Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (165.04K), followed by DeSoto County (57.75K), and Harrison County (53.25K).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2020
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2020
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Hinds County 165036
2 DeSoto County 57754
3 Harrison County 53247
4 Madison County 41009
5 Rankin County 33355
6 Washington County 32401
7 Lauderdale County 32153
8 Jackson County 30193
9 Forrest County 28765
10 Lowndes County 26223
11 Lee County 25371
12 Warren County 21923
13 Pike County 21825
14 Leflore County 21018
15 Bolivar County 19648
16 Jones County 19350
17 Oktibbeha County 19242
18 Sunflower County 18890
19 Adams County 16504
20 Panola County 16490
21 Coahoma County 16468
22 Yazoo County 15707
23 Marshall County 15669
24 Copiah County 14403
25 Holmes County 14058
26 Lamar County 13758
27 Lafayette County 12833
28 Clay County 11000
29 Lincoln County 10445
30 Monroe County 10344
31 Scott County 10098
32 Grenada County 9254
33 Simpson County 9131
34 Tate County 8717
35 Jasper County 8673
36 Leake County 8486
37 Winston County 8248
38 Wayne County 7924
39 Claiborne County 7827
40 Attala County 7773
41 Chickasaw County 7670
42 Marion County 7656
43 Tunica County 7552
44 Noxubee County 7359
45 Tallahatchie County 7356
46 Jefferson Davis County 6787
47 Pearl River County 6776
48 Newton County 6689
49 Covington County 6531
50 Neshoba County 6236
51 Jefferson County 6153
52 Walthall County 5992
53 Wilkinson County 5985
54 Humphreys County 5984
55 Kemper County 5460
56 Clarke County 5347
57 Amite County 4971
58 Yalobusha County 4862
59 Pontotoc County 4716
60 Quitman County 4490
61 Montgomery County 4367
62 Alcorn County 4298
63 Union County 4289
64 Lawrence County 3865
65 Hancock County 3845
66 Prentiss County 3827
67 Calhoun County 3693
68 Tippah County 3572
69 Greene County 3461
70 Stone County 3454
71 Carroll County 3359
72 Smith County 3324
73 Benton County 2723
74 Sharkey County 2690
75 Franklin County 2671
76 Choctaw County 2411
77 Perry County 2161
78 Webster County 1808
79 Itawamba County 1804
80 George County 1789
81 Issaquena County 802
82 Tishomingo County 496