Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-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, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (85.37%), followed by Claiborne County (85.05%), and Holmes County (82.19%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Mississippi counties.

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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
Jefferson
Claiborne
Holmes
Tunica
Coahoma
Humphreys
Leflore
Sunflower
Washington
Noxubee
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 85.37
2 Claiborne County 85.05
3 Holmes County 82.19
4 Tunica County 76.51
5 Coahoma County 76.08
6 Humphreys County 74.8
7 Leflore County 73.44
8 Sunflower County 73.21
9 Washington County 71.63
10 Noxubee County 71.58
11 Hinds County 71.43
12 Sharkey County 70.36
13 Wilkinson County 70.16
14 Quitman County 70
15 Bolivar County 63.95
16 Issaquena County 63.87
17 Kemper County 60.71
18 Jefferson Davis County 59.5
19 Clay County 58.41
20 Yazoo County 56.89
21 Tallahatchie County 56.2
22 Pike County 52.97
23 Adams County 52.74
24 Jasper County 52.52
25 Copiah County 51.1
26 Panola County 49.45
27 Warren County 48.36
28 Marshall County 47.54
29 Winston County 46.23
30 Montgomery County 45.24
31 Chickasaw County 43.56
32 Lowndes County 43.55
33 Walthall County 43.02
34 Lauderdale County 42.82
35 Attala County 42.66
36 Grenada County 42.16
37 Leake County 41.32
38 Amite County 40.37
39 Wayne County 39.37
40 Yalobusha County 39.01
41 Madison County 37.91
42 Scott County 37.66
43 Forrest County 37.3
44 Oktibbeha County 37.08
45 Benton County 35.9
46 Covington County 35.51
47 Simpson County 35.16
48 Franklin County 34.72
49 Clarke County 34.01
50 Carroll County 33.13
51 Marion County 32.1
52 Lawrence County 31.57
53 Tate County 31.21
54 Monroe County 30.49
55 Lincoln County 30.45
56 Newton County 30.42
57 Jones County 29.23
58 Choctaw County 29.13
59 Lee County 28.68
60 Calhoun County 27.91
61 DeSoto County 25.37
62 Greene County 24.67
63 Harrison County 24.23
64 Lafayette County 23.57
65 Smith County 22.72
66 Jackson County 21.39
67 Neshoba County 20.93
68 Lamar County 19.95
69 Rankin County 19.89
70 Perry County 19.53
71 Stone County 19.31
72 Webster County 18.71
73 Tippah County 16.12
74 Pontotoc County 14.89
75 Union County 14.66
76 Prentiss County 14.04
77 Pearl River County 12.35
78 Alcorn County 12.3
79 George County 7.98
80 Hancock County 7.9
81 Itawamba County 6.59
82 Tishomingo County 2.41