Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2010
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all Mississippi counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (85.43%), followed by Claiborne County (84.23%), and Holmes County (82.36%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi counties.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2010
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 85.43 |
| 2 | Claiborne County | 84.23 |
| 3 | Holmes County | 82.36 |
| 4 | Coahoma County | 75.42 |
| 5 | Humphreys County | 74.23 |
| 6 | Tunica County | 73.45 |
| 7 | Sunflower County | 72.61 |
| 8 | Leflore County | 72.01 |
| 9 | Noxubee County | 71.54 |
| 10 | Washington County | 71.15 |
| 11 | Wilkinson County | 70.62 |
| 12 | Sharkey County | 70.55 |
| 13 | Quitman County | 69.41 |
| 14 | Hinds County | 69.05 |
| 15 | Issaquena County | 64.72 |
| 16 | Bolivar County | 63.93 |
| 17 | Kemper County | 60.03 |
| 18 | Jefferson Davis County | 59.69 |
| 19 | Clay County | 58.06 |
| 20 | Yazoo County | 56.61 |
| 21 | Tallahatchie County | 56.18 |
| 22 | Adams County | 52.68 |
| 23 | Jasper County | 52.31 |
| 24 | Pike County | 51.48 |
| 25 | Copiah County | 50.71 |
| 26 | Panola County | 48.43 |
| 27 | Warren County | 46.94 |
| 28 | Marshall County | 46.87 |
| 29 | Winston County | 45.5 |
| 30 | Montgomery County | 45.19 |
| 31 | Walthall County | 44.18 |
| 32 | Lowndes County | 43.36 |
| 33 | Lauderdale County | 42.67 |
| 34 | Chickasaw County | 41.98 |
| 35 | Attala County | 41.91 |
| 36 | Grenada County | 41.5 |
| 37 | Amite County | 41.04 |
| 38 | Leake County | 40.49 |
| 39 | Wayne County | 38.84 |
| 40 | Madison County | 38.18 |
| 41 | Yalobusha County | 37.63 |
| 42 | Scott County | 37.15 |
| 43 | Benton County | 37.12 |
| 44 | Oktibbeha County | 36.26 |
| 45 | Forrest County | 36.09 |
| 46 | Simpson County | 35.01 |
| 47 | Covington County | 34.78 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 34.45 |
| 49 | Clarke County | 34.43 |
| 50 | Carroll County | 32.58 |
| 51 | Marion County | 32.26 |
| 52 | Monroe County | 30.81 |
| 53 | Lawrence County | 30.79 |
| 54 | Tate County | 30.35 |
| 55 | Newton County | 30.04 |
| 56 | Choctaw County | 29.99 |
| 57 | Lincoln County | 29.9 |
| 58 | Jones County | 28.26 |
| 59 | Calhoun County | 27.57 |
| 60 | Lee County | 27.21 |
| 61 | Greene County | 25.93 |
| 62 | Lafayette County | 23.58 |
| 63 | Smith County | 22.86 |
| 64 | Harrison County | 22.02 |
| 65 | DeSoto County | 21.95 |
| 66 | Jackson County | 21.35 |
| 67 | Neshoba County | 20.78 |
| 68 | Perry County | 20.12 |
| 69 | Webster County | 19.89 |
| 70 | Lamar County | 19.6 |
| 71 | Stone County | 19.12 |
| 72 | Rankin County | 19.01 |
| 73 | Tippah County | 15.84 |
| 74 | Union County | 14.44 |
| 75 | Pontotoc County | 13.84 |
| 75 | Prentiss County | 13.84 |
| 76 | Pearl River County | 12.3 |
| 77 | Alcorn County | 11.39 |
| 78 | George County | 8.1 |
| 79 | Hancock County | 7.03 |
| 80 | Itawamba County | 5.96 |
| 81 | Tishomingo County | 2.63 |