Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (174.18K), followed by Harrison County (52.21K), and DeSoto County (49.91K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi counties.

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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Hinds County 174184
2 Harrison County 52208
3 DeSoto County 49913
4 Madison County 39983
5 Washington County 33469
6 Lauderdale County 33307
7 Rankin County 31806
8 Jackson County 31098
9 Forrest County 28608
10 Lowndes County 26242
11 Lee County 25472
12 Warren County 23058
13 Leflore County 21919
14 Pike County 21209
15 Bolivar County 20373
16 Jones County 20197
17 Sunflower County 19366
18 Oktibbeha County 18667
19 Coahoma County 17897
20 Panola County 17114
21 Marshall County 16960
22 Adams County 16786
23 Yazoo County 16397
24 Copiah County 14853
25 Holmes County 14779
26 Lafayette County 12912
27 Lamar County 12472
28 Clay County 11565
29 Monroe County 11018
30 Scott County 11007
31 Lincoln County 10387
32 Leake County 9677
33 Simpson County 9485
34 Grenada County 9005
35 Tate County 8971
36 Jasper County 8838
37 Winston County 8550
38 Wayne County 8196
39 Tallahatchie County 8016
40 Marion County 7992
41 Attala County 7960
42 Claiborne County 7788
43 Noxubee County 7704
44 Tunica County 7693
45 Chickasaw County 7612
46 Covington County 6876
47 Pearl River County 6796
48 Jefferson Davis County 6750
49 Newton County 6618
50 Walthall County 6349
51 Humphreys County 6310
52 Wilkinson County 6231
53 Neshoba County 6229
54 Jefferson County 6198
55 Kemper County 6160
56 Clarke County 5415
57 Quitman County 5151
58 Amite County 5048
59 Yalobusha County 4846
60 Pontotoc County 4839
61 Alcorn County 4651
62 Montgomery County 4603
63 Union County 4320
64 Calhoun County 4124
65 Lawrence County 4071
66 Hancock County 3834
67 Smith County 3818
68 Stone County 3763
69 Tippah County 3688
70 Prentiss County 3595
71 Greene County 3415
72 Carroll County 3315
73 Sharkey County 3151
74 Benton County 2887
75 Franklin County 2672
76 Choctaw County 2427
77 Perry County 2309
78 George County 1874
79 Webster County 1848
80 Itawamba County 1590
81 Issaquena County 840
82 Tishomingo County 496