Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (174.52K), followed by Harrison County (48.67K), and DeSoto County (44.01K).

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 2015
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2015
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Hinds County 174518
2 Harrison County 48674
3 DeSoto County 44014
4 Madison County 38862
5 Washington County 34377
6 Lauderdale County 33577
7 Jackson County 30254
8 Rankin County 29734
9 Forrest County 28214
10 Lowndes County 26012
11 Lee County 24313
12 Warren County 22967
13 Leflore County 22223
14 Bolivar County 21251
15 Pike County 21137
16 Jones County 20071
17 Sunflower County 19680
18 Coahoma County 18659
19 Oktibbeha County 18385
20 Marshall County 17077
21 Panola County 16915
22 Adams County 16653
23 Yazoo County 15602
24 Holmes County 15091
25 Copiah County 14752
26 Lafayette County 12453
27 Lamar County 12177
28 Clay County 11693
29 Monroe County 10926
30 Scott County 10711
31 Lincoln County 10512
32 Simpson County 9555
33 Leake County 9409
34 Grenada County 9048
35 Tate County 8885
36 Jasper County 8691
37 Winston County 8531
38 Tallahatchie County 8216
39 Marion County 8163
40 Wayne County 8077
41 Attala County 7966
42 Tunica County 7853
43 Noxubee County 7837
44 Claiborne County 7834
45 Chickasaw County 7575
46 Jefferson Davis County 6921
47 Covington County 6836
48 Pearl River County 6791
49 Newton County 6563
50 Humphreys County 6513
51 Jefferson County 6409
52 Wilkinson County 6377
53 Walthall County 6283
54 Neshoba County 6173
55 Kemper County 6137
56 Clarke County 5448
57 Quitman County 5259
58 Amite County 5068
59 Yalobusha County 4859
60 Montgomery County 4610
61 Pontotoc County 4600
62 Alcorn County 4588
63 Union County 4151
64 Calhoun County 4085
65 Lawrence County 4007
66 Hancock County 3660
67 Smith County 3652
68 Prentiss County 3573
69 Tippah County 3551
70 Stone County 3530
71 Carroll County 3382
72 Greene County 3341
73 Sharkey County 3214
74 Benton County 2931
75 Franklin County 2685
76 Choctaw County 2439
77 Perry County 2360
78 George County 1866
79 Webster County 1849
80 Itawamba County 1551
81 Issaquena County 854
82 Tishomingo County 469