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Warren County, Mississippi
21,417 Black residents · 47.9% of the county · ranked 13 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
The gazetteer enters Warren County, Mississippi, on its published figures: a total population of 44,722 in 2020, with 21,417 Black residents counted alone — 47.9% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 44,722 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 21,417 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 47.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 13 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 Warren County: 22,920 Black residents in 2010, 21,417 in 2020 — declined by 6.6% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 47.0% to 47.9%.
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; Warren County holds 21,417 of it, rank 13 in the state's order. The county page for Warren County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Warren County, Mississippi, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Warren County page gives the frame they stand in: 44,722 residents in all, 21,417 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.