Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Mississippi counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (85.54%), followed by Claiborne County (85.41%), and Holmes County (82.27%).
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
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 85.54 |
| 2 | Claiborne County | 85.41 |
| 3 | Holmes County | 82.27 |
| 4 | Coahoma County | 76.36 |
| 5 | Tunica County | 76.18 |
| 6 | Humphreys County | 74.4 |
| 7 | Leflore County | 73.71 |
| 8 | Sunflower County | 73.05 |
| 9 | Washington County | 71.87 |
| 10 | Hinds County | 71.8 |
| 11 | Noxubee County | 71.48 |
| 12 | Sharkey County | 70.75 |
| 13 | Quitman County | 70.41 |
| 14 | Wilkinson County | 70.07 |
| 15 | Bolivar County | 63.78 |
| 16 | Issaquena County | 63.29 |
| 17 | Kemper County | 60.62 |
| 18 | Jefferson Davis County | 59.22 |
| 19 | Clay County | 58.32 |
| 20 | Yazoo County | 56.89 |
| 21 | Tallahatchie County | 55.93 |
| 22 | Pike County | 53.2 |
| 23 | Jasper County | 53.07 |
| 24 | Adams County | 52.82 |
| 25 | Copiah County | 51.46 |
| 26 | Panola County | 49.75 |
| 27 | Warren County | 48.73 |
| 28 | Marshall County | 47.58 |
| 29 | Winston County | 46.16 |
| 30 | Montgomery County | 45.13 |
| 31 | Lowndes County | 43.82 |
| 32 | Chickasaw County | 43.68 |
| 33 | Walthall County | 43.41 |
| 34 | Lauderdale County | 43.07 |
| 35 | Attala County | 42.99 |
| 36 | Grenada County | 42.4 |
| 37 | Leake County | 41.58 |
| 38 | Amite County | 39.98 |
| 39 | Wayne County | 39.6 |
| 40 | Yalobusha County | 38.83 |
| 41 | Madison County | 38.07 |
| 42 | Scott County | 37.91 |
| 43 | Forrest County | 37.5 |
| 44 | Oktibbeha County | 37.24 |
| 45 | Covington County | 35.71 |
| 46 | Benton County | 35.29 |
| 47 | Simpson County | 35.27 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 34.31 |
| 49 | Clarke County | 34.3 |
| 50 | Carroll County | 33.06 |
| 51 | Lawrence County | 31.73 |
| 52 | Marion County | 31.7 |
| 53 | Tate County | 31.24 |
| 54 | Monroe County | 30.65 |
| 55 | Newton County | 30.33 |
| 56 | Lincoln County | 30.23 |
| 57 | Lee County | 29.16 |
| 58 | Jones County | 29.04 |
| 59 | Choctaw County | 28.96 |
| 60 | Calhoun County | 27.92 |
| 61 | DeSoto County | 26.31 |
| 62 | Greene County | 24.82 |
| 63 | Harrison County | 24.63 |
| 64 | Lafayette County | 23.72 |
| 65 | Smith County | 22.98 |
| 66 | Jackson County | 21.29 |
| 67 | Neshoba County | 21.01 |
| 68 | Rankin County | 20.41 |
| 69 | Lamar County | 20.09 |
| 70 | Stone County | 19.84 |
| 71 | Perry County | 18.95 |
| 72 | Webster County | 18.77 |
| 73 | Tippah County | 16.17 |
| 74 | Union County | 14.76 |
| 75 | Pontotoc County | 14.73 |
| 76 | Prentiss County | 14.14 |
| 77 | Pearl River County | 12.32 |
| 78 | Alcorn County | 12.3 |
| 79 | Hancock County | 7.85 |
| 80 | George County | 7.75 |
| 81 | Itawamba County | 6.71 |
| 82 | Tishomingo County | 2.47 |
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