Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2023

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all Mississippi counties, Hinds County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (156.93K), followed by DeSoto County (67.35K), and Harrison County (53.93K).

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 2023
Hinds
DeSoto
Harrison
Madison
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Lauderdale
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2023
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Hinds County 156927
2 DeSoto County 67346
3 Harrison County 53925
4 Madison County 42568
5 Rankin County 36895
6 Lauderdale County 31531
7 Washington County 30731
8 Jackson County 30582
9 Forrest County 28608
10 Lowndes County 26010
11 Lee County 25686
12 Pike County 21668
13 Warren County 20912
14 Leflore County 19583
15 Oktibbeha County 19121
16 Jones County 19003
17 Bolivar County 18257
18 Sunflower County 17805
19 Panola County 16144
20 Adams County 16044
21 Coahoma County 15351
22 Marshall County 15233
23 Yazoo County 14985
24 Lamar County 14780
25 Copiah County 13749
26 Lafayette County 13709
27 Holmes County 13010
28 Clay County 10913
29 Monroe County 10230
30 Lincoln County 10225
31 Scott County 9841
32 Grenada County 9237
33 Simpson County 8913
34 Tate County 8502
35 Jasper County 8325
36 Leake County 8287
37 Winston County 8000
38 Wayne County 7943
39 Attala County 7706
40 Marion County 7516
41 Chickasaw County 7438
42 Claiborne County 7393
43 Tunica County 7139
44 Noxubee County 7085
45 Pearl River County 6882
46 Tallahatchie County 6708
47 Newton County 6576
48 Jefferson Davis County 6439
49 Covington County 6402
50 Neshoba County 6245
51 Jefferson County 5815
52 Walthall County 5792
53 Wilkinson County 5568
54 Humphreys County 5529
55 Clarke County 5229
56 Kemper County 5153
57 Pontotoc County 4921
58 Amite County 4734
59 Yalobusha County 4702
60 Union County 4382
61 Alcorn County 4221
62 Montgomery County 4190
63 Quitman County 4051
64 Prentiss County 3816
65 Lawrence County 3788
66 Hancock County 3743
67 Calhoun County 3497
68 Greene County 3466
69 Tippah County 3429
70 Stone County 3415
71 Smith County 3359
72 Carroll County 3172
73 Franklin County 2604
74 Benton County 2548
75 Sharkey County 2403
76 Choctaw County 2306
77 Perry County 2120
78 George County 1977
79 Itawamba County 1795
80 Webster County 1773
81 Issaquena County 754
82 Tishomingo County 538