Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (173.77K), followed by Harrison County (44.42K), and DeSoto County (38.31K).

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.

You can also see similar information for other states, and also the ranking of all counties in the United States.

See this for other years:
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2012
Hinds
Harrison
DeSoto
Madison
Washington
Lauderdale
Jackson
Rankin
Forrest
Lowndes
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2012
0 of 0
Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Hinds County 173767
2 Harrison County 44416
3 DeSoto County 38307
4 Madison County 37428
5 Washington County 35652
6 Lauderdale County 34304
7 Jackson County 30005
8 Rankin County 28294
9 Forrest County 27965
10 Lowndes County 25947
11 Lee County 23477
12 Warren County 22791
13 Leflore County 22190
14 Bolivar County 21915
15 Pike County 20963
16 Sunflower County 20642
17 Jones County 19567
18 Coahoma County 19280
19 Oktibbeha County 17768
20 Marshall County 17277
21 Adams County 16977
22 Panola County 16936
23 Yazoo County 16031
24 Holmes County 15576
25 Copiah County 14698
26 Lafayette County 12000
27 Clay County 11948
28 Lamar County 11326
29 Monroe County 11110
30 Lincoln County 10570
31 Scott County 10563
32 Simpson County 9596
33 Leake County 9405
34 Grenada County 9028
35 Winston County 8710
36 Tate County 8670
37 Jasper County 8602
38 Marion County 8484
39 Tallahatchie County 8415
40 Attala County 8046
41 Noxubee County 7997
42 Wayne County 7982
43 Claiborne County 7851
44 Tunica County 7819
45 Chickasaw County 7418
46 Jefferson Davis County 7161
47 Humphreys County 6855
48 Covington County 6840
49 Pearl River County 6808
50 Wilkinson County 6663
51 Walthall County 6605
52 Jefferson County 6589
53 Newton County 6421
54 Kemper County 6269
55 Neshoba County 6140
56 Clarke County 5679
57 Quitman County 5358
58 Amite County 5299
59 Montgomery County 4812
60 Yalobusha County 4691
61 Alcorn County 4383
62 Pontotoc County 4378
63 Calhoun County 4168
64 Union County 3976
65 Lawrence County 3871
66 Greene County 3797
67 Smith County 3734
68 Stone County 3515
69 Prentiss County 3507
70 Carroll County 3456
71 Tippah County 3417
72 Sharkey County 3410
73 Hancock County 3341
74 Benton County 3211
75 Franklin County 2709
76 Choctaw County 2490
77 Perry County 2341
78 Webster County 1980
79 George County 1858
80 Itawamba County 1420
81 Issaquena County 887
82 Tishomingo County 498