Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2018
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (171.16K), followed by DeSoto County (52.41K), and Harrison County (52.28K).
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 2018
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| Rank | County | Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hinds County | 171155 |
| 2 | DeSoto County | 52413 |
| 3 | Harrison County | 52281 |
| 4 | Madison County | 40060 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 33044 |
| 6 | Rankin County | 32589 |
| 7 | Washington County | 32476 |
| 8 | Jackson County | 30223 |
| 9 | Forrest County | 28120 |
| 10 | Lowndes County | 26239 |
| 11 | Lee County | 25640 |
| 12 | Warren County | 22567 |
| 13 | Leflore County | 21268 |
| 14 | Pike County | 21065 |
| 15 | Jones County | 19960 |
| 16 | Bolivar County | 19890 |
| 17 | Sunflower County | 19232 |
| 18 | Oktibbeha County | 18407 |
| 19 | Coahoma County | 17412 |
| 20 | Panola County | 16948 |
| 21 | Marshall County | 16702 |
| 22 | Adams County | 16411 |
| 23 | Yazoo County | 16354 |
| 24 | Copiah County | 14619 |
| 25 | Holmes County | 14434 |
| 26 | Lamar County | 12820 |
| 27 | Lafayette County | 12574 |
| 28 | Clay County | 11337 |
| 29 | Monroe County | 10783 |
| 30 | Scott County | 10597 |
| 31 | Lincoln County | 10229 |
| 32 | Leake County | 9524 |
| 33 | Simpson County | 9305 |
| 34 | Grenada County | 8947 |
| 35 | Jasper County | 8721 |
| 36 | Tate County | 8694 |
| 37 | Winston County | 8444 |
| 38 | Wayne County | 8038 |
| 39 | Attala County | 7909 |
| 40 | Tallahatchie County | 7888 |
| 41 | Marion County | 7814 |
| 42 | Claiborne County | 7781 |
| 43 | Tunica County | 7666 |
| 44 | Noxubee County | 7589 |
| 45 | Chickasaw County | 7467 |
| 46 | Pearl River County | 6784 |
| 47 | Covington County | 6701 |
| 48 | Jefferson Davis County | 6675 |
| 49 | Newton County | 6536 |
| 50 | Walthall County | 6236 |
| 51 | Humphreys County | 6168 |
| 52 | Wilkinson County | 6166 |
| 53 | Neshoba County | 6165 |
| 54 | Jefferson County | 6020 |
| 55 | Kemper County | 5875 |
| 56 | Clarke County | 5343 |
| 57 | Quitman County | 5011 |
| 58 | Amite County | 4952 |
| 59 | Yalobusha County | 4751 |
| 60 | Pontotoc County | 4652 |
| 61 | Alcorn County | 4515 |
| 62 | Montgomery County | 4486 |
| 63 | Union County | 4281 |
| 64 | Calhoun County | 4015 |
| 65 | Lawrence County | 3982 |
| 66 | Smith County | 3761 |
| 67 | Hancock County | 3748 |
| 68 | Greene County | 3675 |
| 69 | Tippah County | 3630 |
| 70 | Prentiss County | 3532 |
| 71 | Stone County | 3365 |
| 72 | Carroll County | 3207 |
| 73 | Sharkey County | 3075 |
| 74 | Benton County | 2878 |
| 75 | Franklin County | 2664 |
| 76 | Choctaw County | 2408 |
| 77 | Perry County | 2260 |
| 78 | Webster County | 1844 |
| 79 | George County | 1816 |
| 80 | Itawamba County | 1569 |
| 81 | Issaquena County | 821 |
| 82 | Tishomingo County | 474 |