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Yazoo County, Mississippi
15,931 Black residents · 59.6% of the county · ranked 22 of 82 in Mississippi by Black population
The gazetteer enters Yazoo County, Mississippi, on its published figures: a total population of 26,743 in 2020, with 15,931 Black residents counted alone — 59.6% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 26,743 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 15,931 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 59.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi counties | 22 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 Yazoo County: 16,013 Black residents in 2010, 15,931 in 2020 — declined by 0.5% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 57.1% to 59.6%.
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
Yazoo County is one of 82 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Mississippi. Together they hold the state's 1.1 million Black residents, and Yazoo County's 15,931 of them give it rank 22 of 82 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Yazoo County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Yazoo County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Yazoo County page holds the frame around them — 26,743 people in all, 15,931 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.