United States › Mississippi › Lafayette County
Lafayette County, Mississippi
11,381 Black residents · 20.4% of the county · ranked 27 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
Lafayette County is a Mississippi county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Lafayette County held 55,813 residents in all, of whom 11,381 — 20.4% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 55,813 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 11,381 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 20.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 27 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 Lafayette County: 11,201 Black residents in 2010 and 11,381 in 2020. The population grew by 1.6%, and the Black share in Lafayette County moved from 23.7% to 20.4%.
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; Lafayette County holds 11,381 of it, rank 27 in the state's order. The county page for Lafayette County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Lafayette 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 Lafayette County page is their frame: 55,813 residents, 11,381 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.