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Coahoma County, Mississippi

16,281 Black residents · 76.1% of the county · ranked 20 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population

In Coahoma County, Mississippi, the 2020 Census counted 21,390 people, 16,281 of them Black alone. At 76.1%, Coahoma County's Black share stands against the state's 36.6% — the comparison this entry is built around.

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Black share of state population — Mississippi highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202021,390
Black residents (alone), 202016,281
Black share of the county, 202076.1%
Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties20 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

In 2010 Coahoma County counted 19,752 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 16,281. The population declined by 17.6% across the decade, and the Black share in Coahoma County moved from 75.5% to 76.1%.

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; Coahoma County holds 16,281 of it, rank 20 in the state's order. The county page for Coahoma County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Coahoma County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Coahoma County page is their frame: 21,390 residents, 16,281 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.