RANKING · 2024 ACS · 500 SHOWN OF 3,144

Highest Black population share, US counties

US counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Black or African American (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Black residents as a percentage of total population. Claiborne County, Mississippi leads at 85.9%. 3,144 counties qualify in total. Mississippi carries 13 of the top 25 entries. The median across all 3,144 is 2.1%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Stewart County, GA, up 85 places to #26.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBLACKVS 2000

USUnited States334,922,49911.9%–

01Claiborne County, MSMS8,05885.9%+2.3 pts

02Jefferson County, MSMS6,82582.9%−3.1 pts

03▲1Greene County, ALAL7,06781.2%+1.4 pts

04▼1Holmes County, MSMS15,46581.0%+3.0 pts

05▲2Tunica County, MSMS8,81979.9%+10.3 pts

06Humphreys County, MSMS7,00178.2%+7.2 pts

07▼2Macon County, ALAL18,13277.5%−6.7 pts

08▲7Sharkey County, MSMS3,09775.7%+6.9 pts

09▼1Coahoma County, MSMS19,84974.4%+5.5 pts

10Leflore County, MSMS25,68674.3%+7.1 pts

11Petersburg, VAVA33,73474.2%−4.4 pts

12▲11Lowndes County, ALAL9,35973.8%+0.8 pts

13▲5Noxubee County, MSMS9,79873.6%+4.7 pts

14▼5Quitman County, MSMS5,36473.5%+5.1 pts

15▲6Sunflower County, MSMS22,89372.7%+3.2 pts

16▲9Hinds County, MSMS211,88871.7%+10.8 pts

17▼3Washington County, MSMS40,44671.4%+7.1 pts

18▲4Perry County, ALAL7,42571.2%+3.3 pts

19▲1Dougherty County, GAGA82,61670.2%+10.3 pts

20▼3Wilcox County, ALAL9,66670.0%−1.5 pts

21▼2Dallas County, ALAL35,14069.9%+6.9 pts

22▲5Hancock County, GAGA8,68269.7%−7.9 pts

23▼10Bullock County, ALAL9,78069.5%−3.0 pts

24▲2Clayton County, GAGA297,47168.5%+17.4 pts

25▼13Sumter County, ALAL11,58868.1%−4.3 pts

26▲85Stewart County, GAGA4,63167.7%+6.7 pts

27▲12Randolph County, GAGA6,15667.4%+8.2 pts

28Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58267.2%−0.9 pts

29▼13Allendale County, SCSC7,35566.3%−4.4 pts

30▲1Emporia, VAVA5,44764.3%+8.3 pts

31▲2Bolivar County, MSMS28,26263.2%−1.6 pts

32▼2Williamsburg County, SCSC29,66263.1%−2.8 pts

33▲28Issaquena County, MSMS1,26362.2%−0.5 pts

34▲2Lee County, SCSC15,73062.2%−1.1 pts

35▼11East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76062.0%−4.9 pts

36▼2Madison Parish, LALA8,84461.9%+1.7 pts

37▲10Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87760.8%+1.8 pts

38▼1Orangeburg County, SCSC83,17760.7%+0.1 pts

39▲21Clay County, GAGA2,81560.5%+0.7 pts

40▼8Phillips County, ARAR14,25560.2%+1.6 pts

41▲8Clay County, MSMS18,23860.2%+4.0 pts

42▼4Terrell County, GAGA8,65659.9%−0.4 pts

43▼3Bertie County, NCNC17,08659.6%−2.5 pts

44Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94159.5%+2.5 pts

45▼10Kemper County, MSMS8,60059.4%+1.8 pts

46Bamberg County, SCSC12,79659.4%−2.7 pts

47▲5Montgomery County, ALAL225,89158.8%+10.4 pts

48▲3Baltimore, MDMD569,99758.5%−5.5 pts

49▼8Macon County, GAGA11,75658.4%−0.8 pts

50▼21Calhoun County, GAGA5,41358.4%−0.6 pts

51▼9Prince George's County, MDMD970,37458.2%−4.0 pts

52▼2Rockdale County, GAGA98,41657.5%+39.4 pts

53▼10Yazoo County, MSMS22,94757.1%+3.6 pts

54▼1St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87556.8%+12.2 pts

55▲3Jefferson County, ARAR62,98756.3%+6.9 pts

56▲60Webster County, GAGA2,36956.1%+9.1 pts

57▼2Adams County, MSMS30,06156.0%+3.6 pts

58▼13Warren County, GAGA5,26956.0%−3.3 pts

59▼11Greensville County, VAVA11,18155.9%−3.6 pts

60▲4Richmond County, GAGA206,55955.7%+6.4 pts

61▼7Hertford County, NCNC19,01555.6%−3.6 pts

62Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12155.5%−1.7 pts

63▼7Franklin, VAVA8,47854.8%+2.7 pts

64▼5Marion County, SCSC28,24254.8%−1.2 pts

65Bibb County, GAGA157,55654.7%+7.5 pts

66▼9Hale County, ALAL15,19454.6%−4.0 pts

67▼1Lee County, ARAR8,02954.5%−2.2 pts

68▲6Fairfield County, SCSC20,34054.5%−4.4 pts

69▼6Northampton County, NCNC16,49154.4%−4.9 pts

70▼3St. Francis County, ARAR21,80054.4%+5.7 pts

71▲6Sussex County, VAVA10,75554.1%−7.9 pts

72▼3Tensas Parish, LALA3,70054.0%−1.1 pts

73▼3Orleans Parish, LALA362,15453.9%−12.8 pts

74▲2Talbot County, GAGA5,70953.7%−7.5 pts

75▲4Pike County, MSMS38,71253.6%+6.2 pts

76▲4Chicot County, ARAR9,10753.3%−0.1 pts

77▲9Early County, GAGA10,45553.2%+5.4 pts

78▼5Washington County, GAGA19,45353.1%+0.1 pts

79▲11Jefferson County, GAGA15,01152.7%−3.2 pts

80▲77Quitman County, GAGA2,25452.5%+5.8 pts

81▲3Shelby County, TNTN910,22652.3%+3.9 pts

82▼4Gadsden County, FLFL44,29852.2%−4.6 pts

83▲5Jasper County, MSMS15,78552.0%−0.7 pts

84▼1Hampton County, SCSC18,17451.9%−3.4 pts

85▼17Brunswick County, VAVA15,72751.5%−5.0 pts

86▲1Halifax County, NCNC46,53451.5%−0.8 pts

87▲14Henry County, GAGA264,92251.2%+36.6 pts

88▼17Crittenden County, ARAR46,21050.9%+4.0 pts

89▼7Marengo County, ALAL18,31150.8%−0.6 pts

90▼18St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75850.7%−1.4 pts

91▲2Copiah County, MSMS27,49750.5%−0.1 pts

92▼7Danville, VAVA41,64750.5%+6.5 pts

93▼1DeKalb County, GAGA774,39450.4%−3.4 pts

94▲41Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35450.3%+3.2 pts

95▼14Portsmouth, VAVA96,77750.2%−0.1 pts

96▼7Sumter County, GAGA28,80149.8%+1.1 pts

97▲7Douglas County, GAGA154,29349.2%+30.8 pts

98▲8Desha County, ARAR9,98449.0%+3.1 pts

99▼8Haywood County, TNTN17,04248.8%−2.1 pts

100▲3Caddo Parish, LALA224,22648.7%+4.3 pts

101▲4Warren County, MSMS41,75948.6%+5.6 pts

102▼2Charles County, MDMD176,59348.4%+22.5 pts

103▲6Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70548.3%+5.3 pts

104▼2Panola County, MSMS32,69148.2%+0.2 pts

105▼7Hampton, VAVA137,31548.1%+3.9 pts

106▼12Marlboro County, SCSC25,48847.7%−2.8 pts

107▲29Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73047.7%+6.8 pts

108▼11Washington County, NCNC10,63847.7%−1.2 pts

109▼1St. James Parish, LALA18,93847.4%−1.8 pts

110▼15Vance County, NCNC42,63847.3%−0.6 pts

111▼1Newton County, GAGA125,58347.3%+25.2 pts

112▼13Warren County, NCNC18,89847.3%−6.9 pts

113▲2Winston County, MSMS17,47347.1%+4.0 pts

114▲3Richland County, SCSC434,95646.9%+2.1 pts

115▼19Dooly County, GAGA11,15646.9%−2.4 pts

116▼9Barbour County, ALAL24,60746.3%+0.3 pts

117▼3Muscogee County, GAGA202,17146.1%+2.8 pts

118▼43Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66245.9%−14.3 pts

119▼6Sumter County, SCSC105,06745.8%−0.7 pts

120▼1Dillon County, SCSC27,45845.3%+0.1 pts

121▲12Russell County, ALAL58,89845.1%+4.4 pts

122▼10Mitchell County, GAGA20,46745.0%−2.7 pts

123▼1Burke County, GAGA24,40845.0%−5.7 pts

124▲6Conecuh County, ALAL10,89944.9%+1.7 pts

125▲6Crisp County, GAGA19,23744.8%+1.5 pts

126▲11Grenada County, MSMS20,86844.7%+4.0 pts

127Butler County, ALAL18,10044.7%+4.2 pts

128▼5Montgomery County, MSMS9,35444.6%0.0 pts

129▼4Clarke County, ALAL22,01444.6%+1.8 pts

130▼9Anson County, NCNC21,75844.6%−3.9 pts

131▲8Attala County, MSMS17,10044.2%+4.4 pts

132▼8Clarendon County, SCSC31,04344.1%−8.8 pts

133▼13Martinsville, VAVA13,84943.9%+1.8 pts

134▼16East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18043.6%+3.6 pts

135▼6Lowndes County, MSMS57,34643.6%+2.2 pts

136▼8Iberville Parish, LALA29,57943.2%−6.2 pts

137▲14Florence County, SCSC138,50442.9%+3.8 pts

138▲272West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13442.9%−7.3 pts

139▼13Marshall County, MSMS34,65442.8%−7.2 pts

140Barnwell County, SCSC20,65342.8%+0.4 pts

141▲31Dallas County, ARAR6,01142.6%+1.9 pts

142Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79142.1%−2.1 pts

143▲7Jefferson County, ALAL665,74242.1%+2.9 pts

144▼6St. Louis, MOMO278,14442.1%−8.9 pts

145▲2Monroe County, ALAL18,96541.9%+2.1 pts

146▲3Decatur County, GAGA29,43241.9%+2.1 pts

147▲9Walthall County, MSMS13,92841.9%−1.6 pts

148▲11District of Columbia, DCDC693,64541.6%−17.8 pts

149▼6Hopewell, VAVA23,26141.6%+8.4 pts

150▼2Suffolk, VAVA104,69941.6%−1.7 pts

151▼17Peach County, GAGA29,87741.4%−3.7 pts

152▼6Baldwin County, GAGA44,02941.3%−1.9 pts

153▲26Pickens County, ALAL18,22140.9%−1.8 pts

154▲20West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75640.8%+5.4 pts

155▼10Liberty County, GAGA70,31340.8%−1.4 pts

156▲21Ouachita County, ARAR21,73140.8%+2.3 pts

157▼25Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31740.8%+2.8 pts

158▲6Darlington County, SCSC62,88840.6%−0.9 pts

159▼6Newport News, VAVA183,23040.6%+2.0 pts

160▲10Richmond, VAVA237,25740.6%−16.3 pts

161▼17Charles City County, VAVA6,62340.5%−14.2 pts

162▼1Bienville Parish, LALA12,26940.3%−3.2 pts

163▲17Red River Parish, LALA7,16540.3%−0.2 pts

164▼1Monroe County, ARAR6,24440.2%+1.5 pts

165▲4McDuffie County, GAGA21,64040.1%+2.8 pts

166▼1Martin County, NCNC21,60140.1%−5.0 pts

167▲23Amite County, MSMS12,48740.1%−2.3 pts

168▲15Nash County, NCNC99,36540.1%+6.3 pts

169▼14McCormick County, SCSC10,21540.0%−13.7 pts

170▼18St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76539.7%−2.2 pts

171▲35East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91139.6%−7.2 pts

172▲10Twiggs County, GAGA7,59739.4%−3.9 pts

173▼7Wilkes County, GAGA9,54039.4%−3.6 pts

174▼1Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08939.4%+1.2 pts

175▼7Lenoir County, NCNC55,83739.2%−1.0 pts

176▲44Meriwether County, GAGA21,51639.1%−2.9 pts

177▲16Screven County, GAGA14,40839.0%−6.0 pts

178▼20Surry County, VAVA6,60339.0%−12.4 pts

179▼12Concordia Parish, LALA17,83639.0%+1.6 pts

180▲11Calhoun County, SCSC14,18839.0%−9.3 pts

181▲3Leake County, MSMS21,66238.9%+1.7 pts

182▼7Norfolk, VAVA231,01338.9%−4.7 pts

183▲9Wilson County, NCNC81,15038.6%−0.5 pts

184▲3Somerset County, MDMD24,97338.5%−2.3 pts

185▼4Chambers County, ALAL34,25338.4%+0.5 pts

186▲17Chatham County, GAGA311,85538.4%−1.9 pts

187▲2Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,28138.3%−4.2 pts

188▼17Hardeman County, TNTN25,27438.2%−2.7 pts

189▲19Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09937.9%+5.5 pts

190▼12Wayne County, MSMS19,80737.9%+0.1 pts

191▲19Taylor County, GAGA7,81837.8%−4.6 pts

192▲20Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65037.7%−2.9 pts

193▼39Choctaw County, ALAL11,90437.5%−6.3 pts

194▲7Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54237.2%+3.7 pts

195▼35Jenkins County, GAGA8,84337.1%−3.0 pts

196▲22Madison County, MSMS116,29837.1%−0.3 pts

197▲7Pike County, ALAL33,68837.1%+0.7 pts

198Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37537.0%−1.4 pts

199▼11Scotland County, NCNC33,32237.0%−0.1 pts

200▼4Lowndes County, GAGA122,86737.0%+3.2 pts

201▼15Wheeler County, GAGA7,57037.0%+3.9 pts

202▼17Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36036.9%−2.7 pts

203▲50Lafayette County, ARAR5,88836.9%+0.6 pts

204▼28Baker County, GAGA2,72536.8%−13.2 pts

205▲12Essex County, VAVA10,65436.8%−2.0 pts

206▼9Cumberland County, NCNC338,47336.7%+2.4 pts

207▲6Pulaski County, ARAR404,61136.7%+4.9 pts

208▼13Wayne County, MIMI1,769,03836.6%−5.4 pts

209▼9Laurens County, GAGA51,04136.5%+2.2 pts

210▼48Turner County, GAGA8,98336.4%−4.3 pts

211▼12Nottoway County, VAVA15,79636.2%−4.2 pts

212▼5Madison County, TNTN100,79036.2%+3.9 pts

213▲17Troup County, GAGA72,84436.0%+4.2 pts

214▲22Spalding County, GAGA70,77535.8%+4.8 pts

215▲9Mobile County, ALAL411,65835.7%+2.5 pts

216▼11Richland Parish, LALA19,58235.7%−2.1 pts

217▲22Simpson County, MSMS25,49835.6%+1.4 pts

218▲8Madison County, FLFL18,75935.5%−4.4 pts

219▼10Forrest County, MSMS79,03435.5%+2.1 pts

220▲14Telfair County, GAGA11,19535.5%−2.8 pts

221▼27Essex County, NJNJ896,37935.4%−4.9 pts

222Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89635.4%−1.9 pts

223▲18Franklin County, MSMS7,49135.0%−1.0 pts

224▼10Thomas County, GAGA46,36834.9%−3.7 pts

225▲4Covington County, MSMS17,89834.8%−0.6 pts

226▼3Pitt County, NCNC182,93634.7%+1.2 pts

227Chester County, SCSC33,00134.5%−4.0 pts

228▲5Benton County, MSMS7,50234.5%−1.9 pts

229▼18De Soto Parish, LALA27,38134.4%−7.5 pts

230▲46Carroll County, MSMS9,22634.4%−2.0 pts

231▲6Columbia County, ARAR21,89434.4%−1.6 pts

232▼7Mississippi County, ARAR37,82834.4%+1.8 pts

233▲2Halifax County, VAVA33,44734.3%−3.6 pts

234▲133Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22334.3%+7.3 pts

235▼16Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20134.2%−5.7 pts

236▼21Scott County, MSMS28,07333.8%−4.7 pts

237▼5Colleton County, SCSC39,38233.6%−8.2 pts

238▲86Pulaski County, ILIL4,82033.6%+3.0 pts

239▲8Webster Parish, LALA34,94833.5%+0.8 pts

240▲2Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61733.5%−0.4 pts

241▲3Guilford County, NCNC562,23433.5%+4.4 pts

242▲12Seminole County, GAGA9,16233.5%−1.0 pts

243▲28Alexander County, ILIL4,57032.9%−1.9 pts

244▲4Johnson County, GAGA9,31032.8%−3.8 pts

245▼2Jasper County, SCSC38,53332.8%−19.7 pts

246▼18Brooks County, GAGA16,10132.8%−6.3 pts

247▲3Jefferson County, TXTX254,32132.7%−0.8 pts

248▲63Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53732.6%−6.7 pts

249▲31DeSoto County, MSMS197,91832.6%+21.3 pts

250▼19Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52032.6%−5.0 pts

251▲9Chowan County, NCNC14,08232.4%−4.9 pts

252▼14Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,74732.4%−6.5 pts

253▲11Lunenburg County, VAVA12,05832.4%−6.0 pts

254▲8Houston County, GAGA178,21432.2%+7.7 pts

255▲1Bladen County, NCNC30,00732.1%−5.6 pts

256▼40Wilcox County, GAGA8,79732.1%−3.9 pts

257▼5Union County, ARAR36,92632.1%+0.2 pts

258▲8Hoke County, NCNC56,93932.1%−5.2 pts

259▼19Durham County, NCNC347,24031.8%−7.4 pts

260▲12Lawrence County, MSMS11,81931.7%−0.2 pts

261▲17Newton County, MSMS20,96031.6%+1.3 pts

262▼41Greene County, NCNC20,70031.5%−9.6 pts

263▼2Emanuel County, GAGA23,14731.3%−1.9 pts

264▲4Marion County, MSMS24,00131.2%−0.4 pts

265▲24Richmond County, NCNC42,04131.2%+0.8 pts

266▲19Greenwood County, SCSC70,37931.2%−0.3 pts

267▼16Clarke County, MSMS15,10231.2%−3.4 pts

268▲29Nevada County, ARAR7,94231.2%+0.1 pts

269▼23Iberia Parish, LALA66,84631.0%+0.4 pts

270▲39Gates County, NCNC10,23431.0%−8.1 pts

271▲24Dodge County, GAGA19,66330.9%+1.6 pts

272▲22Prince George County, VAVA43,93630.9%−1.2 pts

273▲4Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36830.8%+1.6 pts

274▼5Rapides Parish, LALA125,87730.7%+0.4 pts

275▼18Pulaski County, GAGA10,17230.6%−3.3 pts

276▼17Buckingham County, VAVA17,13730.6%−8.3 pts

277▼10Treutlen County, GAGA6,46630.6%−2.3 pts

278▲9Caswell County, NCNC22,56330.5%−5.9 pts

279▼14Hamilton County, FLFL14,18030.4%−6.9 pts

280▲6Leon County, FLFL299,04830.2%+1.3 pts

281▼26Edgefield County, SCSC29,80830.1%−11.2 pts

282▲9Baltimore County, MDMD847,65030.1%+10.2 pts

283Lincoln County, MSMS35,01230.0%+0.4 pts

284▼9Chesterfield County, SCSC44,74030.0%−2.8 pts

285▲19Lee County, MSMS83,73129.9%+5.5 pts

286▲17Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,89629.8%−3.7 pts

287▼29Talladega County, ALAL81,60329.8%−1.6 pts

288▲12Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38329.7%+2.1 pts

289▲4Ware County, GAGA36,90629.7%+1.8 pts

290▼9Monroe County, MSMS33,31829.7%−0.9 pts

291▼18Northampton County, VAVA11,87929.6%−13.1 pts

292▼10Wayne County, NCNC122,27829.6%−3.3 pts

293▲5Tift County, GAGA42,25429.5%+1.7 pts

294▼20Greene County, GAGA21,36729.5%−14.6 pts

295▼154Prince Edward County, VAVA22,39129.5%−6.1 pts

296▲5Cumberland County, VAVA10,35229.4%−7.7 pts

297▼7Escambia County, ALAL36,66529.4%−1.3 pts

298▼10Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34629.2%+1.0 pts

299▲8Coosa County, ALAL10,16129.2%−4.8 pts

300▼4Tate County, MSMS28,72529.2%−1.7 pts

301▼52Southampton County, VAVA18,11029.2%−13.5 pts

302▲8Henrico County, VAVA342,77529.1%+4.6 pts

303▲26Grady County, GAGA26,59028.8%−1.1 pts

304▼20Granville County, NCNC61,42128.8%−6.0 pts

305▼26St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55228.8%−2.9 pts

306▲30Newberry County, SCSC39,56128.7%−4.2 pts

307▲8Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33228.7%−2.6 pts

308▲17Hempstead County, ARAR19,08028.6%−1.5 pts

309▼7St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10628.6%−3.2 pts

310▲8Chesapeake, VAVA255,33228.5%+0.1 pts

311▼3Cuyahoga County, OHOH1,232,92528.5%+1.3 pts

312▲5Jones County, MSMS66,49628.2%+2.0 pts

313▼1Duval County, FLFL1,062,96328.2%+0.6 pts

314▼15Miller County, GAGA5,81228.2%−0.7 pts

315▲11Bulloch County, GAGA86,94928.1%−0.5 pts

316▲18Coffee County, GAGA44,40728.0%+2.3 pts

317▼3Evans County, GAGA11,02828.0%−4.7 pts

318▼5Columbus County, NCNC50,48728.0%−2.9 pts

319▼74Franklin Parish, LALA19,00228.0%−3.5 pts

320▼15McIntosh County, GAGA11,98928.0%−8.7 pts

321▲23Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09927.8%+14.7 pts

322Choctaw County, MSMS8,04827.8%−2.8 pts

323▼7Georgetown County, SCSC65,91227.8%−10.6 pts

324▼61Jefferson County, FLFL16,00727.8%−10.3 pts

325▲16Roanoke, VAVA99,11127.7%+1.1 pts

326▼3Lincoln County, ARAR12,76427.7%−5.2 pts

327▼35St. Clair County, ILIL250,70827.7%−0.9 pts

328▼9Assumption Parish, LALA19,72027.7%−3.6 pts

329▲4Cook County, GAGA18,23227.6%−1.3 pts

330▼60Union County, SCSC26,79927.5%−3.5 pts

331▲19Broward County, FLFL2,013,31727.4%+7.3 pts

332▲13Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94127.4%−2.0 pts

333▼12Marion County, GAGA7,67627.2%−6.5 pts

334▲1Lincoln County, GAGA8,11227.2%−7.0 pts

335▲4Marion County, ININ992,19627.1%+3.1 pts

336▲26Accomack County, VAVA33,85927.1%−4.3 pts

337▲15Lamar County, GAGA20,94127.1%−3.1 pts

338▲15Houston County, ALAL110,31827.1%+2.6 pts

339▲4Lynchburg, VAVA81,34727.0%−2.5 pts

340▼10Drew County, ARAR17,05426.9%−0.2 pts

341▼14Washington Parish, LALA44,93726.8%−4.6 pts

342▼2Richmond County, VAVA9,29426.8%−6.3 pts

343▲16Tattnall County, GAGA24,37626.7%−4.6 pts

344▲4Kings County, NYNY2,653,96326.6%−7.8 pts

345▼17Jones County, NCNC9,57526.6%−9.1 pts

346▲20Winn Parish, LALA14,96126.5%−5.4 pts

347▲2Wicomico County, MDMD106,89926.5%+3.3 pts

348▲13Calhoun County, MSMS12,64326.4%−2.2 pts

349▲25Kent County, DEDE194,78626.4%+6.1 pts

350▲8Cobb County, GAGA793,34526.4%+7.8 pts

351▲47Arkansas County, ARAR15,83626.1%+2.9 pts

352▲79Bleckley County, GAGA12,86626.0%+1.4 pts

353▼21Bradley County, ARAR9,82825.9%−2.6 pts

354▲19Person County, NCNC40,63625.8%−2.3 pts

355▼35Upson County, GAGA28,50025.8%−2.0 pts

356▼50Clinch County, GAGA6,84725.7%−3.7 pts

357▲35Clarke County, GAGA129,92125.6%−1.5 pts

358▼16Lancaster County, VAVA10,99525.5%−3.2 pts

359▼8Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98025.5%−2.9 pts

360▲9Abbeville County, SCSC24,83625.4%−4.7 pts

361▲4Milwaukee County, WIWI924,21625.4%+1.1 pts

362▲14Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94925.4%+1.7 pts

363▲25Fayette County, GAGA125,15625.3%+13.9 pts

364▲6Jackson County, FLFL49,62925.2%−1.0 pts

365▼1Miller County, ARAR42,35725.2%+2.3 pts

366▼12Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39825.1%+2.4 pts

367▲5Worth County, GAGA20,05925.1%−4.4 pts

368▼13Fayette County, TNTN45,07125.0%−10.8 pts

369▲10New Castle County, DEDE588,02624.9%+4.9 pts

370▲32Dorchester County, SCSC178,39724.9%−0.1 pts

371▲127Charlton County, GAGA13,12124.8%−4.2 pts

372▼4Woodruff County, ARAR5,71024.8%−5.7 pts

373▲11Henry County, ALAL18,39424.8%−7.3 pts

374▼43Dorchester County, MDMD33,62824.8%−3.5 pts

375▲6Bowie County, TXTX92,69624.7%+1.4 pts

376▼38Charlotte County, VAVA11,40124.7%−8.1 pts

377▲10Forsyth County, NCNC401,71824.6%−0.6 pts

378▼41Pemiscot County, MOMO14,46524.4%−1.7 pts

379▲22Jones County, GAGA29,17124.3%+1.1 pts

380▼34Butts County, GAGA27,21824.3%−4.4 pts

381▲18Davidson County, TNTN745,90424.3%−1.5 pts

382▼7Hyde County, NCNC4,55424.2%−10.8 pts

383▲63Lanier County, GAGA10,62324.2%−1.3 pts

384▲34Irwin County, GAGA9,02024.1%−1.6 pts

385▲11Glynn County, GAGA87,59924.1%−2.2 pts

386▲62Washington County, ALAL14,82224.1%−2.6 pts

387▲18Sampson County, NCNC61,50424.0%−5.7 pts

388▲2St. Louis County, MOMO990,91124.0%+5.1 pts

389▼11Hamilton County, OHOH838,41823.9%+0.6 pts

390▲44Fulton County, KYKY6,21823.8%+0.7 pts

391▲23Greene County, MSMS13,70723.8%−2.3 pts

392▲40Lee County, GAGA34,17923.7%+8.3 pts

393▲23Kershaw County, SCSC73,16623.7%−2.5 pts

394▼1Ashley County, ARAR17,83123.7%−3.2 pts

395▲18Aiken County, SCSC181,51523.7%−1.8 pts

396▼13Caroline County, VAVA34,41323.7%−10.5 pts

397▼37St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64223.6%+16.0 pts

398▼42Jackson Parish, LALA15,83423.6%−4.2 pts

399▼36Toombs County, GAGA27,54523.6%−0.3 pts

400▲12Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17523.6%−1.1 pts

401▲8Madison County, ALAL433,51623.6%+0.9 pts

402▲13Bossier Parish, LALA131,86723.5%+2.8 pts

403▲4Union Parish, LALA20,56123.5%−4.4 pts

404▼19Montgomery County, GAGA8,63523.4%−3.9 pts

405▲47Waller County, TXTX69,85823.4%−5.7 pts

406▼20Harrison County, MSMS217,13623.3%+2.4 pts

407▼36Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46623.3%−0.5 pts

408▼11Westmoreland County, VAVA19,71523.2%−7.5 pts

409▲14Robeson County, NCNC119,94123.2%−1.8 pts

410▼33Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95323.2%−2.1 pts

411▼8Clark County, ARAR20,93823.2%+1.2 pts

412▲14Franklin County, OHOH1,361,53623.1%+5.4 pts

413▲31Paulding County, GAGA190,99623.1%+16.2 pts

414▲22Smith County, MSMS13,99123.0%0.0 pts

415▼35Long County, GAGA21,55722.9%−0.6 pts

416▼10Laurens County, SCSC71,84822.9%−3.2 pts

417▼17Ascension Parish, LALA135,10522.8%+2.7 pts

418▲9Chesterfield County, VAVA397,14822.8%+5.2 pts

419▲22Colquitt County, GAGA47,43822.8%−0.5 pts

420▼1Beaufort County, NCNC44,67022.8%−6.2 pts

421▼26Lake County, ININ504,61222.7%−2.3 pts

422▼1Berkeley County, SCSC274,66622.7%−3.8 pts

423▲1Charleston County, SCSC436,20022.7%−11.6 pts

424▲44Lafayette County, MSMS59,59722.6%−2.3 pts

425▼8Franklin County, NCNC82,03722.5%−7.4 pts

426▼35Candler County, GAGA11,27522.4%−4.4 pts

427▲37Morris County, TXTX12,13322.3%−1.7 pts

428▼81Elbert County, GAGA20,07222.3%−8.4 pts

429▼72Lake County, TNTN6,24922.3%−8.7 pts

430▲12Monroe County, GAGA32,02322.1%−5.5 pts

431▲12Henry County, VAVA49,24222.1%−0.5 pts

432▲15Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39722.1%+2.0 pts

433▼51St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58622.1%−3.0 pts

434▼26Duplin County, NCNC51,57122.1%−6.7 pts

435▼46Putnam County, GAGA23,72222.0%−7.8 pts

436▲2Jackson County, MOMO732,99422.0%−1.1 pts

437▲62Marion County, TXTX9,89621.9%−1.8 pts

438▼5Delaware County, PAPA580,93721.9%+7.5 pts

439▼35King and Queen County, VAVA6,74321.9%−13.6 pts

440▼15Cook County, ILIL5,194,62521.8%−4.0 pts

441▼12Lamar County, MSMS67,40321.7%+8.9 pts

442▼20Lee County, ALAL189,88121.6%−0.9 pts

443▼3Calhoun County, ALAL115,83421.6%+3.1 pts

444▼5Bell County, TXTX402,24821.5%+1.6 pts

445▼17San Augustine County, TXTX7,72221.4%−6.3 pts

446▲13Perquimans County, NCNC13,49021.3%−6.6 pts

447▼17Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,32121.3%−5.8 pts

448▲2Saluda County, SCSC19,68021.2%−8.5 pts

449▼14Neshoba County, MSMS28,73221.2%+2.0 pts

450▲11Elmore County, ALAL91,57721.1%+0.6 pts

451▲52Crawford County, GAGA12,20621.0%−2.7 pts

452▲29Alexandria, VAVA160,66221.0%−1.2 pts

453▲7Rankin County, MSMS162,18120.9%+3.9 pts

454▲28St. Lucie County, FLFL402,44920.9%+5.8 pts

455▼44Houston County, TXTX22,31620.9%−6.9 pts

456▼2Escambia County, FLFL333,83420.8%−0.5 pts

457▲5Howard County, ARAR12,30620.8%−1.0 pts

458▲70Allen Parish, LALA22,67220.7%−3.6 pts

459▲8Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19120.6%+0.9 pts

460▼9Jefferson County, KYKY795,22220.6%+1.8 pts

461▲4Morgan County, GAGA22,09520.5%−7.8 pts

462▲28Autauga County, ALAL61,92020.4%+3.4 pts

463▼5Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25620.4%−2.9 pts

464▼9Montgomery County, OHOH539,59820.4%+0.6 pts

465▲19Harrison County, TXTX71,95620.3%−3.6 pts

466▼3Dale County, ALAL49,91220.3%+0.1 pts

467▼1Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,49020.3%−3.2 pts

468▲5Harnett County, NCNC150,13719.8%−2.6 pts

469▲10Bibb County, ALAL22,26219.7%−2.3 pts

470▲22Howard County, MDMD339,18319.7%+5.4 pts

471▼22Walker County, TXTX83,84219.6%−4.1 pts

472▲8Prince William County, VAVA502,96619.6%+1.1 pts

473▲10Alamance County, NCNC186,17719.6%+0.9 pts

474▲2Craven County, NCNC105,02519.5%−5.3 pts

475▲11Wayne County, GAGA32,48119.5%−0.6 pts

476▲20Amelia County, VAVA13,63219.5%−8.4 pts

477▲24Stafford County, VAVA170,80319.5%+7.5 pts

478▼25Fredericksburg, VAVA30,39319.4%−0.7 pts

479▲92Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34419.3%+1.5 pts

480▲105Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46519.3%−10.0 pts

481▲7Spartanburg County, SCSC380,85719.3%−1.4 pts

482▼8Lancaster County, SCSC114,29619.3%−7.5 pts

483▼5Montgomery County, TNTN249,93519.2%+0.2 pts

484▲1Union County, NJNJ601,86319.1%−0.9 pts

485▲2Genesee County, MIMI401,09319.1%−1.2 pts

486▼66Northumberland County, VAVA12,55719.1%−7.3 pts

487▲21Orange County, FLFL1,528,00219.1%+1.6 pts

488▲31Little River County, ARAR11,76319.0%−2.2 pts

489▲20Alachua County, FLFL290,02819.0%−0.1 pts

490▲3Taylor County, FLFL21,21019.0%+0.1 pts

491▼97Mississippi County, MOMO12,00319.0%−1.4 pts

492▼3Lucas County, OHOH423,34718.9%+2.1 pts

493▼36Jackson County, MSMS147,66618.9%−1.9 pts

494▲29Walton County, GAGA112,69618.7%+4.4 pts

495▲31Columbia County, GAGA169,18918.7%+7.6 pts

496▲80Colonial Heights, VAVA18,73818.7%+12.5 pts

497▲10Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72518.7%+6.7 pts

498▼27Cherokee County, SCSC58,27518.7%−1.8 pts

499▲22Webster County, MSMS10,16718.7%−2.1 pts

500▲2Harris County, TXTX5,045,02618.6%+0.4 pts

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Frequently asked

Which county has the highest black?

Claiborne County, Mississippi ranks #1 with 85.9% (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 counties by black?

Claiborne County, Mississippi, Jefferson County, Mississippi, Greene County, Alabama, Holmes County, Mississippi, Tunica County, Mississippi.

How many counties are in this ranking?

3,144 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2024 ACS 5-year data.

How is black measured?

Share identifying as Black or African American alone. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024).