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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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2018
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Harrison
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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