Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Mississippi counties, Scott County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (1.18%), followed by Humphreys County (0.96%), and Adams County (0.78%).
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
Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott County | 1.18 |
| 2 | Humphreys County | 0.96 |
| 3 | Adams County | 0.78 |
| 4 | Yazoo County | 0.75 |
| 5 | Tallahatchie County | 0.71 |
| 6 | Claiborne County | 0.69 |
| 6 | Leflore County | 0.69 |
| 7 | Sunflower County | 0.66 |
| 8 | Chickasaw County | 0.65 |
| 9 | Sharkey County | 0.6 |
| 10 | Calhoun County | 0.59 |
| 10 | Pontotoc County | 0.59 |
| 11 | Jackson County | 0.57 |
| 12 | Copiah County | 0.52 |
| 12 | Covington County | 0.52 |
| 13 | Bolivar County | 0.5 |
| 14 | Holmes County | 0.49 |
| 14 | Leake County | 0.49 |
| 15 | Harrison County | 0.47 |
| 16 | Marshall County | 0.46 |
| 17 | Quitman County | 0.44 |
| 18 | Tunica County | 0.41 |
| 18 | Washington County | 0.41 |
| 19 | Lauderdale County | 0.4 |
| 20 | Amite County | 0.39 |
| 20 | Clay County | 0.39 |
| 20 | Tippah County | 0.39 |
| 20 | Walthall County | 0.39 |
| 21 | Jefferson Davis County | 0.38 |
| 21 | Jones County | 0.38 |
| 21 | Pike County | 0.38 |
| 22 | Jasper County | 0.37 |
| 23 | Simpson County | 0.35 |
| 24 | Jefferson County | 0.34 |
| 24 | Warren County | 0.34 |
| 25 | Benton County | 0.33 |
| 25 | Forrest County | 0.33 |
| 25 | Kemper County | 0.33 |
| 25 | Lee County | 0.33 |
| 25 | Montgomery County | 0.33 |
| 25 | Tate County | 0.33 |
| 26 | Coahoma County | 0.32 |
| 26 | Panola County | 0.32 |
| 26 | Wayne County | 0.32 |
| 27 | Carroll County | 0.31 |
| 27 | Wilkinson County | 0.31 |
| 28 | Lawrence County | 0.3 |
| 29 | Grenada County | 0.29 |
| 29 | Madison County | 0.29 |
| 30 | Hancock County | 0.28 |
| 30 | Hinds County | 0.28 |
| 31 | Yalobusha County | 0.27 |
| 32 | Franklin County | 0.26 |
| 32 | Lamar County | 0.26 |
| 32 | Smith County | 0.26 |
| 33 | Attala County | 0.24 |
| 33 | Lowndes County | 0.24 |
| 34 | DeSoto County | 0.23 |
| 34 | Oktibbeha County | 0.23 |
| 34 | Union County | 0.23 |
| 35 | Lafayette County | 0.22 |
| 35 | Neshoba County | 0.22 |
| 35 | Noxubee County | 0.22 |
| 36 | Monroe County | 0.21 |
| 36 | Newton County | 0.21 |
| 36 | Winston County | 0.21 |
| 37 | Alcorn County | 0.2 |
| 37 | Lincoln County | 0.2 |
| 38 | Rankin County | 0.18 |
| 39 | Greene County | 0.17 |
| 39 | Stone County | 0.17 |
| 40 | Webster County | 0.16 |
| 41 | George County | 0.14 |
| 42 | Marion County | 0.13 |
| 43 | Choctaw County | 0.12 |
| 44 | Itawamba County | 0.11 |
| 45 | Pearl River County | 0.1 |
| 46 | Clarke County | 0.09 |
| 46 | Prentiss County | 0.09 |
| 47 | Issaquena County | 0.08 |
| 47 | Perry County | 0.08 |
| 47 | Tishomingo County | 0.08 |