Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Mississippi counties, Claiborne County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (86.21%), followed by Jefferson County (85.24%), and Holmes County (83.25%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi counties.

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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2018
Claiborne
Jefferson
Holmes
Tunica
Coahoma
Humphreys
Leflore
Sunflower
Hinds
Washington
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Claiborne County 86.21
2 Jefferson County 85.24
3 Holmes County 83.25
4 Tunica County 77.87
5 Coahoma County 77.24
6 Humphreys County 76.04
7 Leflore County 74.97
8 Sunflower County 73.92
9 Hinds County 72.83
10 Washington County 72.49
11 Noxubee County 72.15
12 Quitman County 71.54
13 Sharkey County 71.37
14 Wilkinson County 70.67
15 Bolivar County 64.36
16 Issaquena County 63.36
17 Kemper County 60.86
18 Jefferson Davis County 60.01
19 Clay County 58.95
20 Yazoo County 57.01
21 Tallahatchie County 56.94
22 Pike County 53.91
23 Jasper County 53.53
24 Adams County 53.3
25 Copiah County 51.95
26 Panola County 50.06
27 Warren County 49.3
28 Marshall County 47.55
29 Winston County 46.73
30 Montgomery County 45.29
31 Lowndes County 44.85
32 Chickasaw County 44.61
33 Lauderdale County 44.14
34 Walthall County 43.67
35 Attala County 43.37
36 Grenada County 42.88
37 Leake County 42.4
38 Amite County 40.57
39 Wayne County 39.97
40 Yalobusha County 38.7
41 Scott County 38.62
42 Madison County 38.24
43 Forrest County 37.86
44 Oktibbeha County 37.64
45 Covington County 36.17
46 Benton County 35.34
47 Simpson County 35.18
48 Franklin County 34.65
49 Clarke County 34.45
50 Carroll County 32.69
51 Lawrence County 32.35
52 Marion County 31.77
53 Tate County 31.01
54 Newton County 30.94
55 Monroe County 30.47
56 Lee County 30.39
57 Lincoln County 30.12
58 Jones County 29.64
59 Choctaw County 29.4
60 DeSoto County 29.02
61 Calhoun County 28.48
62 Greene County 26.46
63 Harrison County 25.83
64 Smith County 23.84
65 Lafayette County 23.63
66 Jackson County 21.78
67 Neshoba County 21.3
67 Rankin County 21.3
68 Lamar County 20.67
69 Webster County 19.1
70 Perry County 19.05
71 Stone County 18.94
72 Tippah County 16.86
73 Pontotoc County 15.28
73 Union County 15.28
74 Prentiss County 14.17
75 Alcorn County 12.51
76 Pearl River County 12.35
77 Hancock County 8.23
78 George County 7.69
79 Itawamba County 6.79
80 Tishomingo County 2.58