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Horn Lake, Mississippi

13,231 Black residents · 49.5% of the place

The 2020 Census counted 26,736 people in Horn Lake, Mississippi, and 13,231 of them — 49.5% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Horn Lake is built on.

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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, 202026,736
Black residents (alone), 202013,231
Black share of the place, 202049.5%
Rank by Black population among Mississippi places11 of 428

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 Horn Lake: 8,565 Black residents in 2010 and 13,231 in 2020. The population grew by 54.5%, and the Black share in Horn Lake moved from 32.9% to 49.5%.

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

Of the 428 places the Census Bureau counts in Mississippi, Horn Lake ranks 11 by Black population, with 13,231 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Horn Lake within its official bounds, printed as released.

Institutions

In Horn Lake, a place of 26,736, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Horn Lake itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.