Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2010

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (169.67K), followed by Harrison County (41.37K), and Madison County (36.48K).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2010
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Madison
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2010
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Hinds County 169665
2 Harrison County 41374
3 Madison County 36483
4 Washington County 36354
5 DeSoto County 35513
6 Lauderdale County 34301
7 Jackson County 29780
8 Rankin County 27085
9 Forrest County 27050
10 Lowndes County 25929
11 Leflore County 23346
12 Warren County 22922
13 Lee County 22550
14 Bolivar County 21801
15 Sunflower County 21044
16 Pike County 20819
17 Coahoma County 19694
18 Jones County 19165
19 Marshall County 17374
20 Oktibbeha County 17303
21 Adams County 17165
22 Panola County 16778
23 Holmes County 15983
24 Yazoo County 15928
25 Copiah County 14926
26 Clay County 11943
27 Monroe County 11374
28 Lafayette County 11220
29 Lamar County 10998
30 Scott County 10529
31 Lincoln County 10433
32 Simpson County 9638
33 Leake County 9609
34 Grenada County 9063
35 Jasper County 8900
36 Tate County 8795
37 Winston County 8737
38 Marion County 8706
39 Tallahatchie County 8616
40 Noxubee County 8214
41 Attala County 8165
42 Wayne County 8072
43 Claiborne County 8068
44 Tunica County 7905
45 Jefferson Davis County 7441
46 Chickasaw County 7320
47 Wilkinson County 6965
48 Humphreys County 6928
49 Pearl River County 6846
50 Covington County 6810
51 Walthall County 6802
52 Jefferson County 6598
53 Newton County 6506
54 Kemper County 6276
55 Neshoba County 6172
56 Clarke County 5757
57 Quitman County 5658
58 Amite County 5391
59 Montgomery County 4923
60 Yalobusha County 4751
61 Alcorn County 4227
62 Pontotoc County 4158
63 Calhoun County 4126
64 Lawrence County 3980
65 Union County 3920
66 Smith County 3771
67 Greene County 3730
68 Tippah County 3513
69 Prentiss County 3491
70 Carroll County 3455
71 Sharkey County 3447
72 Stone County 3424
73 Benton County 3228
74 Hancock County 3099
75 Franklin County 2792
76 Choctaw County 2570
77 Perry County 2462
78 Webster County 2042
79 George County 1835
80 Itawamba County 1395
81 Issaquena County 897
82 Tishomingo County 516