Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2020
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Mississippi counties, Claiborne County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (86.64%), followed by Jefferson County (85.31%), and Holmes County (83.74%).
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 2020
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claiborne County | 86.64 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 85.31 |
| 3 | Holmes County | 83.74 |
| 4 | Tunica County | 78.15 |
| 5 | Coahoma County | 78.05 |
| 6 | Humphreys County | 77.51 |
| 7 | Leflore County | 75.36 |
| 8 | Sunflower County | 73.9 |
| 9 | Hinds County | 73.14 |
| 10 | Washington County | 72.96 |
| 11 | Quitman County | 72.9 |
| 12 | Noxubee County | 72.29 |
| 13 | Sharkey County | 71.93 |
| 14 | Wilkinson County | 70.54 |
| 15 | Bolivar County | 64.33 |
| 16 | Kemper County | 61.32 |
| 17 | Issaquena County | 61.22 |
| 18 | Jefferson Davis County | 60.41 |
| 19 | Clay County | 59.45 |
| 20 | Yazoo County | 59.15 |
| 21 | Tallahatchie County | 58.37 |
| 22 | Adams County | 56.36 |
| 23 | Pike County | 54.7 |
| 24 | Jasper County | 53.36 |
| 25 | Copiah County | 51.63 |
| 26 | Panola County | 50.08 |
| 27 | Warren County | 49.53 |
| 28 | Marshall County | 46.93 |
| 29 | Winston County | 46.86 |
| 30 | Chickasaw County | 45.49 |
| 31 | Montgomery County | 44.96 |
| 32 | Lowndes County | 44.91 |
| 33 | Lauderdale County | 44.66 |
| 34 | Attala County | 43.9 |
| 35 | Walthall County | 43.62 |
| 36 | Grenada County | 43.27 |
| 37 | Leake County | 40.6 |
| 38 | Wayne County | 40.43 |
| 39 | Amite County | 39.54 |
| 40 | Yalobusha County | 39.32 |
| 41 | Madison County | 37.96 |
| 42 | Scott County | 37.65 |
| 43 | Oktibbeha County | 37.6 |
| 44 | Forrest County | 37.35 |
| 45 | Covington County | 36.28 |
| 46 | Benton County | 35.86 |
| 47 | Simpson County | 35.62 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 35.08 |
| 49 | Clarke County | 34.54 |
| 50 | Carroll County | 34.13 |
| 51 | Lawrence County | 32.62 |
| 52 | Newton County | 31.75 |
| 53 | Marion County | 31.59 |
| 54 | DeSoto County | 31.34 |
| 55 | Tate County | 31.28 |
| 56 | Lee County | 30.88 |
| 57 | Monroe County | 30.56 |
| 58 | Lincoln County | 30.19 |
| 59 | Choctaw County | 29.58 |
| 60 | Jones County | 29.41 |
| 61 | Calhoun County | 28.58 |
| 62 | Harrison County | 26.13 |
| 63 | Greene County | 25.74 |
| 64 | Smith County | 23.75 |
| 65 | Lafayette County | 23.34 |
| 66 | Jackson County | 21.74 |
| 67 | Lamar County | 21.71 |
| 68 | Neshoba County | 21.7 |
| 69 | Rankin County | 21.4 |
| 70 | Stone County | 19.05 |
| 71 | Perry County | 19.01 |
| 72 | Webster County | 18.44 |
| 73 | Tippah County | 16.79 |
| 74 | Pontotoc County | 15.82 |
| 75 | Union County | 15.73 |
| 76 | Prentiss County | 15.42 |
| 77 | Alcorn County | 12.7 |
| 78 | Pearl River County | 12.22 |
| 79 | Hancock County | 8.62 |
| 80 | Itawamba County | 7.67 |
| 81 | George County | 7.52 |
| 82 | Tishomingo County | 2.74 |