Mississippi: the counties with the highest share of Black students

73 counties

Mississippi counties ranked by the share of public school students who are Black or African American. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 43.8%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Holmes County	MS	7	2,300	2,255	98.0%
2	Sunflower County	MS	11	2,807	2,624	93.5%
3	Tallahatchie County	MS	5	1,345	1,202	89.4%
4	Adams County	MS	7	2,714	2,403	88.5%
5	Tunica County	MS	5	1,598	1,394	87.2%
6	Claiborne County	MS	3	1,135	954	84.1%
7	Leflore County	MS	13	3,921	3,241	82.7%
8	Jefferson County	MS	3	1,083	886	81.8%
9	Clay County	MS	6	2,528	2,011	79.5%
10	Hinds County	MS	69	32,870	25,620	77.9%
11	Yazoo County	MS	7	3,040	2,336	76.8%
12	Bolivar County	MS	15	4,415	3,342	75.7%
13	Coahoma County	MS	13	3,518	2,663	75.7%
14	Washington County	MS	21	6,329	4,655	73.6%
15	Humphreys County	MS	3	1,130	811	71.8%
16	Pike County	MS	15	5,717	4,081	71.4%
17	Jefferson Davis County	MS	4	1,217	799	65.7%
18	Oktibbeha County	MS	7	4,880	3,145	64.4%
19	Warren County	MS	14	6,610	4,124	62.4%
20	Winston County	MS	6	2,413	1,489	61.7%
21	Panola County	MS	10	5,323	3,264	61.3%
22	Copiah County	MS	7	3,397	2,028	59.7%
23	Lauderdale County	MS	20	10,325	5,893	57.1%
24	Lowndes County	MS	16	8,512	4,783	56.2%
25	Walthall County	MS	5	1,698	949	55.9%
26	Wayne County	MS	6	2,977	1,623	54.5%
27	Leake County	MS	7	2,644	1,435	54.3%
28	Marshall County	MS	12	3,762	2,041	54.3%
29	Attala County	MS	9	2,925	1,582	54.1%
30	Simpson County	MS	7	3,023	1,498	49.6%
31	Grenada County	MS	3	3,863	1,901	49.2%
32	Noxubee County	MS	3	1,321	639	48.4%
33	Madison County	MS	30	16,432	7,810	47.5%
34	Covington County	MS	7	2,492	1,175	47.2%
35	Chickasaw County	MS	8	2,709	1,265	46.7%
36	Forrest County	MS	20	10,857	4,835	44.5%
37	Franklin County	MS	4	1,147	502	43.8%
38	DeSoto County	MS	39	34,934	14,872	42.6%
39	Lawrence County	MS	5	1,674	709	42.4%
40	Jasper County	MS	7	2,110	884	41.9%
41	Lee County	MS	30	14,808	6,050	40.9%
42	Marion County	MS	11	3,667	1,456	39.7%
43	Lincoln County	MS	10	5,327	2,022	38.0%
44	Clarke County	MS	7	2,377	895	37.7%
45	Choctaw County	MS	4	1,233	439	35.6%
46	Harrison County	MS	48	30,521	10,793	35.4%
47	Tate County	MS	8	3,758	1,330	35.4%
48	Scott County	MS	11	5,627	1,965	34.9%
49	Newton County	MS	9	3,634	1,244	34.2%
50	Jones County	MS	15	11,313	3,830	33.9%

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