Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Mississippi counties, Claiborne County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (86.22%), followed by Jefferson County (85.71%), and Holmes County (82.81%).
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 2017
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claiborne County | 86.22 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 85.71 |
| 3 | Holmes County | 82.81 |
| 4 | Coahoma County | 77.02 |
| 4 | Tunica County | 77.02 |
| 5 | Humphreys County | 75.78 |
| 6 | Leflore County | 74.77 |
| 7 | Sunflower County | 74.06 |
| 8 | Hinds County | 72.58 |
| 9 | Washington County | 72.38 |
| 10 | Noxubee County | 71.89 |
| 11 | Quitman County | 71.47 |
| 12 | Sharkey County | 71.31 |
| 13 | Wilkinson County | 70.37 |
| 14 | Bolivar County | 64.22 |
| 15 | Issaquena County | 62.73 |
| 16 | Kemper County | 61.06 |
| 17 | Jefferson Davis County | 59.81 |
| 18 | Clay County | 58.91 |
| 19 | Yazoo County | 57.11 |
| 20 | Tallahatchie County | 56.63 |
| 21 | Pike County | 53.65 |
| 22 | Jasper County | 53.34 |
| 23 | Adams County | 53.03 |
| 24 | Copiah County | 52.05 |
| 25 | Panola County | 50.17 |
| 26 | Warren County | 49.36 |
| 27 | Marshall County | 47.61 |
| 28 | Winston County | 46.9 |
| 29 | Montgomery County | 45.4 |
| 30 | Chickasaw County | 44.52 |
| 31 | Lowndes County | 44.35 |
| 32 | Walthall County | 43.74 |
| 33 | Lauderdale County | 43.59 |
| 34 | Attala County | 43.08 |
| 35 | Grenada County | 42.78 |
| 36 | Leake County | 42.4 |
| 37 | Amite County | 40.55 |
| 38 | Wayne County | 40.08 |
| 39 | Yalobusha County | 38.93 |
| 40 | Scott County | 38.69 |
| 41 | Madison County | 38.21 |
| 42 | Forrest County | 38.05 |
| 43 | Oktibbeha County | 37.5 |
| 44 | Covington County | 36.16 |
| 45 | Simpson County | 35.24 |
| 46 | Benton County | 34.92 |
| 47 | Franklin County | 34.43 |
| 48 | Clarke County | 34.28 |
| 49 | Carroll County | 32.82 |
| 50 | Lawrence County | 32.23 |
| 51 | Marion County | 31.81 |
| 52 | Tate County | 31.37 |
| 53 | Newton County | 30.92 |
| 54 | Monroe County | 30.72 |
| 55 | Lincoln County | 30.24 |
| 56 | Lee County | 29.92 |
| 57 | Jones County | 29.52 |
| 58 | Choctaw County | 29.45 |
| 59 | Calhoun County | 28.43 |
| 60 | DeSoto County | 27.84 |
| 61 | Harrison County | 25.46 |
| 62 | Greene County | 25.25 |
| 63 | Lafayette County | 23.77 |
| 64 | Smith County | 23.76 |
| 65 | Jackson County | 21.85 |
| 66 | Neshoba County | 21.15 |
| 67 | Rankin County | 20.8 |
| 68 | Lamar County | 20.23 |
| 69 | Stone County | 20.22 |
| 70 | Perry County | 19.19 |
| 71 | Webster County | 18.97 |
| 72 | Tippah County | 16.79 |
| 73 | Pontotoc County | 15.23 |
| 74 | Union County | 15.17 |
| 75 | Prentiss County | 14.25 |
| 76 | Alcorn County | 12.5 |
| 77 | Pearl River County | 12.28 |
| 78 | Hancock County | 8.15 |
| 79 | George County | 7.83 |
| 80 | Itawamba County | 6.76 |
| 81 | Tishomingo County | 2.54 |