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Bolivar County, Mississippi
19,365 Black residents · 62.5% of the county · ranked 15 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
Bolivar County is a Mississippi county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Bolivar County held 30,985 residents in all, of whom 19,365 — 62.5% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 30,985 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 19,365 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 62.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 15 of 82 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The two-census record for Bolivar County: 21,920 Black residents in 2010 and 19,365 in 2020. The population declined by 11.7%, and the Black share in Bolivar County moved from 64.2% to 62.5%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Bolivar County is one of 82 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Mississippi. Together they hold the state's 1.1 million Black residents, and Bolivar County's 19,365 of them give it rank 15 of 82 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Bolivar County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Bolivar County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Bolivar County page holds the frame around them — 30,985 people in all, 19,365 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.