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Washington County, Mississippi
32,042 Black residents · 71.3% of the county · ranked 7 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
The gazetteer enters Washington County, Mississippi, on its published figures: a total population of 44,922 in 2020, with 32,042 Black residents counted alone — 71.3% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 44,922 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 32,042 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 71.3% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 7 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 Washington County: 36,468 Black residents in 2010, 32,042 in 2020 — declined by 12.1% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 71.3% to 71.3%.
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; Washington County holds 32,042 of it, rank 7 in the state's order. The county page for Washington County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Washington 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 Washington County page gives the frame they stand in: 44,922 residents in all, 32,042 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.