Mississippi Black Population By County, 2018
Updated on January 29, 2024.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, 1,128,789 (37.84%) of the 2,982,879 Mississippi population in 2018 identified as Black or African American alone.

In the map below, we show the specific number of Blacks or African Americans per county in Mississippi. We also show the percentage of the population of each county that are African American and the gender percentages of the African American population when you interact with the map.

Hinds County had the highest number of African Americans (171,772), and African Americans constituted 72.83% of the county's population. Other counties with high number of African Americans include: Harrison County (53,297) - 25.83% of the county's population, and DeSoto County (52,935) - 29.02% of the county's population.

The data can also be found in the table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

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Mississippi Black Population By County, 2018
Mississippi Black Population By County, 2018
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County Black Population % of County Population
Adams 16654 53.3
Alcorn 4612 12.51
Amite 4999 40.57
Attala 7949 43.37
Benton 2910 35.34
Bolivar 20052 64.36
Calhoun 4107 28.48
Carroll 3237 32.69
Chickasaw 7589 44.61
Choctaw 2422 29.4
Claiborne 7842 86.21
Clarke 5359 34.45
Clay 11429 58.95
Coahoma 17496 77.24
Copiah 14784 51.95
Covington 6794 36.17
DeSoto 52935 29.02
Forrest 28386 37.86
Franklin 2684 34.65
George 1849 7.69
Greene 3698 26.46
Grenada 9012 42.88
Hancock 3891 8.23
Harrison 53297 25.83
Hinds 171772 72.83
Holmes 14534 83.25
Humphreys 6244 76.04
Issaquena 825 63.36
Itawamba 1592 6.79
Jackson 31171 21.78
Jasper 8784 53.53
Jefferson 6045 85.24
Jefferson Davis 6714 60.01
Jones 20251 29.64
Kemper 5912 60.86
Lafayette 12694 23.63
Lamar 12966 20.67
Lauderdale 33325 44.14
Lawrence 4025 32.35
Leake 9659 42.4
Lee 25953 30.39
Leflore 21481 74.97
Lincoln 10301 30.12
Lowndes 26383 44.85
Madison 40403 38.24
Marion 7859 31.77
Marshall 16877 47.55
Monroe 10851 30.47
Montgomery 4523 45.29
Neshoba 6218 21.3
Newton 6594 30.94
Noxubee 7620 72.15
Oktibbeha 18536 37.64
Panola 17066 50.06
Pearl River 6851 12.35
Perry 2274 19.05
Pike 21226 53.91
Pontotoc 4882 15.28
Prentiss 3550 14.17
Quitman 5046 71.54
Rankin 32864 21.3
Scott 10945 38.62
Sharkey 3099 71.37
Simpson 9407 35.18
Smith 3806 23.84
Stone 3403 18.94
Sunflower 19408 73.92
Tallahatchie 7988 56.94
Tate 8791 31.01
Tippah 3720 16.86
Tishomingo 500 2.58
Tunica 7722 77.87
Union 4361 15.28
Walthall 6297 43.67
Warren 22726 49.3
Washington 32691 72.49
Wayne 8109 39.97
Webster 1862 19.1
Wilkinson 6196 70.67
Winston 8484 46.73
Yalobusha 4790 38.7
Yazoo 16626 57.01