Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2021

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Mississippi counties, Claiborne County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (85.78%), followed by Jefferson County (84.43%), and Holmes County (82.69%).

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 2021
Claiborne
Jefferson
Holmes
Coahoma
Humphreys
Tunica
Leflore
Quitman
Hinds
Sunflower
Ranking of Mississippi Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Claiborne County 85.78
2 Jefferson County 84.43
3 Holmes County 82.69
4 Coahoma County 77.4
5 Humphreys County 77.16
6 Tunica County 76.94
7 Leflore County 74.32
8 Quitman County 73.24
9 Hinds County 72.87
10 Sunflower County 72.73
11 Washington County 72.65
12 Noxubee County 72.01
13 Sharkey County 71.35
14 Wilkinson County 69.8
15 Bolivar County 63.57
16 Kemper County 60.63
17 Jefferson Davis County 59.99
18 Clay County 59.5
19 Issaquena County 59.2
20 Yazoo County 58.72
21 Tallahatchie County 57.74
22 Adams County 56.22
23 Pike County 54.75
24 Jasper County 52.82
25 Copiah County 50.63
26 Panola County 49.73
27 Warren County 49.16
28 Winston County 46.41
29 Marshall County 45.45
30 Lowndes County 44.97
31 Lauderdale County 44.59
32 Chickasaw County 44.54
33 Montgomery County 44.48
34 Attala County 43.95
35 Grenada County 43.28
36 Walthall County 42.85
37 Wayne County 39.91
38 Leake County 39.74
39 Amite County 38.82
40 Yalobusha County 38.59
41 Madison County 37.64
42 Oktibbeha County 37.27
43 Forrest County 36.57
44 Scott County 36.33
45 Covington County 35.87
46 Simpson County 35.17
47 Benton County 35.11
48 Franklin County 34.24
49 Clarke County 34.19
50 Carroll County 33.98
51 DeSoto County 32.36
52 Lawrence County 32.32
53 Newton County 31.38
54 Marion County 31.31
55 Lee County 30.68
56 Tate County 30.62
57 Monroe County 30.38
58 Lincoln County 29.75
59 Choctaw County 29.09
60 Jones County 28.71
61 Calhoun County 28.02
62 Greene County 25.67
63 Harrison County 25.61
64 Smith County 23.6
65 Lafayette County 23.24
66 Lamar County 21.97
67 Rankin County 21.96
68 Neshoba County 21.61
69 Jackson County 20.97
70 Perry County 18.88
71 Stone County 18.54
72 Webster County 18.18
73 Tippah County 16.41
74 Union County 15.46
75 Pontotoc County 15.43
76 Prentiss County 15.24
77 Alcorn County 12.45
78 Pearl River County 11.88
79 Hancock County 8.38
80 George County 7.56
81 Itawamba County 7.5
82 Tishomingo County 2.66