Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (174.58K), followed by Harrison County (45.10K), and DeSoto County (38.59K).

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.

You can also see similar information for other states, and also the ranking of all counties in the United States.

See this for other years:
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012
Hinds
Harrison
DeSoto
Madison
Washington
Lauderdale
Jackson
Rankin
Forrest
Lowndes
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012
0 of 0
Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Hinds County 174576
2 Harrison County 45097
3 DeSoto County 38594
4 Madison County 37642
5 Washington County 35834
6 Lauderdale County 34551
7 Jackson County 30548
8 Rankin County 28510
9 Forrest County 28221
10 Lowndes County 26079
11 Lee County 23728
12 Warren County 22923
13 Leflore County 22380
14 Bolivar County 22082
15 Pike County 21094
16 Sunflower County 20790
17 Jones County 19767
18 Coahoma County 19360
19 Oktibbeha County 17867
20 Marshall County 17436
21 Adams County 17206
22 Panola County 17038
23 Yazoo County 16206
24 Holmes County 15671
25 Copiah County 14848
26 Lafayette County 12100
27 Clay County 12005
28 Lamar County 11420
29 Monroe County 11167
30 Scott County 10814
31 Lincoln County 10638
32 Simpson County 9683
33 Leake County 9484
34 Grenada County 9069
35 Tate County 8740
35 Winston County 8740
36 Jasper County 8657
37 Marion County 8507
38 Tallahatchie County 8502
39 Attala County 8086
40 Wayne County 8042
41 Noxubee County 8013
42 Claiborne County 7910
43 Tunica County 7850
44 Chickasaw County 7519
45 Jefferson Davis County 7186
46 Covington County 6938
47 Humphreys County 6918
48 Pearl River County 6842
49 Wilkinson County 6689
50 Walthall County 6653
51 Jefferson County 6608
52 Newton County 6460
53 Kemper County 6294
54 Neshoba County 6191
55 Clarke County 5691
56 Quitman County 5383
57 Amite County 5341
58 Montgomery County 4840
59 Yalobusha County 4727
60 Pontotoc County 4473
61 Alcorn County 4422
62 Calhoun County 4232
63 Union County 4021
64 Lawrence County 3903
65 Greene County 3818
66 Smith County 3771
67 Stone County 3536
68 Prentiss County 3519
69 Carroll County 3482
70 Tippah County 3478
71 Hancock County 3441
72 Sharkey County 3430
73 Benton County 3231
74 Franklin County 2727
75 Choctaw County 2496
76 Perry County 2342
77 Webster County 1993
78 George County 1879
79 Itawamba County 1438
80 Issaquena County 888
81 Tishomingo County 508