Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2018
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Mississippi counties, Claiborne County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (85.54%), followed by Jefferson County (84.88%), and Holmes County (82.68%).
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 2018
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claiborne County | 85.54 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 84.88 |
| 3 | Holmes County | 82.68 |
| 4 | Tunica County | 77.31 |
| 5 | Coahoma County | 76.87 |
| 6 | Humphreys County | 75.11 |
| 7 | Leflore County | 74.23 |
| 8 | Sunflower County | 73.25 |
| 9 | Hinds County | 72.56 |
| 10 | Washington County | 72.01 |
| 11 | Noxubee County | 71.86 |
| 12 | Quitman County | 71.05 |
| 13 | Sharkey County | 70.82 |
| 14 | Wilkinson County | 70.32 |
| 15 | Bolivar County | 63.84 |
| 16 | Issaquena County | 63.06 |
| 17 | Kemper County | 60.48 |
| 18 | Jefferson Davis County | 59.66 |
| 19 | Clay County | 58.48 |
| 20 | Tallahatchie County | 56.23 |
| 21 | Yazoo County | 56.08 |
| 22 | Pike County | 53.5 |
| 23 | Jasper County | 53.14 |
| 24 | Adams County | 52.52 |
| 25 | Copiah County | 51.37 |
| 26 | Panola County | 49.71 |
| 27 | Warren County | 48.96 |
| 28 | Marshall County | 47.06 |
| 29 | Winston County | 46.51 |
| 30 | Montgomery County | 44.92 |
| 31 | Lowndes County | 44.6 |
| 32 | Chickasaw County | 43.89 |
| 33 | Lauderdale County | 43.77 |
| 34 | Walthall County | 43.25 |
| 35 | Attala County | 43.15 |
| 36 | Grenada County | 42.57 |
| 37 | Leake County | 41.81 |
| 38 | Amite County | 40.19 |
| 39 | Wayne County | 39.62 |
| 40 | Yalobusha County | 38.39 |
| 41 | Madison County | 37.92 |
| 42 | Forrest County | 37.5 |
| 43 | Scott County | 37.39 |
| 44 | Oktibbeha County | 37.38 |
| 45 | Covington County | 35.68 |
| 46 | Benton County | 34.95 |
| 47 | Simpson County | 34.8 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 34.39 |
| 49 | Clarke County | 34.34 |
| 50 | Carroll County | 32.39 |
| 51 | Lawrence County | 32.01 |
| 52 | Marion County | 31.59 |
| 53 | Tate County | 30.67 |
| 54 | Newton County | 30.66 |
| 55 | Monroe County | 30.28 |
| 56 | Lee County | 30.03 |
| 57 | Lincoln County | 29.91 |
| 58 | Choctaw County | 29.23 |
| 59 | Jones County | 29.22 |
| 60 | DeSoto County | 28.73 |
| 61 | Calhoun County | 27.84 |
| 62 | Greene County | 26.3 |
| 63 | Harrison County | 25.34 |
| 64 | Smith County | 23.56 |
| 65 | Lafayette County | 23.41 |
| 66 | Jackson County | 21.12 |
| 66 | Neshoba County | 21.12 |
| 66 | Rankin County | 21.12 |
| 67 | Lamar County | 20.43 |
| 68 | Perry County | 18.93 |
| 69 | Webster County | 18.92 |
| 70 | Stone County | 18.73 |
| 71 | Tippah County | 16.45 |
| 72 | Union County | 15 |
| 73 | Pontotoc County | 14.56 |
| 74 | Prentiss County | 14.09 |
| 75 | Alcorn County | 12.24 |
| 76 | Pearl River County | 12.23 |
| 77 | Hancock County | 7.93 |
| 78 | George County | 7.55 |
| 79 | Itawamba County | 6.7 |
| 80 | Tishomingo County | 2.45 |