Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (162.11K), followed by DeSoto County (61.17K), and Harrison County (53.66K).

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 2021
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2021
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Hinds County 162114
2 DeSoto County 61165
3 Harrison County 53657
4 Madison County 41396
5 Rankin County 34719
6 Lauderdale County 32079
7 Washington County 31692
8 Jackson County 30287
9 Forrest County 28473
10 Lowndes County 26157
11 Lee County 25466
12 Pike County 21905
13 Warren County 21351
14 Leflore County 20383
15 Oktibbeha County 19308
16 Bolivar County 19200
17 Jones County 19184
18 Sunflower County 18421
19 Panola County 16364
20 Adams County 16217
21 Coahoma County 16038
22 Yazoo County 15515
23 Marshall County 15341
24 Lamar County 14368
25 Copiah County 14137
26 Holmes County 13651
27 Lafayette County 13225
28 Clay County 10997
29 Lincoln County 10393
30 Monroe County 10305
31 Scott County 10028
32 Grenada County 9231
33 Simpson County 9038
34 Tate County 8604
35 Jasper County 8573
36 Leake County 8448
37 Winston County 8158
38 Wayne County 7849
39 Attala County 7785
40 Claiborne County 7622
41 Marion County 7609
42 Chickasaw County 7575
43 Tunica County 7419
44 Noxubee County 7284
45 Tallahatchie County 7105
46 Pearl River County 6709
47 Jefferson Davis County 6697
48 Newton County 6628
49 Covington County 6555
50 Neshoba County 6247
51 Jefferson County 6025
52 Walthall County 5926
53 Humphreys County 5838
54 Wilkinson County 5797
55 Kemper County 5336
56 Clarke County 5270
57 Amite County 4900
58 Pontotoc County 4833
59 Yalobusha County 4800
60 Union County 4335
61 Quitman County 4321
62 Montgomery County 4314
63 Alcorn County 4283
64 Hancock County 3854
65 Lawrence County 3807
66 Prentiss County 3804
67 Calhoun County 3631
68 Tippah County 3549
69 Greene County 3503
70 Stone County 3444
71 Smith County 3349
72 Carroll County 3337
73 Benton County 2682
74 Franklin County 2632
75 Sharkey County 2587
76 Choctaw County 2367
77 Perry County 2171
78 George County 1873
79 Webster County 1812
80 Itawamba County 1792
81 Issaquena County 766
82 Tishomingo County 498