Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2013
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2013, among all Mississippi counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (86.09%), followed by Claiborne County (84.95%), and Holmes County (82.71%).
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 2013
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 86.09 |
| 2 | Claiborne County | 84.95 |
| 3 | Holmes County | 82.71 |
| 4 | Tunica County | 76.03 |
| 5 | Coahoma County | 75.62 |
| 6 | Humphreys County | 75.15 |
| 7 | Sunflower County | 73.5 |
| 8 | Leflore County | 73 |
| 9 | Noxubee County | 71.81 |
| 10 | Washington County | 71.8 |
| 11 | Sharkey County | 71.25 |
| 12 | Wilkinson County | 70.92 |
| 13 | Hinds County | 70.78 |
| 14 | Quitman County | 69.69 |
| 15 | Bolivar County | 65.02 |
| 16 | Issaquena County | 62.78 |
| 17 | Kemper County | 60.69 |
| 18 | Jefferson Davis County | 60.13 |
| 19 | Clay County | 58.86 |
| 20 | Yazoo County | 57.37 |
| 21 | Tallahatchie County | 56.99 |
| 22 | Adams County | 53.33 |
| 23 | Pike County | 52.7 |
| 24 | Jasper County | 52.6 |
| 25 | Copiah County | 51.16 |
| 26 | Panola County | 49.79 |
| 27 | Warren County | 48.09 |
| 28 | Marshall County | 47.61 |
| 29 | Winston County | 46.23 |
| 30 | Montgomery County | 45.48 |
| 31 | Walthall County | 43.83 |
| 32 | Lowndes County | 43.72 |
| 33 | Chickasaw County | 43.34 |
| 34 | Lauderdale County | 42.78 |
| 35 | Attala County | 42.47 |
| 36 | Grenada County | 42.17 |
| 37 | Leake County | 41.75 |
| 38 | Amite County | 41.34 |
| 39 | Wayne County | 38.93 |
| 40 | Yalobusha County | 38.5 |
| 41 | Madison County | 38.34 |
| 42 | Scott County | 38.26 |
| 43 | Forrest County | 37.25 |
| 44 | Benton County | 36.96 |
| 45 | Oktibbeha County | 36.85 |
| 46 | Covington County | 35.86 |
| 47 | Simpson County | 35.34 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 34.92 |
| 49 | Clarke County | 34.48 |
| 50 | Carroll County | 33.39 |
| 51 | Marion County | 32.3 |
| 52 | Lawrence County | 30.83 |
| 52 | Tate County | 30.83 |
| 53 | Monroe County | 30.71 |
| 54 | Lincoln County | 30.55 |
| 55 | Newton County | 30.28 |
| 56 | Choctaw County | 29.48 |
| 57 | Jones County | 29.16 |
| 58 | Lee County | 28.37 |
| 59 | Calhoun County | 28.2 |
| 60 | Greene County | 26.91 |
| 61 | DeSoto County | 23.87 |
| 62 | Lafayette County | 23.85 |
| 63 | Harrison County | 23.81 |
| 64 | Smith County | 23.17 |
| 65 | Jackson County | 21.91 |
| 66 | Neshoba County | 21.01 |
| 67 | Lamar County | 19.94 |
| 68 | Rankin County | 19.81 |
| 69 | Perry County | 19.44 |
| 70 | Webster County | 19.42 |
| 71 | Stone County | 19.22 |
| 72 | Tippah County | 16.3 |
| 73 | Pontotoc County | 15.12 |
| 74 | Union County | 14.67 |
| 75 | Prentiss County | 13.84 |
| 76 | Pearl River County | 12.5 |
| 77 | Alcorn County | 12.15 |
| 78 | George County | 8.14 |
| 79 | Hancock County | 7.79 |
| 80 | Itawamba County | 6.18 |
| 81 | Tishomingo County | 2.66 |