Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Mississippi counties, Scott County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (1.2%), followed by Humphreys County (0.84%), and Yazoo County (0.82%).

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 2017
Scott
Humphreys
Yazoo
Adams
Sunflower
Tallahatchie
Claiborne
Leflore
Calhoun
Pontotoc
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Scott County 1.2
2 Humphreys County 0.84
3 Yazoo County 0.82
4 Adams County 0.78
5 Sunflower County 0.71
5 Tallahatchie County 0.71
6 Claiborne County 0.69
6 Leflore County 0.69
7 Calhoun County 0.64
7 Pontotoc County 0.64
8 Jackson County 0.62
9 Chickasaw County 0.61
10 Sharkey County 0.57
11 Copiah County 0.55
12 Leake County 0.54
13 Holmes County 0.52
14 Covington County 0.51
15 Bolivar County 0.5
15 Tunica County 0.5
16 Quitman County 0.49
17 Harrison County 0.48
18 Marshall County 0.47
19 Washington County 0.44
20 Pike County 0.41
20 Tippah County 0.41
21 Jefferson County 0.39
21 Jones County 0.39
21 Lauderdale County 0.39
21 Walthall County 0.39
22 Clay County 0.38
23 Kemper County 0.37
23 Lee County 0.37
24 Amite County 0.36
24 Jasper County 0.36
24 Montgomery County 0.36
24 Warren County 0.36
25 Jefferson Davis County 0.35
25 Lawrence County 0.35
25 Simpson County 0.35
25 Wayne County 0.35
26 Coahoma County 0.34
26 Forrest County 0.34
26 Panola County 0.34
27 Tate County 0.33
28 Benton County 0.32
28 Carroll County 0.32
28 Wilkinson County 0.32
29 Madison County 0.31
30 Grenada County 0.3
30 Hancock County 0.3
30 Issaquena County 0.3
31 Yalobusha County 0.29
32 Franklin County 0.27
32 Hinds County 0.27
32 Smith County 0.27
33 DeSoto County 0.25
33 Lowndes County 0.25
33 Newton County 0.25
34 Alcorn County 0.24
34 Lamar County 0.24
34 Oktibbeha County 0.24
34 Union County 0.24
35 Attala County 0.23
36 Lafayette County 0.22
36 Noxubee County 0.22
37 Monroe County 0.21
37 Neshoba County 0.21
37 Stone County 0.21
37 Winston County 0.21
38 Greene County 0.19
38 Lincoln County 0.19
39 Rankin County 0.18
40 Webster County 0.17
41 Marion County 0.14
42 Choctaw County 0.13
42 George County 0.13
43 Tishomingo County 0.12
44 Clarke County 0.11
44 Pearl River County 0.11
45 Itawamba County 0.09
46 Prentiss County 0.08
47 Perry County 0.07