Ranking of Mississippi Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on February 22, 2026.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Mississippi counties, in April 2020, among all the cities and places with over 10K voting-age population in Mississippi, Clarksdale city had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (78.76%), followed by Greenville city (77.89%), and Jackson city (76.58%).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places in Mississippi, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi cities and places with over 10K voting-age population, based on the percentage of the voting-age population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Mississippi.

Ranking of Mississippi Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Clarksdale
Greenville
Jackson
Greenwood
Vicksburg
Meridian
Columbus
Laurel
Natchez
Hattiesburg
Ranking of Mississippi Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Voting-age Population
1 Clarksdale city 78.76
2 Greenville city 77.89
3 Jackson city 76.58
4 Greenwood city 67.45
5 Vicksburg city 63.43
6 Meridian city 61.90
7 Columbus city 60.47
8 Laurel city 59.32
9 Natchez city 56.66
10 Hattiesburg city 47.43
11 Horn Lake city 45.89
12 Ridgeland city 36.37
13 Gulfport city 36.14
14 Clinton city 35.73
15 Tupelo city 34.31
16 Olive Branch city 33.08
17 Pascagoula city 32.23
18 Southaven city 31.89
19 Starkville city 31.35
20 Gautier city 28.49
21 Pearl city 24.70
22 Corinth city 23.42
23 Oxford city 20.34
24 Biloxi city 20.01
25 Brandon city 18.96
26 Hernando city 11.97
27 Madison city 11.54
28 Long Beach city 8.04
29 Ocean Springs city 6.97