Demographics Table
County
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Black)
|
Rank within US (of 3146 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 37.7 | 1,125,623 | 2 of 52 |
| United States | 12.7 | 41,234,642 | N/A |
| Adams County | 56.3 | 17,610 | 66 |
| Alcorn County | 12.1 | 4,492 | 704 |
| Amite County | 41.9 | 5,202 | 167 |
| Attala County | 42.3 | 7,792 | 162 |
| Benton County | 34.2 | 2,813 | 254 |
| Bolivar County | 64.2 | 20,453 | 31 |
| Calhoun County | 27.4 | 3,968 | 362 |
| Carroll County | 34.7 | 3,499 | 246 |
| Chickasaw County | 44.3 | 7,616 | 140 |
| Choctaw County | 31.0 | 2,566 | 294 |
| Claiborne County | 87.2 | 7,928 | 1 |
| Clarke County | 35.5 | 5,592 | 237 |
| Clay County | 60.0 | 11,784 | 49 |
| Coahoma County | 77.6 | 18,050 | 7 |
| Copiah County | 51.6 | 14,698 | 93 |
| Covington County | 36.6 | 6,946 | 222 |
| DeSoto County | 27.3 | 48,835 | 364 |
| Forrest County | 37.2 | 27,951 | 213 |
| Franklin County | 36.0 | 2,782 | 231 |
| George County | 8.0 | 1,920 | 898 |
| Greene County | 25.9 | 3,538 | 388 |
| Grenada County | 43.4 | 9,161 | 149 |
| Hancock County | 8.0 | 3,765 | 899 |
| Harrison County | 24.9 | 50,994 | 406 |
| Hinds County | 72.6 | 173,413 | 17 |
| Holmes County | 84.0 | 14,903 | 3 |
| Humphreys County | 76.0 | 6,375 | 9 |
| Issaquena County | 61.6 | 839 | 42 |
| Itawamba County | 7.3 | 1,709 | 942 |
| Jackson County | 21.3 | 30,305 | 468 |
| Jasper County | 54.3 | 8,964 | 74 |
| Jefferson County | 85.8 | 6,198 | 2 |
| Jefferson Davis County | 61.3 | 6,950 | 45 |
| Jones County | 29.4 | 20,077 | 331 |
| Kemper County | 61.7 | 6,134 | 41 |
| Lafayette County | 23.6 | 12,657 | 429 |
| Lamar County | 20.1 | 12,446 | 502 |
| Lauderdale County | 43.7 | 33,333 | 145 |
| Lawrence County | 32.5 | 4,109 | 275 |
| Leake County | 41.9 | 9,555 | 166 |
| Lee County | 29.5 | 25,089 | 328 |
| Leflore County | 74.2 | 21,683 | 13 |
| Lincoln County | 31.9 | 10,957 | 282 |
| Lowndes County | 43.8 | 25,902 | 144 |
| Madison County | 38.0 | 39,731 | 206 |
| Marion County | 32.6 | 8,140 | 274 |
| Marshall County | 47.8 | 17,017 | 111 |
| Monroe County | 31.2 | 11,132 | 290 |
| Montgomery County | 44.2 | 4,446 | 141 |
| Neshoba County | 20.9 | 6,145 | 475 |
| Newton County | 30.5 | 6,515 | 303 |
| Noxubee County | 72.2 | 7,721 | 19 |
| Oktibbeha County | 37.0 | 18,312 | 217 |
| Panola County | 48.6 | 16,616 | 106 |
| Pearl River County | 12.8 | 7,055 | 689 |
| Perry County | 19.8 | 2,379 | 507 |
| Pike County | 54.3 | 21,456 | 75 |
| Pontotoc County | 16.0 | 5,068 | 589 |
| Prentiss County | 10.0 | 2,533 | 796 |
| Quitman County | 72.0 | 5,176 | 20 |
| Rankin County | 20.8 | 31,723 | 480 |
| Scott County | 38.1 | 10,791 | 205 |
| Sharkey County | 74.6 | 3,284 | 12 |
| Simpson County | 36.6 | 9,851 | 220 |
| Smith County | 23.0 | 3,675 | 441 |
| Stone County | 18.3 | 3,351 | 538 |
| Sunflower County | 73.9 | 19,332 | 14 |
| Tallahatchie County | 53.7 | 7,599 | 79 |
| Tate County | 29.9 | 8,494 | 318 |
| Tippah County | 16.7 | 3,686 | 568 |
| Tishomingo County | 2.7 | 516 | 1,496 |
| Tunica County | 78.5 | 7,838 | 6 |
| Union County | 15.5 | 4,424 | 597 |
| Walthall County | 46.3 | 6,706 | 124 |
| Warren County | 49.4 | 22,978 | 100 |
| Washington County | 72.2 | 33,235 | 18 |
| Wayne County | 41.0 | 8,359 | 181 |
| Webster County | 20.4 | 1,995 | 487 |
| Wilkinson County | 71.1 | 6,307 | 22 |
| Winston County | 46.9 | 8,553 | 117 |
| Yalobusha County | 39.7 | 4,904 | 193 |
| Yazoo County | 59.6 | 17,027 | 51 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/27/2022 10:37 am.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Population: Black, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/27/2022 10:37 am.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Population: Black, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.