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Newton County, Mississippi
6,472 Black residents · 30.4% of the county · ranked 48 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
In Newton County, Mississippi, the 2020 Census counted 21,291 people, 6,472 of them Black alone. At 30.4%, Newton 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 | 21,291 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 6,472 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 30.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 48 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 Newton County counted 6,567 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 6,472. The population declined by 1.4% across the decade, and the Black share in Newton County moved from 30.2% to 30.4%.
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
Newton 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 Newton County's 6,472 of them give it rank 48 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 Newton County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Newton 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 Newton County page is their frame: 21,291 residents, 6,472 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.