Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (173.62K), followed by Harrison County (43.83K), and DeSoto County (37.34K).

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 2011
Hinds
Harrison
DeSoto
Madison
Washington
Lauderdale
Jackson
Rankin
Forrest
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2011
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Hinds County 173620
2 Harrison County 43827
3 DeSoto County 37343
4 Madison County 37223
5 Washington County 36074
6 Lauderdale County 34753
7 Jackson County 30531
8 Rankin County 27792
9 Forrest County 27709
10 Lowndes County 25961
11 Lee County 23261
12 Leflore County 23260
13 Warren County 22722
14 Bolivar County 21818
15 Pike County 21106
16 Sunflower County 20867
17 Coahoma County 19517
18 Jones County 19388
19 Marshall County 17457
20 Oktibbeha County 17445
21 Adams County 17324
22 Panola County 16948
23 Yazoo County 16164
24 Holmes County 15831
25 Copiah County 14975
26 Clay County 12048
27 Lafayette County 11665
28 Lamar County 11361
29 Monroe County 11252
30 Scott County 10846
31 Lincoln County 10574
32 Simpson County 9620
33 Leake County 9477
34 Grenada County 9045
35 Jasper County 8917
36 Tate County 8800
37 Tallahatchie County 8715
38 Winston County 8696
39 Marion County 8534
40 Claiborne County 8357
41 Attala County 8116
42 Noxubee County 8073
43 Wayne County 8057
44 Tunica County 7830
45 Chickasaw County 7501
46 Jefferson Davis County 7246
47 Humphreys County 6990
48 Covington County 6941
49 Pearl River County 6890
50 Walthall County 6843
51 Wilkinson County 6743
52 Jefferson County 6528
53 Newton County 6410
54 Neshoba County 6230
55 Kemper County 6195
56 Clarke County 5773
57 Quitman County 5635
58 Amite County 5436
59 Montgomery County 4893
60 Yalobusha County 4775
61 Alcorn County 4401
62 Pontotoc County 4283
63 Calhoun County 4193
64 Union County 4001
65 Lawrence County 3952
66 Smith County 3840
67 Greene County 3762
68 Prentiss County 3542
69 Tippah County 3501
70 Sharkey County 3478
71 Carroll County 3456
72 Stone County 3450
73 Hancock County 3315
74 Benton County 3231
75 Franklin County 2759
76 Choctaw County 2510
77 Perry County 2429
78 Webster County 2028
79 George County 1858
80 Itawamba County 1424
81 Issaquena County 896
82 Tishomingo County 525