Mississippi Ordered To Redraw State Supreme Court Election Map

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2. As of the 2019 U.S. Census estimates, African Americans were 37.8%

State demographics from Google search AI response

As of the 2019 U.S. Census estimates, African Americans were 37.8% of the state's population which is the highest in the nation.

In Mississippi, the non-white population makes up 44.6% of the total population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This includes Black or African American, Hispanic, and other minority groups. The white (non-Hispanic) population is 55.4%.

Like the capital, Jackson, other locations are obvious African-American majority. This is the demographic of a delta town, Greenville, where I grew up:

In Greenville, Mississippi, approximately 75.7% of the population is non-white, according to data from Data USA and Wikipedia. This includes those who identify as Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, or other non-white racial categories. Specifically, the racial breakdown is roughly: 71.9% Black or African American, 1.22% Hispanic, 0.816% Asian, and 1% from two or more races, according to Data USA.