Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (169.15K), followed by DeSoto County (55.41K), and Harrison County (53.13K).

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 2019
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Harrison
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2019
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Hinds County 169146
2 DeSoto County 55406
3 Harrison County 53130
4 Madison County 40334
5 Rankin County 33153
6 Lauderdale County 32675
7 Washington County 31692
8 Jackson County 30291
9 Forrest County 28042
10 Lowndes County 26111
11 Lee County 25947
12 Warren County 22270
13 Pike County 21171
14 Leflore County 20989
15 Jones County 20074
16 Bolivar County 19479
17 Oktibbeha County 18530
18 Sunflower County 18400
19 Coahoma County 17084
20 Panola County 17016
21 Yazoo County 16719
22 Marshall County 16504
23 Adams County 16196
24 Copiah County 14449
25 Holmes County 14086
26 Lamar County 13191
27 Lafayette County 12749
28 Clay County 11391
29 Monroe County 10680
30 Scott County 10584
31 Lincoln County 10238
32 Leake County 9542
33 Simpson County 9320
34 Grenada County 8826
35 Tate County 8689
36 Jasper County 8644
37 Winston County 8373
38 Wayne County 7966
39 Attala County 7913
40 Tallahatchie County 7820
41 Claiborne County 7727
42 Marion County 7713
43 Chickasaw County 7495
44 Noxubee County 7465
45 Tunica County 7439
46 Pearl River County 6734
47 Covington County 6621
48 Jefferson Davis County 6567
49 Newton County 6512
50 Neshoba County 6179
51 Walthall County 6143
52 Wilkinson County 6068
53 Humphreys County 6042
54 Kemper County 5967
55 Jefferson County 5960
56 Clarke County 5358
57 Amite County 4861
58 Quitman County 4850
59 Pontotoc County 4814
60 Yalobusha County 4677
61 Alcorn County 4544
62 Montgomery County 4374
63 Union County 4365
64 Lawrence County 4069
65 Calhoun County 3999
66 Hancock County 3853
67 Smith County 3715
68 Tippah County 3597
69 Prentiss County 3561
70 Stone County 3454
71 Greene County 3425
72 Carroll County 3233
73 Sharkey County 3041
74 Benton County 2933
75 Franklin County 2645
76 Choctaw County 2398
77 Perry County 2280
78 George County 1864
79 Webster County 1792
80 Itawamba County 1578
81 Issaquena County 836
82 Tishomingo County 470