Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2010

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (170.59K), followed by Harrison County (42.14K), and Madison County (36.73K).

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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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2010
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Harrison
Madison
Washington
DeSoto
Lauderdale
Jackson
Forrest
Rankin
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2010
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Hinds County 170592
2 Harrison County 42135
3 Madison County 36734
4 Washington County 36528
5 DeSoto County 35778
6 Lauderdale County 34550
7 Jackson County 30284
8 Forrest County 27316
9 Rankin County 27313
10 Lowndes County 26062
11 Leflore County 23538
12 Warren County 23040
13 Lee County 22833
14 Bolivar County 21961
15 Sunflower County 21205
16 Pike County 20962
17 Coahoma County 19768
18 Jones County 19379
19 Marshall County 17512
20 Oktibbeha County 17393
21 Adams County 17382
22 Panola County 16873
23 Yazoo County 16096
24 Holmes County 16078
25 Copiah County 15066
26 Clay County 11994
27 Monroe County 11439
28 Lafayette County 11308
29 Lamar County 11059
30 Scott County 10800
31 Lincoln County 10499
32 Simpson County 9721
33 Leake County 9691
34 Grenada County 9099
35 Jasper County 8959
36 Tate County 8862
37 Winston County 8766
38 Marion County 8729
39 Tallahatchie County 8699
40 Noxubee County 8228
41 Attala County 8200
42 Wayne County 8135
43 Claiborne County 8120
44 Tunica County 7936
45 Jefferson Davis County 7465
46 Chickasaw County 7416
47 Wilkinson County 6990
48 Humphreys County 6984
49 Covington County 6897
50 Pearl River County 6871
51 Walthall County 6846
52 Jefferson County 6614
53 Newton County 6544
54 Kemper County 6293
55 Neshoba County 6222
56 Clarke County 5768
57 Quitman County 5680
58 Amite County 5429
59 Montgomery County 4949
60 Yalobusha County 4781
61 Alcorn County 4259
62 Pontotoc County 4250
63 Calhoun County 4193
64 Lawrence County 4010
65 Union County 3965
66 Smith County 3811
67 Greene County 3751
68 Tippah County 3571
69 Prentiss County 3503
70 Carroll County 3478
71 Sharkey County 3466
72 Stone County 3438
73 Benton County 3252
74 Hancock County 3191
75 Franklin County 2807
76 Choctaw County 2573
77 Perry County 2465
78 Webster County 2050
79 George County 1848
80 Itawamba County 1412
81 Issaquena County 898
82 Tishomingo County 526