Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2012
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Mississippi counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (86.01%), followed by Claiborne County (84.58%), and Holmes County (82.82%).
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 Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2012
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 86.01 |
| 2 | Claiborne County | 84.58 |
| 3 | Holmes County | 82.82 |
| 4 | Coahoma County | 75.54 |
| 5 | Tunica County | 75.21 |
| 6 | Humphreys County | 75.09 |
| 7 | Sunflower County | 73.17 |
| 8 | Leflore County | 72.65 |
| 9 | Noxubee County | 71.83 |
| 10 | Sharkey County | 71.64 |
| 11 | Washington County | 71.62 |
| 12 | Wilkinson County | 70.71 |
| 13 | Hinds County | 70.38 |
| 14 | Quitman County | 69.05 |
| 15 | Bolivar County | 64.94 |
| 16 | Issaquena County | 63.66 |
| 17 | Kemper County | 60.57 |
| 18 | Jefferson Davis County | 59.56 |
| 19 | Clay County | 58.83 |
| 20 | Yazoo County | 57.19 |
| 21 | Tallahatchie County | 56.51 |
| 22 | Adams County | 53.42 |
| 23 | Pike County | 52.62 |
| 24 | Jasper County | 52.28 |
| 25 | Copiah County | 51.12 |
| 26 | Panola County | 49.49 |
| 27 | Marshall County | 47.68 |
| 28 | Warren County | 47.53 |
| 29 | Winston County | 46.05 |
| 30 | Montgomery County | 45.66 |
| 31 | Walthall County | 44.15 |
| 32 | Lowndes County | 43.74 |
| 33 | Lauderdale County | 43.04 |
| 34 | Chickasaw County | 42.97 |
| 35 | Attala County | 42.23 |
| 36 | Grenada County | 41.94 |
| 37 | Amite County | 41.29 |
| 38 | Leake County | 40.9 |
| 39 | Wayne County | 38.99 |
| 40 | Madison County | 38.37 |
| 41 | Yalobusha County | 38.15 |
| 42 | Scott County | 38.13 |
| 43 | Benton County | 37.35 |
| 44 | Forrest County | 36.92 |
| 45 | Oktibbeha County | 36.57 |
| 46 | Covington County | 35.68 |
| 47 | Simpson County | 35.31 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 34.53 |
| 49 | Clarke County | 34.44 |
| 50 | Carroll County | 33.47 |
| 51 | Marion County | 32.31 |
| 52 | Lawrence County | 30.76 |
| 53 | Monroe County | 30.67 |
| 54 | Tate County | 30.65 |
| 55 | Lincoln County | 30.53 |
| 56 | Newton County | 30.05 |
| 57 | Choctaw County | 29.62 |
| 58 | Jones County | 28.88 |
| 59 | Calhoun County | 28.54 |
| 60 | Lee County | 27.98 |
| 61 | Greene County | 26.64 |
| 62 | Lafayette County | 24.07 |
| 63 | Harrison County | 23.29 |
| 64 | DeSoto County | 23.18 |
| 65 | Smith County | 23.09 |
| 66 | Jackson County | 21.82 |
| 67 | Neshoba County | 20.81 |
| 68 | Webster County | 19.75 |
| 69 | Lamar County | 19.63 |
| 70 | Stone County | 19.59 |
| 71 | Rankin County | 19.55 |
| 72 | Perry County | 19.51 |
| 73 | Tippah County | 15.87 |
| 74 | Pontotoc County | 14.76 |
| 75 | Union County | 14.71 |
| 76 | Prentiss County | 13.87 |
| 77 | Pearl River County | 12.44 |
| 78 | Alcorn County | 11.88 |
| 79 | George County | 8.2 |
| 80 | Hancock County | 7.6 |
| 81 | Itawamba County | 6.17 |
| 82 | Tishomingo County | 2.59 |
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