Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Mississippi counties, Scott County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (1.05%), followed by Humphreys County (0.86%), and Adams County (0.75%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
Scott
Humphreys
Adams
Claiborne
Yazoo
Leflore
Tallahatchie
Chickasaw
Sunflower
Sharkey
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Scott County 1.05
2 Humphreys County 0.86
3 Adams County 0.75
4 Claiborne County 0.67
4 Yazoo County 0.67
5 Leflore County 0.65
5 Tallahatchie County 0.65
6 Chickasaw County 0.63
6 Sunflower County 0.63
7 Sharkey County 0.55
8 Pontotoc County 0.54
9 Calhoun County 0.53
9 Covington County 0.53
10 Holmes County 0.52
11 Jackson County 0.51
12 Copiah County 0.5
13 Bolivar County 0.49
14 Marshall County 0.45
15 Harrison County 0.44
16 Leake County 0.43
17 Pike County 0.41
18 Washington County 0.4
19 Tunica County 0.39
19 Walthall County 0.39
20 Lauderdale County 0.38
21 Amite County 0.37
22 Coahoma County 0.36
23 Panola County 0.35
23 Quitman County 0.35
23 Simpson County 0.35
23 Tippah County 0.35
24 Forrest County 0.34
24 Jefferson Davis County 0.34
24 Jones County 0.34
24 Montgomery County 0.34
24 Wayne County 0.34
25 Benton County 0.33
25 Clay County 0.33
25 Jasper County 0.33
25 Jefferson County 0.33
25 Warren County 0.33
26 Kemper County 0.32
26 Lee County 0.32
27 Carroll County 0.3
27 Hinds County 0.3
27 Tate County 0.3
28 Hancock County 0.29
29 Madison County 0.28
29 Wilkinson County 0.28
29 Yalobusha County 0.28
30 Lowndes County 0.27
31 Franklin County 0.26
31 Grenada County 0.26
31 Lawrence County 0.26
32 Smith County 0.24
33 Attala County 0.23
34 DeSoto County 0.21
34 Lafayette County 0.21
34 Oktibbeha County 0.21
35 Lamar County 0.2
35 Newton County 0.2
35 Noxubee County 0.2
35 Union County 0.2
35 Winston County 0.2
36 Lincoln County 0.19
37 Greene County 0.18
37 Monroe County 0.18
37 Neshoba County 0.18
38 Alcorn County 0.17
38 Marion County 0.17
38 Stone County 0.17
39 Rankin County 0.16
39 Webster County 0.16
40 George County 0.12
41 Choctaw County 0.11
42 Clarke County 0.09
42 Itawamba County 0.09
42 Pearl River County 0.09
43 Issaquena County 0.08
43 Prentiss County 0.08
44 Tishomingo County 0.07
45 Perry County 0.06