| Rank |
County |
Percentage of Black or African American Residents |
| 1 |
Jefferson County, Mississippi
|
85.4%
|
| 2 |
Claiborne County, Mississippi
|
84.0%
|
| 3 |
Holmes County, Mississippi
|
82.8%
|
| 4 |
Coahoma County, Mississippi
|
75.3%
|
| 5 |
Humphreys County, Mississippi
|
74.8%
|
| 6 |
Tunica County, Mississippi
|
74.4%
|
| 7 |
Leflore County, Mississippi
|
72.7%
|
| 8 |
Sunflower County, Mississippi
|
72.6%
|
| 9 |
Noxubee County, Mississippi
|
71.8%
|
| 10 |
Washington County, Mississippi
|
71.3%
|
| 11 |
Sharkey County, Mississippi
|
70.7%
|
| 12 |
Wilkinson County, Mississippi
|
70.0%
|
| 13 |
Hinds County, Mississippi
|
69.8%
|
| 14 |
Quitman County, Mississippi
|
69.2%
|
| 15 |
Bolivar County, Mississippi
|
64.8%
|
| 16 |
Issaquena County, Mississippi
|
64.4%
|
| 17 |
Kemper County, Mississippi
|
60.4%
|
| 18 |
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi
|
59.5%
|
| 19 |
Clay County, Mississippi
|
58.9%
|
| 20 |
Yazoo County, Mississippi
|
57.1%
|
| 21 |
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
|
56.4%
|
| 22 |
Adams County, Mississippi
|
53.7%
|
| 23 |
Pike County, Mississippi
|
52.5%
|
| 24 |
Jasper County, Mississippi
|
52.5%
|
| 25 |
Copiah County, Mississippi
|
51.1%
|
| 26 |
Panola County, Mississippi
|
49.4%
|
| 27 |
Warren County, Mississippi
|
47.6%
|
| 28 |
Marshall County, Mississippi
|
47.5%
|
| 29 |
Winston County, Mississippi
|
46.0%
|
| 30 |
Montgomery County, Mississippi
|
45.9%
|
| 31 |
Walthall County, Mississippi
|
44.4%
|
| 32 |
Lowndes County, Mississippi
|
44.0%
|
| 33 |
Chickasaw County, Mississippi
|
43.2%
|
| 34 |
Lauderdale County, Mississippi
|
43.2%
|
| 35 |
Attala County, Mississippi
|
42.2%
|
| 36 |
Grenada County, Mississippi
|
42.1%
|
| 37 |
Amite County, Mississippi
|
41.4%
|
| 38 |
Leake County, Mississippi
|
41.0%
|
| 39 |
Wayne County, Mississippi
|
38.9%
|
| 40 |
Madison County, Mississippi
|
38.6%
|
| 41 |
Scott County, Mississippi
|
38.1%
|
| 42 |
Yalobusha County, Mississippi
|
37.9%
|
| 43 |
Benton County, Mississippi
|
37.3%
|
| 44 |
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
|
36.8%
|
| 45 |
Forrest County, Mississippi
|
36.7%
|
| 46 |
Covington County, Mississippi
|
35.8%
|
| 47 |
Simpson County, Mississippi
|
35.6%
|
| 48 |
Franklin County, Mississippi
|
35.2%
|
| 49 |
Clarke County, Mississippi
|
34.5%
|
| 50 |
Carroll County, Mississippi
|
33.5%
|
| 51 |
Marion County, Mississippi
|
32.7%
|
| 52 |
Lawrence County, Mississippi
|
31.0%
|
| 53 |
Monroe County, Mississippi
|
30.7%
|
| 54 |
Tate County, Mississippi
|
30.6%
|
| 55 |
Lincoln County, Mississippi
|
30.6%
|
| 56 |
Newton County, Mississippi
|
30.4%
|
| 57 |
Choctaw County, Mississippi
|
30.2%
|
| 58 |
Jones County, Mississippi
|
29.0%
|
| 59 |
Calhoun County, Mississippi
|
28.5%
|
| 60 |
Lee County, Mississippi
|
28.2%
|
| 61 |
Greene County, Mississippi
|
27.0%
|
| 62 |
Lafayette County, Mississippi
|
24.1%
|
| 63 |
Smith County, Mississippi
|
23.5%
|
| 64 |
DeSoto County, Mississippi
|
23.4%
|
| 65 |
Harrison County, Mississippi
|
23.4%
|
| 66 |
Jackson County, Mississippi
|
22.1%
|
| 67 |
Neshoba County, Mississippi
|
21.3%
|
| 68 |
Lamar County, Mississippi
|
20.1%
|
| 69 |
Perry County, Mississippi
|
20.1%
|
| 70 |
Webster County, Mississippi
|
19.9%
|
| 71 |
Stone County, Mississippi
|
19.8%
|
| 72 |
Rankin County, Mississippi
|
19.6%
|
| 73 |
Tippah County, Mississippi
|
16.1%
|
| 74 |
Union County, Mississippi
|
14.9%
|
| 75 |
Pontotoc County, Mississippi
|
14.8%
|
| 76 |
Prentiss County, Mississippi
|
14.3%
|
| 77 |
Pearl River County, Mississippi
|
12.7%
|
| 78 |
Alcorn County, Mississippi
|
12.1%
|
| 79 |
George County, Mississippi
|
8.4%
|
| 80 |
Hancock County, Mississippi
|
7.8%
|
| 81 |
Itawamba County, Mississippi
|
6.4%
|
| 82 |
Tishomingo County, Mississippi
|
2.8%
|