Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Mississippi counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (85.76%), followed by Claiborne County (83.95%), and Holmes County (82.32%).
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 2012
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 85.76 |
| 2 | Claiborne County | 83.95 |
| 3 | Holmes County | 82.32 |
| 4 | Coahoma County | 75.23 |
| 5 | Tunica County | 74.91 |
| 6 | Humphreys County | 74.41 |
| 7 | Sunflower County | 72.65 |
| 8 | Leflore County | 72.03 |
| 9 | Noxubee County | 71.69 |
| 10 | Washington County | 71.25 |
| 11 | Sharkey County | 71.22 |
| 12 | Wilkinson County | 70.43 |
| 13 | Hinds County | 70.06 |
| 14 | Quitman County | 68.73 |
| 15 | Bolivar County | 64.45 |
| 16 | Issaquena County | 63.58 |
| 17 | Kemper County | 60.33 |
| 18 | Jefferson Davis County | 59.35 |
| 19 | Clay County | 58.55 |
| 20 | Yazoo County | 56.58 |
| 21 | Tallahatchie County | 55.93 |
| 22 | Adams County | 52.71 |
| 23 | Pike County | 52.29 |
| 24 | Jasper County | 51.95 |
| 25 | Copiah County | 50.6 |
| 26 | Panola County | 49.19 |
| 27 | Warren County | 47.26 |
| 28 | Marshall County | 47.25 |
| 29 | Winston County | 45.89 |
| 30 | Montgomery County | 45.4 |
| 31 | Walthall County | 43.83 |
| 32 | Lowndes County | 43.52 |
| 33 | Lauderdale County | 42.73 |
| 34 | Chickasaw County | 42.4 |
| 35 | Attala County | 42.02 |
| 36 | Grenada County | 41.75 |
| 37 | Amite County | 40.96 |
| 38 | Leake County | 40.56 |
| 39 | Wayne County | 38.7 |
| 40 | Madison County | 38.16 |
| 41 | Yalobusha County | 37.86 |
| 42 | Scott County | 37.25 |
| 43 | Benton County | 37.12 |
| 44 | Forrest County | 36.59 |
| 45 | Oktibbeha County | 36.37 |
| 46 | Covington County | 35.17 |
| 47 | Simpson County | 34.99 |
| 48 | Clarke County | 34.36 |
| 49 | Franklin County | 34.3 |
| 50 | Carroll County | 33.22 |
| 51 | Marion County | 32.22 |
| 52 | Monroe County | 30.51 |
| 53 | Lawrence County | 30.5 |
| 54 | Tate County | 30.4 |
| 55 | Lincoln County | 30.33 |
| 56 | Newton County | 29.87 |
| 57 | Choctaw County | 29.55 |
| 58 | Jones County | 28.59 |
| 59 | Calhoun County | 28.11 |
| 60 | Lee County | 27.68 |
| 61 | Greene County | 26.5 |
| 62 | Lafayette County | 23.87 |
| 63 | DeSoto County | 23 |
| 64 | Harrison County | 22.94 |
| 65 | Smith County | 22.86 |
| 66 | Jackson County | 21.43 |
| 67 | Neshoba County | 20.64 |
| 68 | Webster County | 19.62 |
| 69 | Perry County | 19.5 |
| 70 | Lamar County | 19.47 |
| 70 | Stone County | 19.47 |
| 71 | Rankin County | 19.4 |
| 72 | Tippah County | 15.59 |
| 73 | Union County | 14.54 |
| 74 | Pontotoc County | 14.45 |
| 75 | Prentiss County | 13.83 |
| 76 | Pearl River County | 12.38 |
| 77 | Alcorn County | 11.78 |
| 78 | George County | 8.11 |
| 79 | Hancock County | 7.38 |
| 80 | Itawamba County | 6.09 |
| 81 | Tishomingo County | 2.54 |