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Leake County, Mississippi

8,235 Black residents · 38.7% of the county · ranked 36 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population

In Leake County, Mississippi, the 2020 Census counted 21,275 people, 8,235 of them Black alone. At 38.7%, Leake County's Black share stands against the state's 36.6% — the comparison this entry is built around.

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Black share of state population — Mississippi highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202021,275
Black residents (alone), 20208,235
Black share of the county, 202038.7%
Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties36 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 Leake County counted 9,654 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 8,235. The population declined by 14.7% across the decade, and the Black share in Leake County moved from 40.6% to 38.7%.

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; Leake County holds 8,235 of it, rank 36 in the state's order. The county page for Leake County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

Black Leake County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Leake County page holds the frame around them — 21,275 people in all, 8,235 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.