Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2022

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (159.63K), followed by DeSoto County (64.89K), and Harrison County (55.14K).

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

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2022
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2022
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Hinds County 159625
2 DeSoto County 64888
3 Harrison County 55144
4 Madison County 42603
5 Rankin County 36048
6 Lauderdale County 32124
7 Jackson County 31365
8 Washington County 31136
9 Forrest County 28904
10 Lowndes County 26184
11 Lee County 25899
12 Pike County 21912
13 Warren County 21059
14 Leflore County 20006
15 Jones County 19474
16 Oktibbeha County 19323
17 Bolivar County 18865
18 Sunflower County 18266
19 Panola County 16240
20 Adams County 16066
21 Coahoma County 15703
22 Marshall County 15446
23 Yazoo County 15166
24 Lamar County 14789
25 Copiah County 14110
26 Lafayette County 13786
27 Holmes County 13403
28 Clay County 11063
29 Scott County 10385
30 Lincoln County 10347
31 Monroe County 10309
32 Grenada County 9266
33 Simpson County 9061
34 Tate County 8657
35 Jasper County 8479
36 Leake County 8465
37 Winston County 8156
38 Wayne County 7939
39 Attala County 7784
40 Marion County 7615
41 Claiborne County 7602
42 Chickasaw County 7586
43 Tunica County 7361
44 Noxubee County 7221
45 Tallahatchie County 6925
46 Pearl River County 6904
47 Newton County 6702
48 Covington County 6593
49 Jefferson Davis County 6585
50 Neshoba County 6286
51 Jefferson County 5979
52 Walthall County 5895
53 Wilkinson County 5721
54 Humphreys County 5677
55 Kemper County 5262
56 Clarke County 5158
57 Pontotoc County 5149
58 Amite County 4909
59 Yalobusha County 4803
60 Union County 4452
61 Alcorn County 4382
62 Montgomery County 4263
63 Quitman County 4163
64 Hancock County 4003
65 Lawrence County 3846
66 Prentiss County 3844
67 Calhoun County 3657
68 Tippah County 3560
69 Greene County 3507
70 Stone County 3446
71 Smith County 3374
72 Carroll County 3310
73 Franklin County 2635
74 Benton County 2625
75 Sharkey County 2502
76 Choctaw County 2368
77 Perry County 2179
78 George County 1977
79 Itawamba County 1830
80 Webster County 1786
81 Issaquena County 764
82 Tishomingo County 541