Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (165.84K), followed by DeSoto County (58.33K), and Harrison County (54.56K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi counties.

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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Hinds County 165844
2 DeSoto County 58330
3 Harrison County 54560
4 Madison County 41475
5 Rankin County 33633
6 Washington County 32571
7 Lauderdale County 32459
8 Jackson County 31174
9 Forrest County 29207
10 Lowndes County 26396
11 Lee County 25726
12 Warren County 22064
13 Pike County 21985
14 Leflore County 21242
15 Bolivar County 19837
16 Jones County 19749
17 Oktibbeha County 19441
18 Sunflower County 19108
19 Panola County 16610
20 Adams County 16582
21 Coahoma County 16565
22 Marshall County 15853
23 Yazoo County 15779
24 Copiah County 14596
25 Holmes County 14137
26 Lamar County 13979
27 Lafayette County 13051
28 Clay County 11070
29 Scott County 10533
30 Lincoln County 10515
31 Monroe County 10434
32 Grenada County 9337
33 Simpson County 9225
34 Tate County 8795
35 Jasper County 8725
36 Leake County 8626
37 Winston County 8290
38 Wayne County 8008
39 Claiborne County 7882
40 Attala County 7822
41 Chickasaw County 7772
42 Marion County 7699
43 Tunica County 7606
44 Noxubee County 7395
45 Tallahatchie County 7382
46 Pearl River County 6866
47 Jefferson Davis County 6808
48 Newton County 6748
49 Covington County 6637
50 Neshoba County 6290
51 Jefferson County 6181
52 Walthall County 6050
53 Wilkinson County 6014
54 Humphreys County 5999
55 Kemper County 5494
56 Clarke County 5369
57 Amite County 5022
58 Pontotoc County 4933
59 Yalobusha County 4890
60 Quitman County 4490
61 Alcorn County 4411
62 Montgomery County 4403
63 Union County 4375
64 Hancock County 3974
65 Lawrence County 3907
66 Prentiss County 3850
67 Calhoun County 3778
68 Tippah County 3651
69 Stone County 3492
70 Greene County 3485
71 Carroll County 3390
72 Smith County 3371
73 Benton County 2748
74 Sharkey County 2713
75 Franklin County 2689
76 Choctaw County 2429
77 Perry County 2177
78 George County 1831
78 Itawamba County 1831
79 Webster County 1826
80 Issaquena County 813
81 Tishomingo County 516