Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (172.76K), followed by Harrison County (43.14K), and DeSoto County (37.03K).

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 2011
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2011
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Hinds County 172763
2 Harrison County 43135
3 DeSoto County 37035
4 Madison County 36978
5 Washington County 35900
6 Lauderdale County 34498
7 Jackson County 29985
8 Rankin County 27584
9 Forrest County 27454
10 Lowndes County 25820
11 Leflore County 23071
12 Lee County 22986
13 Warren County 22597
14 Bolivar County 21667
15 Pike County 20962
16 Sunflower County 20705
17 Coahoma County 19430
18 Jones County 19175
19 Oktibbeha County 17354
20 Marshall County 17303
21 Adams County 17092
22 Panola County 16852
23 Yazoo County 15994
24 Holmes County 15737
25 Copiah County 14827
26 Clay County 11991
27 Lafayette County 11572
28 Lamar County 11279
29 Monroe County 11193
30 Scott County 10575
31 Lincoln County 10505
32 Simpson County 9536
33 Leake County 9393
34 Grenada County 9004
35 Jasper County 8864
36 Tate County 8729
37 Winston County 8666
38 Tallahatchie County 8631
39 Marion County 8512
40 Claiborne County 8298
41 Attala County 8080
42 Noxubee County 8058
43 Wayne County 7994
44 Tunica County 7797
45 Chickasaw County 7400
46 Jefferson Davis County 7223
47 Humphreys County 6931
48 Pearl River County 6862
49 Covington County 6854
50 Walthall County 6792
51 Wilkinson County 6718
52 Jefferson County 6509
53 Newton County 6371
54 Neshoba County 6181
55 Kemper County 6174
56 Clarke County 5760
57 Quitman County 5614
58 Amite County 5394
59 Montgomery County 4866
60 Yalobusha County 4743
61 Alcorn County 4353
62 Pontotoc County 4189
63 Calhoun County 4129
64 Union County 3956
65 Lawrence County 3922
66 Smith County 3800
67 Greene County 3739
68 Prentiss County 3530
69 Sharkey County 3457
70 Tippah County 3443
71 Stone County 3432
72 Carroll County 3431
73 Hancock County 3218
74 Benton County 3207
75 Franklin County 2744
76 Choctaw County 2506
77 Perry County 2426
78 Webster County 2017
79 George County 1843
80 Itawamba County 1408
81 Issaquena County 895
82 Tishomingo County 515