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Largest Subsaharan African population, Mississippi counties · 2020

Mississippi counties ranked by the number of residents who are Subsaharan African ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 80 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSUBSAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Hinds County, MSMS211,8882,866+21%

02Jackson County, MSMS147,6661,354−65%

03DeSoto County, MSMS197,9181,249+151%

04Harrison County, MSMS217,136898−86%

05Attala County, MSMS17,100894+5159%

06Madison County, MSMS116,298749+86%

07Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317602−11%

08Washington County, MSMS40,446549+3%

09Yazoo County, MSMS22,947521+40%

10Tunica County, MSMS8,819516+10%

11Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896466+8%

12Jones County, MSMS66,496459+61%

13Pearl River County, MSMS59,363441+188%

14Rankin County, MSMS162,181435−40%

15Lowndes County, MSMS57,346419+139%

16Lee County, MSMS83,731356+29%

17Bolivar County, MSMS28,262318+60%

18Benton County, MSMS7,502304+398%

19Prentiss County, MSMS25,284262+1210%

20Grenada County, MSMS20,868261+295%

21Choctaw County, MSMS8,048249+3457%

22Panola County, MSMS32,691244−42%

23Forrest County, MSMS79,034243−62%

24Lafayette County, MSMS59,597233+39%

25Pike County, MSMS38,712230+191%

26Winston County, MSMS17,473230+147%

27Adams County, MSMS30,061216−34%

28Webster County, MSMS10,167197+1415%

29Leake County, MSMS21,662192+187%

30Noxubee County, MSMS9,798181+162%

31Copiah County, MSMS27,497180+22%

32Marshall County, MSMS34,654176+15%

33Amite County, MSMS12,487166+52%

34Warren County, MSMS41,759161−61%

35Coahoma County, MSMS19,849145−18%

36Covington County, MSMS17,898139+43%

37Clay County, MSMS18,238132+94%

38Holmes County, MSMS15,465127+95%

39Chickasaw County, MSMS16,730126+80%

40Yalobusha County, MSMS12,375122+713%

41Scott County, MSMS28,073117−53%

42Simpson County, MSMS25,498117−62%

43Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,941108–

44Lincoln County, MSMS35,012108−45%

45Kemper County, MSMS8,600100+85%

46Lamar County, MSMS67,40392−62%

47Monroe County, MSMS33,31888+91%

48Clarke County, MSMS15,10279+16%

49Carroll County, MSMS9,22674–

50Claiborne County, MSMS8,05869+165%

51Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87768+100%

52Humphreys County, MSMS7,00163+47%

53Quitman County, MSMS5,36462+9%

54Union County, MSMS28,45957−81%

55George County, MSMS26,33155+400%

56Montgomery County, MSMS9,35451+89%

57Lawrence County, MSMS11,81949−48%

58Leflore County, MSMS25,68648−67%

59Alcorn County, MSMS34,56947−2%

60Neshoba County, MSMS28,73246−59%

61Sunflower County, MSMS22,89344−89%

62Greene County, MSMS13,70743−68%

63Newton County, MSMS20,96040−52%

64Wayne County, MSMS19,80739–

65Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58236−39%

66Itawamba County, MSMS24,15235+25%

67Jasper County, MSMS15,78532+88%

68Tate County, MSMS28,72530−89%

69Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09622–

70Hancock County, MSMS46,87320−33%

71Jefferson County, MSMS6,82515−80%

72Marion County, MSMS24,00114−87%

73Stone County, MSMS19,65413+86%

74Walthall County, MSMS13,92812−37%

75Franklin County, MSMS7,49111+83%

76Perry County, MSMS11,5779−90%

77Smith County, MSMS13,9919+29%

78Tippah County, MSMS21,3896+200%

79Sharkey County, MSMS3,0975−92%

80Calhoun County, MSMS12,6434−89%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS