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Pike County, Mississippi

21,562 Black residents · 53.5% of the county · ranked 12 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population

The gazetteer enters Pike County, Mississippi, on its published figures: a total population of 40,324 in 2020, with 21,562 Black residents counted alone — 53.5% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.

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Black share of state population — Mississippi highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202040,324
Black residents (alone), 202021,562
Black share of the county, 202053.5%
Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties12 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 Pike County: 20,813 Black residents in 2010, 21,562 in 2020 — grew by 3.6% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 51.5% to 53.5%.

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; Pike County holds 21,562 of it, rank 12 in the state's order. The county page for Pike County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Pike 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 Pike County page is their frame: 40,324 residents, 21,562 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.