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Panola County, Mississippi
16,092 Black residents · 48.5% of the county · ranked 21 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
Panola County is a Mississippi county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Panola County held 33,208 residents in all, of whom 16,092 — 48.5% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 33,208 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 16,092 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 48.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 21 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 Panola County: 16,875 Black residents in 2010 and 16,092 in 2020. The population declined by 4.6%, and the Black share in Panola County moved from 48.6% to 48.5%.
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; Panola County holds 16,092 of it, rank 21 in the state's order. The county page for Panola County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Panola County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Panola County page holds the frame around them — 33,208 people in all, 16,092 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.