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DeSoto County, Mississippi
56,205 Black residents · 30.3% of the county · ranked 2 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
The gazetteer enters DeSoto County, Mississippi, on its published figures: a total population of 185,314 in 2020, with 56,205 Black residents counted alone — 30.3% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 185,314 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 56,205 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 30.3% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 2 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 DeSoto County: 35,266 Black residents in 2010, 56,205 in 2020 — grew by 59.4% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 21.9% to 30.3%.
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
Within Mississippi, the Census Bureau counts 82 counties and county equivalents, DeSoto County among them; it stands 2 by Black population, with 56,205 Black residents of the state's 1.1 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of DeSoto County, Mississippi, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black DeSoto County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The DeSoto County page holds the frame around them — 185,314 people in all, 56,205 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.