.jpg) African American cotton plantation workers in Mississippi | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,149,341[1] (2017) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi Delta, rural majority Black counties throughout the state[2] | |
| Languages | |
| Southern American English, African-American Vernacular English, African American English | |
| Religion | |
| Historically Black Protestant[3] |
| Part of a series on |
| Ethnic groups in Mississippi |
|---|
|
|
|
|
| Part of a series on |
| African Americans |
|---|
.jpg)
African Americans in Mississippi or Black Mississippians are residents of the state of Mississippi who are of African American ancestry. 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.[4]
African Americans were brought to Mississippi for cotton production during the slave trade.[5]
- ^ "Mississippi". blackdemographics.com.
- ^ "Mississippi".
- ^ "Religious Landscape Study".
- ^ "Mississippi QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau". Quickfacts.census.gov. 2019. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
- ^ Antebellum Mississippi