Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2023

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (157.60K), followed by DeSoto County (67.96K), 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 2023
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2023
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Hinds County 157600
2 DeSoto County 67961
3 Harrison County 55144
4 Madison County 43085
5 Rankin County 37242
6 Lauderdale County 31817
7 Jackson County 31614
8 Washington County 30911
9 Forrest County 29069
10 Lowndes County 26190
11 Lee County 26047
12 Pike County 21856
13 Warren County 21061
14 Leflore County 19812
15 Jones County 19445
16 Oktibbeha County 19331
17 Bolivar County 18450
18 Sunflower County 18019
19 Panola County 16278
20 Adams County 16154
21 Coahoma County 15461
22 Marshall County 15435
23 Yazoo County 15074
24 Lamar County 15010
25 Copiah County 13965
26 Lafayette County 13932
27 Holmes County 13116
28 Clay County 10991
29 Scott County 10326
30 Monroe County 10318
31 Lincoln County 10297
32 Grenada County 9330
33 Simpson County 9026
34 Tate County 8600
35 Leake County 8446
36 Jasper County 8383
37 Winston County 8060
38 Wayne County 8023
39 Attala County 7761
40 Chickasaw County 7563
41 Marion County 7561
42 Claiborne County 7452
43 Tunica County 7203
44 Noxubee County 7129
45 Pearl River County 6988
46 Tallahatchie County 6739
47 Newton County 6641
48 Covington County 6531
49 Jefferson Davis County 6464
50 Neshoba County 6307
51 Walthall County 5848
52 Jefferson County 5842
53 Wilkinson County 5598
54 Humphreys County 5549
55 Clarke County 5250
56 Pontotoc County 5186
57 Kemper County 5185
58 Amite County 4784
59 Yalobusha County 4732
60 Union County 4490
61 Alcorn County 4340
62 Montgomery County 4227
63 Quitman County 4058
64 Hancock County 3889
65 Prentiss County 3851
66 Lawrence County 3832
67 Calhoun County 3608
68 Tippah County 3516
69 Greene County 3497
70 Stone County 3461
71 Smith County 3409
72 Carroll County 3205
73 Franklin County 2628
74 Benton County 2575
75 Sharkey County 2430
76 Choctaw County 2324
77 Perry County 2149
78 George County 2037
79 Itawamba County 1834
80 Webster County 1801
81 Issaquena County 767
82 Tishomingo County 564