - Non Hispanic 11,702 57.22%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Non Hispanic 52 0.25%
Asian Alone - Non Hispanic 49 0.24%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Non Hispanic 2 0.01%
Two Or More Races - Non Hispanic 190 0.93%