# Counties in Mississippi by black or African American population share, 2024

All 82 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `black_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People who are not Hispanic or Latino and report Black or African American as their only race, as a percentage of the total population. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b03002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b03002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/black-population-share/mississippi-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/black-population-share/mississippi-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Claiborne County | 85.9 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 82.9 |
| 3 | Holmes County | 81 |
| 4 | Tunica County | 79.9 |
| 5 | Humphreys County | 78.2 |
| 6 | Sharkey County | 75.8 |
| 7 | Coahoma County | 74.5 |
| 8 | Leflore County | 74.3 |
| 9 | Noxubee County | 73.6 |
| 10 | Quitman County | 73.5 |
| 11 | Sunflower County | 72.7 |
| 12 | Hinds County | 71.7 |
| 13 | Washington County | 71.4 |
| 14 | Wilkinson County | 67.2 |
| 15 | Bolivar County | 63.2 |
| 16 | Issaquena County | 62.2 |
| 17 | Tallahatchie County | 60.8 |
| 18 | Clay County | 60.2 |
| 19 | Jefferson Davis County | 59.5 |
| 20 | Kemper County | 59.4 |
| 21 | Yazoo County | 57.1 |
| 22 | Adams County | 56.1 |
| 23 | Pike County | 53.6 |
| 24 | Jasper County | 52 |
| 25 | Copiah County | 50.6 |
| 26 | Warren County | 48.6 |
| 27 | Panola County | 48.2 |
| 28 | Chickasaw County | 47.7 |
| 29 | Winston County | 47.1 |
| 30 | Grenada County | 44.7 |
| 31 | Montgomery County | 44.6 |
| 32 | Attala County | 44.2 |
| 33 | Lowndes County | 43.6 |
| 34 | Marshall County | 42.8 |
| 35 | Walthall County | 41.9 |
| 36 | Lauderdale County | 40.8 |
| 37 | Amite County | 40.1 |
| 38 | Leake County | 39 |
| 39 | Wayne County | 37.9 |
| 40 | Madison County | 37.1 |
| 41 | Yalobusha County | 37 |
| 42 | Simpson County | 35.6 |
| 43 | Forrest County | 35.5 |
| 44 | Oktibbeha County | 35.4 |
| 45 | Franklin County | 35 |
| 46 | Covington County | 34.8 |
| 47 | Benton County | 34.5 |
| 48 | Carroll County | 34.4 |
| 49 | Scott County | 33.8 |
| 50 | DeSoto County | 32.6 |
| 51 | Lawrence County | 31.7 |
| 52 | Newton County | 31.6 |
| 53 | Marion County | 31.2 |
| 54 | Clarke County | 31.2 |
| 55 | Lincoln County | 30 |
| 56 | Lee County | 29.9 |
| 57 | Monroe County | 29.7 |
| 58 | Tate County | 29.2 |
| 59 | Jones County | 28.2 |
| 60 | Choctaw County | 27.8 |
| 61 | Calhoun County | 26.4 |
| 62 | Greene County | 23.8 |
| 63 | Harrison County | 23.4 |
| 64 | Smith County | 23.1 |
| 65 | Lafayette County | 22.6 |
| 66 | Lamar County | 21.7 |
| 67 | Neshoba County | 21.2 |
| 68 | Rankin County | 20.9 |
| 69 | Jackson County | 18.9 |
| 70 | Webster County | 18.7 |
| 71 | Stone County | 17.1 |
| 72 | Perry County | 15.4 |
| 73 | Pontotoc County | 14.7 |
| 74 | Tippah County | 14 |
| 75 | Union County | 13.6 |
| 76 | Prentiss County | 12.8 |
| 77 | Pearl River County | 12 |
| 78 | Alcorn County | 10.2 |
| 79 | George County | 7.2 |
| 80 | Hancock County | 7.1 |
| 81 | Itawamba County | 5.2 |
| 82 | Tishomingo County | 1.2 |