Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2015
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Mississippi counties, Claiborne County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (85.72%), followed by Jefferson County (85.71%), and Holmes County (82.7%).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2015
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claiborne County | 85.72 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 85.71 |
| 3 | Holmes County | 82.7 |
| 4 | Tunica County | 76.9 |
| 5 | Coahoma County | 76.44 |
| 6 | Humphreys County | 75.66 |
| 7 | Leflore County | 74.1 |
| 8 | Sunflower County | 73.83 |
| 9 | Washington County | 72.03 |
| 10 | Noxubee County | 71.79 |
| 11 | Hinds County | 71.73 |
| 12 | Sharkey County | 70.91 |
| 13 | Wilkinson County | 70.44 |
| 14 | Quitman County | 70.35 |
| 15 | Bolivar County | 64.44 |
| 16 | Issaquena County | 63.95 |
| 17 | Kemper County | 61.03 |
| 18 | Jefferson Davis County | 59.84 |
| 19 | Clay County | 58.73 |
| 20 | Yazoo County | 57.56 |
| 21 | Tallahatchie County | 56.85 |
| 22 | Adams County | 53.49 |
| 23 | Pike County | 53.38 |
| 24 | Jasper County | 52.85 |
| 25 | Copiah County | 51.6 |
| 26 | Panola County | 49.81 |
| 27 | Warren County | 48.68 |
| 28 | Marshall County | 47.99 |
| 29 | Winston County | 46.43 |
| 30 | Montgomery County | 45.58 |
| 31 | Chickasaw County | 44.19 |
| 32 | Lowndes County | 43.82 |
| 33 | Walthall County | 43.41 |
| 34 | Lauderdale County | 43.19 |
| 35 | Attala County | 42.89 |
| 36 | Grenada County | 42.42 |
| 37 | Leake County | 41.74 |
| 38 | Amite County | 40.74 |
| 39 | Wayne County | 39.71 |
| 40 | Yalobusha County | 39.29 |
| 41 | Scott County | 38.71 |
| 42 | Madison County | 38.19 |
| 43 | Forrest County | 37.64 |
| 44 | Oktibbeha County | 37.29 |
| 45 | Benton County | 36.23 |
| 46 | Covington County | 36.03 |
| 47 | Simpson County | 35.51 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 34.98 |
| 49 | Clarke County | 34.09 |
| 50 | Carroll County | 33.43 |
| 51 | Marion County | 32.27 |
| 52 | Lawrence County | 31.83 |
| 53 | Tate County | 31.52 |
| 54 | Monroe County | 30.68 |
| 55 | Lincoln County | 30.63 |
| 56 | Newton County | 30.62 |
| 57 | Jones County | 29.57 |
| 58 | Choctaw County | 29.24 |
| 59 | Lee County | 29 |
| 60 | Calhoun County | 28.44 |
| 61 | DeSoto County | 25.59 |
| 62 | Greene County | 24.84 |
| 63 | Harrison County | 24.67 |
| 64 | Lafayette County | 23.77 |
| 65 | Smith County | 22.96 |
| 66 | Jackson County | 21.9 |
| 67 | Neshoba County | 21.11 |
| 68 | Lamar County | 20.15 |
| 69 | Rankin County | 20.04 |
| 70 | Perry County | 19.59 |
| 71 | Stone County | 19.48 |
| 72 | Webster County | 18.88 |
| 73 | Tippah County | 16.47 |
| 74 | Pontotoc County | 15.44 |
| 75 | Union County | 14.86 |
| 76 | Prentiss County | 14.11 |
| 77 | Alcorn County | 12.47 |
| 78 | Pearl River County | 12.44 |
| 79 | Hancock County | 8.19 |
| 80 | George County | 8.1 |
| 81 | Itawamba County | 6.67 |
| 82 | Tishomingo County | 2.48 |
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