Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2020
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Mississippi counties, Claiborne County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (86.04%), followed by Jefferson County (84.93%), and Holmes County (83.27%).
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 2020
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claiborne County | 86.04 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 84.93 |
| 3 | Holmes County | 83.27 |
| 4 | Coahoma County | 77.59 |
| 4 | Tunica County | 77.59 |
| 5 | Humphreys County | 77.31 |
| 6 | Leflore County | 74.56 |
| 7 | Sunflower County | 73.06 |
| 8 | Quitman County | 72.9 |
| 9 | Hinds County | 72.78 |
| 10 | Washington County | 72.58 |
| 11 | Noxubee County | 71.94 |
| 12 | Sharkey County | 71.32 |
| 13 | Wilkinson County | 70.2 |
| 14 | Bolivar County | 63.72 |
| 15 | Kemper County | 60.94 |
| 16 | Issaquena County | 60.39 |
| 17 | Jefferson Davis County | 60.23 |
| 18 | Clay County | 59.07 |
| 19 | Yazoo County | 58.88 |
| 20 | Tallahatchie County | 58.16 |
| 21 | Adams County | 56.09 |
| 22 | Pike County | 54.3 |
| 23 | Jasper County | 53.05 |
| 24 | Copiah County | 50.95 |
| 25 | Panola County | 49.72 |
| 26 | Warren County | 49.22 |
| 27 | Winston County | 46.63 |
| 28 | Marshall County | 46.38 |
| 29 | Chickasaw County | 44.89 |
| 30 | Lowndes County | 44.61 |
| 31 | Montgomery County | 44.59 |
| 32 | Lauderdale County | 44.24 |
| 33 | Attala County | 43.62 |
| 34 | Walthall County | 43.2 |
| 35 | Grenada County | 42.89 |
| 36 | Wayne County | 40 |
| 37 | Leake County | 39.94 |
| 38 | Amite County | 39.14 |
| 39 | Yalobusha County | 39.09 |
| 40 | Madison County | 37.53 |
| 41 | Oktibbeha County | 37.21 |
| 42 | Forrest County | 36.79 |
| 43 | Scott County | 36.1 |
| 44 | Covington County | 35.7 |
| 45 | Benton County | 35.53 |
| 46 | Simpson County | 35.25 |
| 47 | Franklin County | 34.85 |
| 48 | Clarke County | 34.4 |
| 49 | Carroll County | 33.81 |
| 50 | Lawrence County | 32.27 |
| 51 | Newton County | 31.47 |
| 52 | Marion County | 31.41 |
| 53 | DeSoto County | 31.03 |
| 54 | Tate County | 31 |
| 55 | Lee County | 30.45 |
| 56 | Monroe County | 30.3 |
| 57 | Lincoln County | 29.99 |
| 58 | Choctaw County | 29.36 |
| 59 | Jones County | 28.81 |
| 60 | Calhoun County | 27.94 |
| 61 | Greene County | 25.57 |
| 62 | Harrison County | 25.5 |
| 63 | Smith County | 23.42 |
| 64 | Lafayette County | 22.95 |
| 65 | Neshoba County | 21.51 |
| 66 | Lamar County | 21.37 |
| 67 | Rankin County | 21.22 |
| 68 | Jackson County | 21.06 |
| 69 | Perry County | 18.87 |
| 70 | Stone County | 18.84 |
| 71 | Webster County | 18.26 |
| 72 | Tippah County | 16.43 |
| 73 | Union County | 15.42 |
| 74 | Prentiss County | 15.33 |
| 75 | Pontotoc County | 15.12 |
| 76 | Alcorn County | 12.37 |
| 77 | Pearl River County | 12.06 |
| 78 | Hancock County | 8.34 |
| 79 | Itawamba County | 7.56 |
| 80 | George County | 7.34 |
| 81 | Tishomingo County | 2.63 |