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Hinds County, Mississippi
158,112 Black residents · 69.4% of the county · ranked 1 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
In Hinds County, Mississippi, the 2020 Census counted 227,742 people, 158,112 of them Black alone. At 69.4%, Hinds County's Black share stands against the state's 36.6% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 227,742 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 158,112 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 69.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 1 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 Hinds County counted 169,370 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 158,112. The population declined by 6.6% across the decade, and the Black share in Hinds County moved from 69.1% to 69.4%.
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; Hinds County holds 158,112 of it, rank 1 in the state's order. The county page for Hinds County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Hinds County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Hinds County page holds the frame around them — 227,742 people in all, 158,112 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.