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Lincoln County, Mississippi
10,542 Black residents · 30.2% of the county · ranked 29 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
In Lincoln County, Mississippi, the 2020 Census counted 34,907 people, 10,542 of them Black alone. At 30.2%, Lincoln 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 | 34,907 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,542 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 30.2% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 29 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 Lincoln County counted 10,443 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 10,542. The population grew by 0.9% across the decade, and the Black share in Lincoln County moved from 29.9% to 30.2%.
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, Lincoln County among them; it stands 29 by Black population, with 10,542 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 Lincoln County, Mississippi, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Lincoln County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Lincoln County page holds the frame around them — 34,907 people in all, 10,542 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.