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Moss Point, Mississippi
8,697 Black residents · 71.6% of the place
In the published counts, Moss Point, Mississippi, holds 8,697 Black residents among 12,147 people in all — a Black share of 71.6%, against the statewide 36.6%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 12,147 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,697 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 71.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi places | 22 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 published record across two censuses for Moss Point: 10,080 Black residents in 2010, 8,697 in 2020 — declined by 13.7% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 73.6% to 71.6%.
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 gazetteer enters Moss Point among Mississippi's 428 counted places, at rank 22 by Black population on a count of 8,697. The figures for Moss Point are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
Moss Point is a place of 12,147 people, and it carries its institutions at its own scale — congregations, schools, and businesses recorded in the federal counts as counts, and in this gazetteer as part of the county and state frames above this entry. The entry's work is the fixing of Moss Point itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.