Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (158.92K), followed by DeSoto County (64.29K), and Harrison County (53.88K).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2022
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2022
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Hinds County 158924
2 DeSoto County 64293
3 Harrison County 53878
4 Madison County 42105
5 Rankin County 35741
6 Lauderdale County 31814
7 Washington County 30955
8 Jackson County 30329
9 Forrest County 28450
10 Lowndes County 25994
11 Lee County 25541
12 Pike County 21735
13 Warren County 20911
14 Leflore County 19782
15 Oktibbeha County 19127
16 Jones County 19053
17 Bolivar County 18671
18 Sunflower County 18044
19 Panola County 16118
20 Adams County 15976
21 Coahoma County 15595
22 Marshall County 15258
23 Yazoo County 15082
24 Lamar County 14580
25 Copiah County 13901
26 Lafayette County 13557
27 Holmes County 13298
28 Clay County 10985
29 Lincoln County 10275
30 Monroe County 10222
31 Scott County 9924
32 Grenada County 9181
33 Simpson County 8956
34 Tate County 8565
35 Jasper County 8422
36 Leake County 8310
37 Winston County 8103
38 Wayne County 7863
39 Attala County 7732
40 Marion County 7561
41 Claiborne County 7542
42 Chickasaw County 7472
43 Tunica County 7298
44 Noxubee County 7175
45 Tallahatchie County 6898
46 Pearl River County 6801
47 Newton County 6629
48 Jefferson Davis County 6562
49 Covington County 6471
50 Neshoba County 6226
51 Jefferson County 5952
52 Walthall County 5839
53 Wilkinson County 5690
54 Humphreys County 5660
55 Kemper County 5231
56 Clarke County 5137
57 Pontotoc County 4902
58 Amite County 4859
59 Yalobusha County 4775
60 Union County 4350
61 Alcorn County 4263
62 Montgomery County 4226
63 Quitman County 4159
64 Hancock County 3855
65 Prentiss County 3817
66 Lawrence County 3804
67 Calhoun County 3551
68 Greene County 3476
69 Tippah County 3474
70 Stone County 3406
71 Smith County 3330
72 Carroll County 3279
73 Franklin County 2614
74 Benton County 2598
75 Sharkey County 2479
76 Choctaw County 2348
77 Perry County 2151
78 George County 1922
79 Itawamba County 1792
80 Webster County 1760
81 Issaquena County 750
82 Tishomingo County 517