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Jones County, Mississippi
19,239 Black residents · 28.6% of the county · ranked 16 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
The gazetteer enters Jones County, Mississippi, on its published figures: a total population of 67,246 in 2020, with 19,239 Black residents counted alone — 28.6% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 67,246 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 19,239 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 28.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 16 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 Jones County: 19,153 Black residents in 2010, 19,239 in 2020 — grew by 0.4% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 28.3% to 28.6%.
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; Jones County holds 19,239 of it, rank 16 in the state's order. The county page for Jones County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Jones County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Jones County page holds the frame around them — 67,246 people in all, 19,239 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.