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African Americans in Mississippi. African Americans in Mississippi or Black Mississippians are residents of the state of Mississippi who are of African American ancestry. As of the 2019 U.S. Census estimates, African Americans were 37.8% of the state's population which is the highest in the nation.
The state currently has a Black population of about 38%. As of 2024, there are 42-Black majority districts in the 122-member House (34.4%) and 15 Black majority districts in the 52-member Senate ...
Hattiesburg is the 4th most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, located primarily in Forrest County (where it is the county seat and most populous city) [4] and extending west into Lamar County. The city population was 45,989 at the 2010 census, [5] with the population now being 48,730 in 2020. [6]
Considering only those who marked "black" and no other race in combination, as in the first table, the percentage was 12.4% in 2020, down from 12.6% in 2010. [1] Considering those who marked "black" and any other race in combination, as in the second table, the percentage increased from 13.6% to 14.2%.
The list below displays each majority-Black county (or county-equivalent) in the fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. It includes the county's total population, the number of Black people in the county, and the percentage of people in the county who are Black as of the 2020 Census. The table is initially sorted by the ...
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Today, 26% of the state’s unhoused population is Black, while African Americans make up just 7% of the state’s population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
This list of U.S. cities by black population covers all incorporated cities and Census-designated places with a population over 100,000 and a proportion of black residents over 30% in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each city that is black or African American.