Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (175.26K), followed by Harrison County (49.56K), and DeSoto County (44.39K).

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 2015
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Harrison
DeSoto
Madison
Washington
Lauderdale
Jackson
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2015
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Hinds County 175258
2 Harrison County 49555
3 DeSoto County 44385
4 Madison County 39147
5 Washington County 34570
6 Lauderdale County 33873
7 Jackson County 30974
8 Rankin County 29966
9 Forrest County 28469
10 Lowndes County 26173
11 Lee County 24580
12 Warren County 23123
13 Leflore County 22421
14 Bolivar County 21414
15 Pike County 21302
16 Jones County 20305
17 Sunflower County 19849
18 Coahoma County 18746
19 Oktibbeha County 18491
20 Marshall County 17237
21 Panola County 17036
22 Adams County 16889
23 Yazoo County 15785
24 Holmes County 15186
25 Copiah County 14896
26 Lafayette County 12562
27 Lamar County 12300
28 Clay County 11758
29 Scott County 11010
30 Monroe County 10992
31 Lincoln County 10577
32 Simpson County 9650
33 Leake County 9506
34 Grenada County 9104
35 Tate County 8971
36 Jasper County 8746
37 Winston County 8567
38 Tallahatchie County 8311
39 Marion County 8206
40 Wayne County 8146
41 Attala County 8009
42 Claiborne County 7896
43 Tunica County 7893
44 Noxubee County 7859
45 Chickasaw County 7684
46 Jefferson Davis County 6961
47 Covington County 6937
48 Pearl River County 6838
49 Newton County 6607
50 Humphreys County 6588
51 Jefferson County 6434
52 Wilkinson County 6402
53 Walthall County 6340
54 Neshoba County 6226
55 Kemper County 6169
56 Clarke County 5462
57 Quitman County 5285
58 Amite County 5114
59 Yalobusha County 4894
60 Pontotoc County 4767
61 Alcorn County 4651
62 Montgomery County 4645
63 Union County 4207
64 Calhoun County 4162
65 Lawrence County 4040
66 Hancock County 3795
67 Smith County 3690
68 Tippah County 3628
69 Prentiss County 3592
70 Stone County 3561
71 Carroll County 3413
72 Greene County 3365
73 Sharkey County 3239
74 Benton County 2958
75 Franklin County 2705
76 Choctaw County 2448
77 Perry County 2367
78 George County 1895
79 Webster County 1865
80 Itawamba County 1571
81 Issaquena County 855
82 Tishomingo County 483