Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2013

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2013, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (174.35K), followed by Harrison County (46.72K), and DeSoto County (40.23K).

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 2013
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Harrison
DeSoto
Madison
Washington
Lauderdale
Jackson
Rankin
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2013
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Hinds County 174347
2 Harrison County 46724
3 DeSoto County 40227
4 Madison County 38155
5 Washington County 35669
6 Lauderdale County 34340
7 Jackson County 30756
8 Rankin County 29194
9 Forrest County 28539
10 Lowndes County 26154
11 Lee County 24107
12 Warren County 23230
13 Leflore County 22455
14 Bolivar County 22096
15 Pike County 21050
16 Sunflower County 20513
17 Jones County 20118
18 Coahoma County 19054
19 Oktibbeha County 18112
20 Marshall County 17368
21 Adams County 17132
22 Panola County 17128
23 Yazoo County 16066
24 Holmes County 15551
25 Copiah County 14806
26 Lafayette County 12313
27 Clay County 11987
28 Lamar County 11806
29 Monroe County 11102
30 Scott County 10841
31 Lincoln County 10608
32 Simpson County 9730
33 Leake County 9712
34 Grenada County 9084
35 Tate County 8738
36 Winston County 8674
37 Jasper County 8673
38 Tallahatchie County 8535
39 Marion County 8419
40 Attala County 8118
41 Wayne County 7972
42 Tunica County 7948
43 Noxubee County 7941
44 Claiborne County 7768
45 Chickasaw County 7533
46 Jefferson Davis County 7182
47 Covington County 6890
48 Pearl River County 6857
49 Humphreys County 6737
50 Wilkinson County 6624
51 Jefferson County 6593
52 Newton County 6518
53 Walthall County 6510
54 Kemper County 6248
55 Neshoba County 6207
56 Clarke County 5660
57 Quitman County 5446
58 Amite County 5314
59 Montgomery County 4809
60 Yalobusha County 4765
61 Pontotoc County 4640
62 Alcorn County 4530
63 Calhoun County 4148
64 Union County 4073
65 Lawrence County 3884
66 Greene County 3845
67 Smith County 3760
68 Tippah County 3585
69 Hancock County 3548
70 Prentiss County 3527
71 Stone County 3453
72 Carroll County 3448
73 Sharkey County 3335
74 Benton County 3143
75 Franklin County 2750
76 Choctaw County 2494
77 Perry County 2337
78 Webster County 1932
79 George County 1890
80 Itawamba County 1445
81 Issaquena County 882
82 Tishomingo County 518