What percent of Mississippi is black?

37.8\%
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Population
White alone, percent	 59.1\%
Black or African American alone, percent(a)	 37.8\%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a)	 0.6\%
Asian alone, percent(a)	 1.1\%

What is the racial makeup of Mississippi?

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Mississippi are White (Non-Hispanic) (56.3\%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (37.8\%), White (Hispanic) (1.73\%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (1.26\%), and Asian (Non-Hispanic) (1.04\%). 0\% of the households in Mississippi speak a non-English language at home as their primary language.

Which of the following racial ethnic groups has the highest poverty rate?

By race, the highest national poverty rates were for American Indians and Alaska Natives (27.0 percent) and Blacks or African Americans (25.8 percent). Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders had a national poverty rate of 17.6 percent.

How diverse is Mississippi?

Mississippi Demographics White: 58.41\% Black or African American: 37.72\% Two or more races: 1.35\%

What is the blackest state in the United States?

By 2019 census estimates

\% African- American	Rank	State or territory
76.0\%	1	Virgin Islands (U.S.)
47.2\%	2	District of Columbia
38.9\%	3	Mississippi
33.5\%	4	Georgia

Which race is the poorest in the United States?

As of 2010 about half of those living in poverty are non-Hispanic white (19.6 million). Non-Hispanic white children comprised 57\% of all poor rural children. In FY 2009, African American families comprised 33.3\% of TANF families, non-Hispanic white families comprised 31.2\%, and 28.8\% were Hispanic.

Which area of the United States has the highest poverty rate?

All data is from the United States Census Bureau. From 2017–2018, the lowest poverty rate was in New Hampshire, and the highest poverty rate was in American Samoa (the highest poverty rate among the states was in Mississippi).

Why is Mississippi ranked so poorly?

WalletHub’s “2016 State’s with Best and Worse Economies” report ranked Mississippi 51st in overall, due to the state’s low GDP, low median annual household income and high unemployment rate.

How does Mississippi rank in poverty?

Mississippi’s safety score was the lowest in the nation, with the highest homicide rate, 15.4 per 100,000 people, and a life expectancy of 74.6 years. The state also has the worst poverty rate of 20.3\%, while having a very low mean household income of $62,835 — the lowest salary ranking of any state.

Is Mississippi the poorest state in the US?

Even though they are already the hungriest state in the country, Mississippi is also considered the poorest of all states. 50 out of 82 counties in Mississippi are considered to be living in extreme poverty, which means they have a poverty rate of 20\% or more which they have maintained for over 30 years.

Why is the Mississippi Delta so poor?

The Mississippi Delta is situated at the center of the so called Black Belt. Majority of the black people living there can trace their roots back to slave plantations that are probably close to where they live now. Agriculture doesn’t exactly make huge money and the rural areas where agriculture dominates generally are poorer.

Why is food insecurity higher in rural areas in Mississippi?

Due to the lack of resources to be able to get food, Mississippi rural areas have a higher rate of food insecurity than in the urban areas. Rural counties that are in the South with a population of 20,000 or more have a food insecurity rate of 18\%, while the urban counties in the Northeast have food insecurity rate of 10\%.

Why is Mississippi the least healthy state?

Healthcare.org reports that of all states in the country, Mississippi is the least healthy. Mississippians who are among the marginalized racial and ethnic groups suffer most from food insecurity. Like majority of the southern states, Mississippi still bears the scars that were cuased by slavery.