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Jasper County, Mississippi
8,341 Black residents · 51.0% of the county · ranked 34 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
In Jasper County, Mississippi, the 2020 Census counted 16,367 people, 8,341 of them Black alone. At 51.0%, Jasper 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 | 16,367 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,341 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 51.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 34 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 Jasper County counted 8,970 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 8,341. The population declined by 7.0% across the decade, and the Black share in Jasper County moved from 52.6% to 51.0%.
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
Jasper County is one of 82 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Mississippi. Together they hold the state's 1.1 million Black residents, and Jasper County's 8,341 of them give it rank 34 of 82 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Jasper County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Jasper County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Jasper County page holds the frame around them — 16,367 people in all, 8,341 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.