Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-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, Claiborne County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (85.53%), followed by Jefferson County (85.33%), and Holmes County (82.29%).

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 2017
Claiborne
Jefferson
Holmes
Coahoma
Tunica
Humphreys
Leflore
Sunflower
Hinds
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Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Claiborne County 85.53
2 Jefferson County 85.33
3 Holmes County 82.29
4 Coahoma County 76.68
5 Tunica County 76.51
6 Humphreys County 74.94
7 Leflore County 74.08
8 Sunflower County 73.35
9 Hinds County 72.31
10 Washington County 71.95
11 Noxubee County 71.66
12 Quitman County 70.99
13 Sharkey County 70.74
14 Wilkinson County 70.05
15 Bolivar County 63.72
16 Issaquena County 62.44
17 Kemper County 60.69
18 Jefferson Davis County 59.47
19 Clay County 58.53
20 Yazoo County 56.29
21 Tallahatchie County 55.92
22 Pike County 53.24
23 Jasper County 52.98
24 Adams County 52.25
25 Copiah County 51.5
26 Panola County 49.83
27 Warren County 49
28 Marshall County 47.14
29 Winston County 46.68
30 Montgomery County 45.05
31 Lowndes County 44.1
32 Chickasaw County 43.91
33 Walthall County 43.35
34 Lauderdale County 43.2
35 Attala County 42.85
36 Grenada County 42.47
37 Leake County 41.87
38 Amite County 40.19
39 Wayne County 39.73
40 Yalobusha County 38.64
41 Madison County 37.9
42 Forrest County 37.71
43 Scott County 37.48
44 Oktibbeha County 37.27
45 Covington County 35.65
46 Simpson County 34.89
47 Benton County 34.61
48 Clarke County 34.17
49 Franklin County 34.16
50 Carroll County 32.51
51 Lawrence County 31.88
52 Marion County 31.68
53 Tate County 31.04
54 Newton County 30.67
55 Monroe County 30.51
56 Lincoln County 30.05
57 Lee County 29.55
58 Choctaw County 29.31
59 Jones County 29.13
60 Calhoun County 27.79
61 DeSoto County 27.6
62 Greene County 25.06
63 Harrison County 24.98
64 Lafayette County 23.55
65 Smith County 23.5
66 Jackson County 21.23
67 Neshoba County 20.95
68 Rankin County 20.63
69 Stone County 20.01
70 Lamar County 19.99
71 Perry County 19.13
72 Webster County 18.79
73 Tippah County 16.38
74 Union County 14.93
75 Pontotoc County 14.59
76 Prentiss County 14.18
77 Alcorn County 12.26
78 Pearl River County 12.18
79 Hancock County 7.86
80 George County 7.7
81 Itawamba County 6.67
82 Tishomingo County 2.42