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Madison County, Mississippi
38,647 Black residents · 35.4% of the county · ranked 4 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
Madison County is a Mississippi county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Madison County held 109,145 residents in all, of whom 38,647 — 35.4% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 109,145 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 38,647 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 35.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 4 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 Madison County: 36,368 Black residents in 2010 and 38,647 in 2020. The population grew by 6.3%, and the Black share in Madison County moved from 38.2% to 35.4%.
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
Madison County is one of 82 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Mississippi. Together they hold the state's 1.1 million Black residents, and Madison County's 38,647 of them give it rank 4 of 82 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Madison County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Madison County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Madison County page holds the frame around them — 109,145 people in all, 38,647 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.