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Rankin County, Mississippi
32,566 Black residents · 20.7% of the county · ranked 5 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
Rankin County is a Mississippi county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Rankin County held 157,031 residents in all, of whom 32,566 — 20.7% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 157,031 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 32,566 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 20.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 5 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 two-census record for Rankin County: 26,634 Black residents in 2010 and 32,566 in 2020. The population grew by 22.3%, and the Black share in Rankin County moved from 18.8% to 20.7%.
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; Rankin County holds 32,566 of it, rank 5 in the state's order. The county page for Rankin County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Rankin County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Rankin County page holds the frame around them — 157,031 people in all, 32,566 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.