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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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2017
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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