RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 82 SHOWN OF 82

Largest Black population, Mississippi counties · 1990

Mississippi counties ranked by the number of residents who are Black or African American, from the 1990 American Community Survey (table B03002). Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 82 is 7,445.

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RELATEDHighest Asian household income Highest Black household income Highest Hispanic household income Highest White (non-Hispanic) household income Largest White (non-Hispanic) population Highest White (non-Hispanic) population share

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBLACK POPULATIONVS –

01Hinds County, MSMS211,888129,308–

02Washington County, MSMS40,44639,248–

03Harrison County, MSMS217,13632,281–

04Bolivar County, MSMS28,26226,407–

05Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31726,249–

06Madison County, MSMS116,29823,705–

07Jackson County, MSMS147,66623,531–

08Leflore County, MSMS25,68622,623–

09Lowndes County, MSMS57,34621,989–

10Sunflower County, MSMS22,89321,025–

11Forrest County, MSMS79,03420,931–

12Coahoma County, MSMS19,84920,477–

13Warren County, MSMS41,75918,550–

14Adams County, MSMS30,06117,174–

15Pike County, MSMS38,71216,819–

16Holmes County, MSMS15,46516,332–

17Jones County, MSMS66,49615,446–

18Marshall County, MSMS34,65415,342–

19Rankin County, MSMS162,18114,516–

20Panola County, MSMS32,69114,480–

21Copiah County, MSMS27,49713,918–

22Lee County, MSMS83,73113,911–

23Yazoo County, MSMS22,94713,431–

24Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89613,179–

25Clay County, MSMS18,23811,260–

26Monroe County, MSMS33,31811,034–

27Claiborne County, MSMS8,0589,296–

28Scott County, MSMS28,0739,202–

29Lincoln County, MSMS35,0129,028–

30Grenada County, MSMS20,8688,896–

31Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,8778,854–

32Jasper County, MSMS15,7858,686–

33DeSoto County, MSMS197,9188,660–

34Noxubee County, MSMS9,7988,562–

35Humphreys County, MSMS7,0018,248–

36Winston County, MSMS17,4738,124–

37Lafayette County, MSMS59,5977,978–

38Simpson County, MSMS25,4987,727–

39Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9417,710–

40Marion County, MSMS24,0017,708–

41Jefferson County, MSMS6,8257,445–

42Tate County, MSMS28,7257,414–

43Attala County, MSMS17,1007,323–

44Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7306,953–

45Wayne County, MSMS19,8076,946–

46Leake County, MSMS21,6626,548–

47Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5826,544–

48Quitman County, MSMS5,3646,134–

49Tunica County, MSMS8,8196,069–

50Walthall County, MSMS13,9286,059–

51Amite County, MSMS12,4876,016–

52Clarke County, MSMS15,1025,978–

53Newton County, MSMS20,9605,853–

54Covington County, MSMS17,8985,804–

55Kemper County, MSMS8,6005,736–

56Pearl River County, MSMS59,3635,504–

57Montgomery County, MSMS9,3545,447–

58Sharkey County, MSMS3,0974,681–

59Neshoba County, MSMS28,7324,626–

60Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3754,534–

61Lawrence County, MSMS11,8194,127–

62Calhoun County, MSMS12,6434,015–

63Carroll County, MSMS9,2263,643–

64Lamar County, MSMS67,4033,630–

65Alcorn County, MSMS34,5693,587–

66Smith County, MSMS13,9913,246–

67Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0963,208–

68Union County, MSMS28,4593,205–

69Tippah County, MSMS21,3893,198–

70Benton County, MSMS7,5023,177–

71Franklin County, MSMS7,4913,077–

72Hancock County, MSMS46,8732,908–

73Prentiss County, MSMS25,2842,742–

74Choctaw County, MSMS8,0482,728–

75Perry County, MSMS11,5772,453–

76Stone County, MSMS19,6542,338–

77Webster County, MSMS10,1672,221–

78Greene County, MSMS13,7072,184–

79George County, MSMS26,3311,542–

80Itawamba County, MSMS24,1521,347–

81Issaquena County, MSMS1,2631,074–

82Tishomingo County, MSMS18,639621–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS