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Olive Branch, Mississippi
13,881 Black residents · 35.0% of the place
Olive Branch is a city in Mississippi, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 39,711 residents in all, 13,881 of them Black alone — 35.0% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 39,711 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 13,881 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 35.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi places | 10 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
Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Olive Branch grew — 7,743 in 2010 and 13,881 in 2020, a change of +79.3%. The Black share of Olive Branch moved from 23.1% to 35.0% over the same span.
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 Olive Branch among Mississippi's 428 counted places, at rank 10 by Black population on a count of 13,881. The figures for Olive Branch are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
The institutions of Olive Branch — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 39,711 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Olive Branch: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.