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Claiborne County, Mississippi
7,989 Black residents · 87.5% of the county · ranked 38 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
The gazetteer enters Claiborne County, Mississippi, on its published figures: a total population of 9,135 in 2020, with 7,989 Black residents counted alone — 87.5% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 9,135 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 7,989 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 87.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 38 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 published record across two censuses for Claiborne County: 8,104 Black residents in 2010, 7,989 in 2020 — declined by 1.4% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 84.4% to 87.5%.
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
The state's Black population of 1.1 million is spread across 82 counties and county equivalents; Claiborne County holds 7,989 of it, rank 38 in the state's order. The county page for Claiborne County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Claiborne County, Mississippi, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Claiborne County page gives the frame they stand in: 9,135 residents in all, 7,989 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.