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Lauderdale County, Mississippi
32,133 Black residents · 44.0% of the county · ranked 6 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
In Lauderdale County, Mississippi, the 2020 Census counted 72,984 people, 32,133 of them Black alone. At 44.0%, Lauderdale 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 | 72,984 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 32,133 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 44.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 6 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 Lauderdale County counted 34,330 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 32,133. The population declined by 6.4% across the decade, and the Black share in Lauderdale County moved from 42.8% to 44.0%.
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
Within Mississippi, the Census Bureau counts 82 counties and county equivalents, Lauderdale County among them; it stands 6 by Black population, with 32,133 Black residents of the state's 1.1 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County page is their frame: 72,984 residents, 32,133 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.