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Pearl River County, Mississippi
6,710 Black residents · 12.0% of the county · ranked 46 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
The gazetteer enters Pearl River County, Mississippi, on its published figures: a total population of 56,145 in 2020, with 6,710 Black residents counted alone — 12.0% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 56,145 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 6,710 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 12.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 46 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 published record across two censuses for Pearl River County: 6,872 Black residents in 2010, 6,710 in 2020 — declined by 2.4% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 12.3% to 12.0%.
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, Pearl River County among them; it stands 46 by Black population, with 6,710 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 Pearl River County, Mississippi, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Pearl River 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 Pearl River County page is their frame: 56,145 residents, 6,710 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.