Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (171.77K), followed by Harrison County (53.30K), and DeSoto County (52.94K).

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 2018
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Harrison
DeSoto
Madison
Lauderdale
Rankin
Washington
Jackson
Forrest
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2018
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Hinds County 171772
2 Harrison County 53297
3 DeSoto County 52935
4 Madison County 40403
5 Lauderdale County 33325
6 Rankin County 32864
7 Washington County 32691
8 Jackson County 31171
9 Forrest County 28386
10 Lowndes County 26383
11 Lee County 25953
12 Warren County 22726
13 Leflore County 21481
14 Pike County 21226
15 Jones County 20251
16 Bolivar County 20052
17 Sunflower County 19408
18 Oktibbeha County 18536
19 Coahoma County 17496
20 Panola County 17066
21 Marshall County 16877
22 Adams County 16654
23 Yazoo County 16626
24 Copiah County 14784
25 Holmes County 14534
26 Lamar County 12966
27 Lafayette County 12694
28 Clay County 11429
29 Scott County 10945
30 Monroe County 10851
31 Lincoln County 10301
32 Leake County 9659
33 Simpson County 9407
34 Grenada County 9012
35 Tate County 8791
36 Jasper County 8784
37 Winston County 8484
38 Wayne County 8109
39 Tallahatchie County 7988
40 Attala County 7949
41 Marion County 7859
42 Claiborne County 7842
43 Tunica County 7722
44 Noxubee County 7620
45 Chickasaw County 7589
46 Pearl River County 6851
47 Covington County 6794
48 Jefferson Davis County 6714
49 Newton County 6594
50 Walthall County 6297
51 Humphreys County 6244
52 Neshoba County 6218
53 Wilkinson County 6196
54 Jefferson County 6045
55 Kemper County 5912
56 Clarke County 5359
57 Quitman County 5046
58 Amite County 4999
59 Pontotoc County 4882
60 Yalobusha County 4790
61 Alcorn County 4612
62 Montgomery County 4523
63 Union County 4361
64 Calhoun County 4107
65 Lawrence County 4025
66 Hancock County 3891
67 Smith County 3806
68 Tippah County 3720
69 Greene County 3698
70 Prentiss County 3550
71 Stone County 3403
72 Carroll County 3237
73 Sharkey County 3099
74 Benton County 2910
75 Franklin County 2684
76 Choctaw County 2422
77 Perry County 2274
78 Webster County 1862
79 George County 1849
80 Itawamba County 1592
81 Issaquena County 825
82 Tishomingo County 500