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Harrison County, Mississippi
51,706 Black residents · 24.8% of the county · ranked 3 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
Harrison County is a Mississippi county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Harrison County held 208,621 residents in all, of whom 51,706 — 24.8% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 208,621 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 51,706 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 24.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 3 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 Harrison County: 41,393 Black residents in 2010 and 51,706 in 2020. The population grew by 24.9%, and the Black share in Harrison County moved from 22.1% to 24.8%.
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; Harrison County holds 51,706 of it, rank 3 in the state's order. The county page for Harrison County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Harrison 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 Harrison County page is their frame: 208,621 residents, 51,706 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.