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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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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 |