Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2022
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all Mississippi counties, Claiborne County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (86.63%), followed by Jefferson County (84.6%), and Holmes County (83.19%).
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 2022
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claiborne County | 86.63 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 84.6 |
| 3 | Holmes County | 83.19 |
| 4 | Tunica County | 78.25 |
| 5 | Coahoma County | 77.6 |
| 6 | Humphreys County | 77.2 |
| 7 | Leflore County | 75.03 |
| 8 | Sunflower County | 73.54 |
| 9 | Hinds County | 73.37 |
| 9 | Quitman County | 73.37 |
| 10 | Washington County | 73.22 |
| 11 | Sharkey County | 72.27 |
| 12 | Noxubee County | 72.21 |
| 13 | Wilkinson County | 69.74 |
| 14 | Bolivar County | 64.03 |
| 15 | Kemper County | 60.69 |
| 16 | Issaquena County | 60.54 |
| 17 | Clay County | 60.42 |
| 18 | Jefferson Davis County | 59.44 |
| 19 | Yazoo County | 58.57 |
| 20 | Tallahatchie County | 57.39 |
| 21 | Adams County | 56.34 |
| 22 | Pike County | 55.21 |
| 23 | Jasper County | 52.74 |
| 24 | Copiah County | 50.92 |
| 25 | Panola County | 49.83 |
| 26 | Warren County | 49.39 |
| 27 | Winston County | 46.6 |
| 28 | Marshall County | 45.56 |
| 29 | Lowndes County | 45.4 |
| 30 | Lauderdale County | 45.16 |
| 31 | Chickasaw County | 44.99 |
| 32 | Montgomery County | 44.58 |
| 33 | Attala County | 44.4 |
| 34 | Grenada County | 43.84 |
| 35 | Walthall County | 42.64 |
| 36 | Wayne County | 40.54 |
| 37 | Leake County | 39.92 |
| 38 | Amite County | 39.09 |
| 39 | Yalobusha County | 38.69 |
| 40 | Madison County | 38.29 |
| 41 | Scott County | 37.68 |
| 42 | Oktibbeha County | 37.6 |
| 43 | Forrest County | 37.07 |
| 44 | Covington County | 36.34 |
| 45 | Simpson County | 35.36 |
| 46 | Benton County | 34.74 |
| 47 | Franklin County | 34.62 |
| 48 | Carroll County | 34 |
| 49 | DeSoto County | 33.95 |
| 50 | Clarke County | 33.93 |
| 51 | Lawrence County | 32.7 |
| 52 | Newton County | 31.88 |
| 53 | Marion County | 31.51 |
| 54 | Lee County | 31.27 |
| 55 | Monroe County | 30.71 |
| 56 | Tate County | 30.63 |
| 57 | Lincoln County | 29.76 |
| 58 | Jones County | 29.31 |
| 59 | Choctaw County | 29.25 |
| 60 | Calhoun County | 28.47 |
| 61 | Harrison County | 26.2 |
| 62 | Greene County | 25.85 |
| 63 | Smith County | 23.96 |
| 64 | Lafayette County | 23.88 |
| 65 | Rankin County | 22.68 |
| 66 | Lamar County | 22.49 |
| 67 | Neshoba County | 21.82 |
| 68 | Jackson County | 21.64 |
| 69 | Perry County | 19.12 |
| 70 | Stone County | 18.49 |
| 71 | Webster County | 17.96 |
| 72 | Tippah County | 16.61 |
| 73 | Pontotoc County | 16.42 |
| 74 | Union County | 15.83 |
| 75 | Prentiss County | 15.44 |
| 76 | Alcorn County | 12.83 |
| 77 | Pearl River County | 12.07 |
| 78 | Hancock County | 8.7 |
| 79 | George County | 7.85 |
| 80 | Itawamba County | 7.63 |
| 81 | Tishomingo County | 2.91 |