Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (173.54K), followed by Harrison County (51.23K), and DeSoto County (49.47K).
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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2017
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| Rank | County | Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hinds County | 173539 |
| 2 | Harrison County | 51228 |
| 3 | DeSoto County | 49469 |
| 4 | Madison County | 39655 |
| 5 | Washington County | 33267 |
| 6 | Lauderdale County | 33010 |
| 7 | Rankin County | 31537 |
| 8 | Jackson County | 30223 |
| 9 | Forrest County | 28355 |
| 10 | Lowndes County | 26096 |
| 11 | Lee County | 25155 |
| 12 | Warren County | 22890 |
| 13 | Leflore County | 21718 |
| 14 | Pike County | 21049 |
| 15 | Bolivar County | 20213 |
| 16 | Jones County | 19930 |
| 17 | Sunflower County | 19181 |
| 18 | Oktibbeha County | 18549 |
| 19 | Coahoma County | 17818 |
| 20 | Panola County | 16997 |
| 21 | Marshall County | 16791 |
| 22 | Adams County | 16539 |
| 23 | Yazoo County | 16161 |
| 24 | Copiah County | 14695 |
| 25 | Holmes County | 14686 |
| 26 | Lafayette County | 12791 |
| 27 | Lamar County | 12324 |
| 28 | Clay County | 11491 |
| 29 | Monroe County | 10942 |
| 30 | Scott County | 10665 |
| 31 | Lincoln County | 10323 |
| 32 | Leake County | 9555 |
| 33 | Simpson County | 9391 |
| 34 | Grenada County | 8941 |
| 35 | Tate County | 8877 |
| 36 | Jasper County | 8778 |
| 37 | Winston County | 8511 |
| 38 | Wayne County | 8125 |
| 39 | Marion County | 7958 |
| 40 | Attala County | 7917 |
| 41 | Tallahatchie County | 7915 |
| 42 | Claiborne County | 7726 |
| 43 | Noxubee County | 7680 |
| 44 | Tunica County | 7643 |
| 45 | Chickasaw County | 7508 |
| 46 | Covington County | 6779 |
| 47 | Pearl River County | 6737 |
| 48 | Jefferson Davis County | 6711 |
| 49 | Newton County | 6564 |
| 50 | Walthall County | 6292 |
| 51 | Humphreys County | 6240 |
| 52 | Wilkinson County | 6203 |
| 53 | Jefferson County | 6170 |
| 54 | Neshoba County | 6168 |
| 55 | Kemper County | 6123 |
| 56 | Clarke County | 5398 |
| 57 | Quitman County | 5116 |
| 58 | Amite County | 5003 |
| 59 | Yalobusha County | 4810 |
| 60 | Pontotoc County | 4635 |
| 61 | Montgomery County | 4567 |
| 62 | Alcorn County | 4561 |
| 63 | Union County | 4251 |
| 64 | Calhoun County | 4031 |
| 65 | Lawrence County | 4027 |
| 66 | Smith County | 3775 |
| 67 | Stone County | 3724 |
| 68 | Hancock County | 3694 |
| 69 | Tippah County | 3597 |
| 70 | Prentiss County | 3576 |
| 71 | Greene County | 3390 |
| 72 | Carroll County | 3283 |
| 73 | Sharkey County | 3126 |
| 74 | Benton County | 2861 |
| 75 | Franklin County | 2651 |
| 76 | Choctaw County | 2416 |
| 77 | Perry County | 2301 |
| 78 | George County | 1844 |
| 79 | Webster County | 1831 |
| 80 | Itawamba County | 1568 |
| 81 | Issaquena County | 836 |
| 82 | Tishomingo County | 473 |