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RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 500 SHOWN OF 3,125

Highest Black population share, US counties · 2000

US counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Black or African American (2000 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Black residents as a percentage of total population. Jefferson County, Mississippi leads at 86.0%. 3,125 counties qualify in total. Mississippi carries 12 of the top 25 entries.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPBLACKVS 1990
USUnited States281,421,90612.0%–
01Jefferson County, MSMS6,82586.0%−0.2 pts
02Macon County, ALAL18,13284.2%−1.7 pts
03Claiborne County, MSMS8,05883.6%+1.4 pts
04Greene County, ALAL7,06779.8%−0.7 pts
05Petersburg, VAVA33,73478.6%+6.5 pts
06Holmes County, MSMS15,46578.0%+2.1 pts
07Hancock County, GAGA8,68277.6%−2.0 pts
08Lowndes County, ALAL9,35973.0%−1.7 pts
09Bullock County, ALAL9,78072.4%+0.3 pts
10Sumter County, ALAL11,58872.4%+2.2 pts
11Wilcox County, ALAL9,66671.5%+2.6 pts
12Humphreys County, MSMS7,00171.0%+2.9 pts
13Allendale County, SCSC7,35570.7%+2.9 pts
14Tunica County, MSMS8,81969.5%−5.9 pts
15Sunflower County, MSMS22,89369.5%+5.3 pts
16Coahoma County, MSMS19,84968.9%+4.1 pts
17Noxubee County, MSMS9,79868.8%+0.9 pts
18Sharkey County, MSMS3,09768.8%+2.4 pts
19Quitman County, MSMS5,36468.4%+9.9 pts
20Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58268.0%+0.4 pts
21Perry County, ALAL7,42567.9%+3.7 pts
22Leflore County, MSMS25,68667.3%+6.5 pts
23East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76066.8%+2.0 pts
24Orleans Parish, LALA362,15466.7%+4.7 pts
25Williamsburg County, SCSC29,66266.0%+1.6 pts
26Bolivar County, MSMS28,26264.8%+1.7 pts
27Washington County, MSMS40,44664.3%+6.5 pts
28Baltimore, MDMD569,99764.0%+4.9 pts
29Lee County, SCSC15,73063.3%+1.2 pts
30Dallas County, ALAL35,14063.0%+5.1 pts
31Issaquena County, MSMS1,26362.7%+6.3 pts
32Prince George's County, MDMD970,37462.2%+11.5 pts
33Bamberg County, SCSC12,79662.1%+0.6 pts
34Bertie County, NCNC17,08662.1%+0.7 pts
35Sussex County, VAVA10,75562.0%+3.7 pts
36Talbot County, GAGA5,70961.2%−1.2 pts
37Stewart County, GAGA4,63160.9%−2.5 pts
38Hinds County, MSMS211,88860.9%+9.9 pts
39Orangeburg County, SCSC83,17760.6%+2.5 pts
40Terrell County, GAGA8,65660.3%+0.4 pts
41Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66260.2%−1.1 pts
42Madison Parish, LALA8,84460.2%+0.7 pts
43Dougherty County, GAGA82,61659.9%+9.7 pts
44Clay County, GAGA2,81559.8%−0.9 pts
45Greensville County, VAVA11,18159.5%+3.6 pts
46District of Columbia, DCDC693,64559.4%−6.4 pts
47Northampton County, NCNC16,49159.3%−0.1 pts
48Warren County, GAGA5,26959.3%−1.0 pts
49Macon County, GAGA11,75659.2%+0.5 pts
50Hertford County, NCNC19,01559.2%+1.4 pts
51Randolph County, GAGA6,15659.2%+1.0 pts
52Calhoun County, GAGA5,41359.0%+0.1 pts
53Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87758.9%+0.6 pts
54Fairfield County, SCSC20,34058.9%+0.4 pts
55Hale County, ALAL15,19458.6%−0.7 pts
56Phillips County, ARAR14,25558.6%+4.1 pts
57Kemper County, MSMS8,60057.7%+2.3 pts
58Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12157.2%+1.1 pts
59Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94157.0%+2.1 pts
60Richmond, VAVA237,25756.9%+1.5 pts
61Gadsden County, FLFL44,29856.9%−1.2 pts
62Lee County, ARAR8,02956.8%−0.5 pts
63Brunswick County, VAVA15,72756.6%−1.8 pts
64Clay County, MSMS18,23856.1%+2.7 pts
65Emporia, VAVA5,44756.0%+10.1 pts
66Marion County, SCSC28,24256.0%+1.3 pts
67Jefferson County, GAGA15,01156.0%+0.0 pts
68Hampton County, SCSC18,17455.3%+0.9 pts
69Tensas Parish, LALA3,70055.0%+1.6 pts
70Charles City County, VAVA6,62354.8%−8.5 pts
71Warren County, NCNC18,89854.2%−3.0 pts
72DeKalb County, GAGA774,39453.8%+11.6 pts
73McCormick County, SCSC10,21553.7%−4.8 pts
74Yazoo County, MSMS22,94753.6%+0.9 pts
75Chicot County, ARAR9,10753.4%−3.1 pts
76Washington County, GAGA19,45353.0%+1.2 pts
77Clarendon County, SCSC31,04352.9%−3.7 pts
78Jasper County, MSMS15,78552.7%+1.9 pts
79Adams County, MSMS30,06152.5%+3.9 pts
80Jasper County, SCSC38,53352.5%−4.9 pts
81Halifax County, NCNC46,53452.3%+2.7 pts
82Franklin, VAVA8,47852.1%−1.1 pts
83St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75852.1%+0.4 pts
84Surry County, VAVA6,60351.4%−4.1 pts
85Marengo County, ALAL18,31151.4%+0.5 pts
86Clayton County, GAGA297,47151.1%+27.3 pts
87St. Louis, MOMO278,14451.0%+3.6 pts
88Haywood County, TNTN17,04250.8%+1.3 pts
89Burke County, GAGA24,40850.7%−1.5 pts
90Copiah County, MSMS27,49750.7%+0.2 pts
91Marlboro County, SCSC25,48850.5%+1.9 pts
92Portsmouth, VAVA96,77750.3%+3.0 pts
93West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13450.1%−5.2 pts
94Baker County, GAGA2,72550.0%−1.6 pts
95Marshall County, MSMS34,65450.0%−0.6 pts
96Iberville Parish, LALA29,57949.5%+3.1 pts
97Jefferson County, ARAR62,98749.4%+6.3 pts
98Richmond County, GAGA206,55949.3%+7.4 pts
99Dooly County, GAGA11,15649.3%+0.3 pts
100St. James Parish, LALA18,93849.2%−0.3 pts
101Washington County, NCNC10,63848.8%+3.4 pts
102Sumter County, GAGA28,80148.8%+2.3 pts
103St. Francis County, ARAR21,80048.7%+1.0 pts
104Anson County, NCNC21,75848.4%+1.1 pts
105Montgomery County, ALAL225,89148.4%+6.7 pts
106Shelby County, TNTN910,22648.4%+4.8 pts
107Calhoun County, SCSC14,18848.2%−3.4 pts
108Panola County, MSMS32,69148.1%−0.4 pts
109Vance County, NCNC42,63848.0%+2.8 pts
110Early County, GAGA10,45547.8%+3.7 pts
111Mitchell County, GAGA20,46747.7%−0.2 pts
112Pike County, MSMS38,71247.3%+1.7 pts
113Bibb County, GAGA157,55647.1%+5.4 pts
114Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35447.0%+0.6 pts
115Webster County, GAGA2,36947.0%−3.2 pts
116East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91146.9%−0.4 pts
117Crittenden County, ARAR46,21046.8%+3.9 pts
118Quitman County, GAGA2,25446.7%−3.2 pts
119Sumter County, SCSC105,06746.5%+3.2 pts
120Barbour County, ALAL24,60746.0%+1.9 pts
121Desha County, ARAR9,98445.9%+4.1 pts
122Dillon County, SCSC27,45845.2%+2.0 pts
123Peach County, GAGA29,87745.1%−2.4 pts
124Martin County, NCNC21,60145.1%+0.4 pts
125Screven County, GAGA14,40845.0%+0.3 pts
126Richland County, SCSC434,95644.8%+3.0 pts
127St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87544.6%+8.6 pts
128Montgomery County, MSMS9,35444.6%+0.6 pts
129Caddo Parish, LALA224,22644.4%+4.3 pts
130Hampton, VAVA137,31544.2%+5.3 pts
131Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79144.2%−5.7 pts
132Greene County, GAGA21,36744.1%−5.8 pts
133Danville, VAVA41,64743.9%+7.1 pts
134Choctaw County, ALAL11,90443.9%−0.3 pts
135Norfolk, VAVA231,01343.6%+4.5 pts
136Bienville Parish, LALA12,26943.6%+0.1 pts
137Walthall County, MSMS13,92843.5%+1.2 pts
138Twiggs County, GAGA7,59743.3%−2.6 pts
139Muscogee County, GAGA202,17143.3%+5.4 pts
140Crisp County, GAGA19,23743.2%+2.6 pts
141Conecuh County, ALAL10,89943.2%+1.0 pts
142Baldwin County, GAGA44,02943.2%+0.8 pts
143Suffolk, VAVA104,69943.2%−1.2 pts
144Winston County, MSMS17,47343.1%+1.3 pts
145Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70543.0%+1.5 pts
146Warren County, MSMS41,75943.0%+4.1 pts
147Wilkes County, GAGA9,54043.0%−3.0 pts
148Northampton County, VAVA11,87942.8%−3.5 pts
149Clarke County, ALAL22,01442.8%−0.1 pts
150Southampton County, VAVA18,11042.7%−2.2 pts
151Pickens County, ALAL18,22142.7%+0.6 pts
152Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,28142.6%+2.7 pts
153Barnwell County, SCSC20,65342.4%−0.6 pts
154Taylor County, GAGA7,81842.4%−0.8 pts
155Amite County, MSMS12,48742.3%−3.0 pts
156Liberty County, GAGA70,31342.2%+3.1 pts
157Martinsville, VAVA13,84942.2%+5.2 pts
158Meriwether County, GAGA21,51642.0%−2.6 pts
159Wayne County, MIMI1,769,03841.9%+1.7 pts
160De Soto Parish, LALA27,38141.9%−2.2 pts
161St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76541.9%+1.7 pts
162Colleton County, SCSC39,38241.9%−3.2 pts
163Darlington County, SCSC62,88841.5%+1.5 pts
164Lowndes County, MSMS57,34641.4%+4.2 pts
165Edgefield County, SCSC29,80841.3%−5.0 pts
166Greene County, NCNC20,70041.1%−1.3 pts
167Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73041.0%+2.4 pts
168Somerset County, MDMD24,97340.8%+2.7 pts
169Hardeman County, TNTN25,27440.8%+3.2 pts
170Grenada County, MSMS20,86840.8%−0.5 pts
171Turner County, GAGA8,98340.7%+0.0 pts
172Dallas County, ARAR6,01140.6%+2.2 pts
173Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65040.6%−1.4 pts
174Russell County, ALAL58,89840.6%+2.1 pts
175Red River Parish, LALA7,16540.5%+2.3 pts
176Butler County, ALAL18,10040.5%+0.3 pts
177Nottoway County, VAVA15,79640.4%−1.0 pts
178Essex County, NJNJ896,37940.3%−0.4 pts
179Chatham County, GAGA311,85540.3%+2.3 pts
180Lenoir County, NCNC55,83740.3%+0.8 pts
181Jenkins County, GAGA8,84340.1%−1.4 pts
182East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18039.9%+5.1 pts
183Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20139.9%+2.8 pts
184Madison County, FLFL18,75939.9%−1.9 pts
185Monroe County, ALAL18,96539.8%+0.8 pts
186Attala County, MSMS17,10039.8%+0.1 pts
187Decatur County, GAGA29,43239.8%+0.3 pts
188Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36039.6%+0.2 pts
189Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53739.4%−0.7 pts
190Jefferson County, ALAL665,74239.2%+4.2 pts
191Durham County, NCNC347,24039.2%+2.0 pts
192Florence County, SCSC138,50439.1%+0.4 pts
193Wilson County, NCNC81,15039.1%+1.4 pts
194Gates County, NCNC10,23439.1%−6.0 pts
195Brooks County, GAGA16,10139.1%−2.4 pts
196Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,74738.9%+0.5 pts
197Buckingham County, VAVA17,13738.9%−2.0 pts
198Essex County, VAVA10,65438.8%+1.2 pts
199Monroe County, ARAR6,24438.7%−0.6 pts
200Thomas County, GAGA46,36838.6%+0.7 pts
201Newport News, VAVA183,23038.6%+5.1 pts
202Scott County, MSMS28,07338.5%+0.4 pts
203Ouachita County, ARAR21,73138.5%+3.3 pts
204Chester County, SCSC33,00138.5%−1.4 pts
205Lunenburg County, VAVA12,05838.4%+0.6 pts
206Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37538.4%+0.7 pts
207Georgetown County, SCSC65,91238.3%−4.8 pts
208Telfair County, GAGA11,19538.3%+3.8 pts
209Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08938.2%+0.5 pts
210Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31738.0%+3.2 pts
211Jefferson County, FLFL16,00738.0%−5.0 pts
212Chambers County, ALAL34,25337.9%+2.0 pts
213Halifax County, VAVA33,44737.9%−1.5 pts
214Wayne County, MSMS19,80737.8%+2.2 pts
215Richland Parish, LALA19,58237.8%+1.2 pts
216Bladen County, NCNC30,00737.7%−1.5 pts
217Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52037.6%−3.6 pts
218Concordia Parish, LALA17,83637.4%+0.8 pts
219Madison County, MSMS116,29837.4%−6.8 pts
220Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89637.3%+2.9 pts
221Chowan County, NCNC14,08237.3%−0.5 pts
222Hamilton County, FLFL14,18037.3%−1.7 pts
223Hoke County, NCNC56,93937.3%−5.9 pts
224McDuffie County, GAGA21,64037.3%+0.9 pts
225Leake County, MSMS21,66237.2%+1.5 pts
226Cumberland County, VAVA10,35237.1%−1.4 pts
227Scotland County, NCNC33,32237.1%+1.0 pts
228McIntosh County, GAGA11,98936.6%−6.7 pts
229Johnson County, GAGA9,31036.6%+2.7 pts
230Carroll County, MSMS9,22636.5%−3.1 pts
231Caswell County, NCNC22,56336.4%−4.5 pts
232Benton County, MSMS7,50236.4%−3.1 pts
233Pike County, ALAL33,68836.4%+1.7 pts
234Lafayette County, ARAR5,88836.3%−2.3 pts
235Franklin County, MSMS7,49136.1%−0.7 pts
236Wilcox County, GAGA8,79736.0%+4.3 pts
237Columbia County, ARAR21,89436.0%+0.8 pts
238Fayette County, TNTN45,07135.8%−8.4 pts
239Jones County, NCNC9,57535.7%−3.4 pts
240Prince Edward County, VAVA22,39135.6%−0.4 pts
241King and Queen County, VAVA6,74335.5%−6.3 pts
242West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75635.4%−0.6 pts
243Covington County, MSMS17,89835.3%+0.2 pts
244Hyde County, NCNC4,55435.0%+1.8 pts
245Alexander County, ILIL4,57034.8%+1.8 pts
246Granville County, NCNC61,42134.8%−4.3 pts
247Clarke County, MSMS15,10234.6%+0.1 pts
248Kings County, NYNY2,653,96334.4%−3.6 pts
249Seminole County, GAGA9,16234.4%+1.7 pts
250Laurens County, GAGA51,04134.4%+1.0 pts
251Cumberland County, NCNC338,47334.4%+2.5 pts
252Charleston County, SCSC436,20034.3%−0.6 pts
253Lincoln County, GAGA8,11234.2%−4.0 pts
254Caroline County, VAVA34,41334.2%−3.7 pts
255Simpson County, MSMS25,49834.1%+1.9 pts
256Coosa County, ALAL10,16134.0%−0.1 pts
257Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61733.9%+2.7 pts
258Pulaski County, GAGA10,17233.9%+1.4 pts
259Lowndes County, GAGA122,86733.8%+1.9 pts
260Nash County, NCNC99,36533.8%+2.2 pts
261Marion County, GAGA7,67633.7%−7.6 pts
262Jefferson County, TXTX254,32133.5%+2.4 pts
263Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,89633.5%−2.2 pts
264Pitt County, NCNC182,93633.5%+0.2 pts
265Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54233.5%+2.5 pts
266Forrest County, MSMS79,03433.4%+2.6 pts
267Mobile County, ALAL411,65833.2%+2.1 pts
268Emanuel County, GAGA23,14733.2%+0.6 pts
269Hopewell, VAVA23,26133.2%+7.5 pts
270Wheeler County, GAGA7,57033.1%+3.0 pts
271Richmond County, VAVA9,29433.1%+3.2 pts
272Newberry County, SCSC39,56132.9%−1.9 pts
273Treutlen County, GAGA6,46632.9%−0.2 pts
274Wayne County, NCNC122,27832.9%+0.5 pts
275Lincoln County, ARAR12,76432.8%−3.3 pts
276Chesterfield County, SCSC44,74032.8%−0.6 pts
277Charlotte County, VAVA11,40132.8%−3.8 pts
278Evans County, GAGA11,02832.8%−1.1 pts
279Webster Parish, LALA34,94832.7%+1.1 pts
280Mississippi County, ARAR37,82832.5%+4.7 pts
281Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09932.4%+1.1 pts
282Madison County, TNTN100,79032.3%+1.3 pts
283Henry County, ALAL18,39432.2%−2.9 pts
284Prince George County, VAVA43,93632.1%+2.9 pts
285Winn Parish, LALA14,96131.9%+2.3 pts
286Lawrence County, MSMS11,81931.9%−1.3 pts
287Union County, ARAR36,92631.9%+1.8 pts
288St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10631.8%−1.2 pts
289Pulaski County, ARAR404,61131.7%+5.3 pts
290Troup County, GAGA72,84431.7%+1.7 pts
291St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55231.7%+0.4 pts
292Marion County, MSMS24,00131.7%+1.5 pts
293Greenwood County, SCSC70,37931.5%+1.3 pts
294Franklin Parish, LALA19,00231.5%+0.1 pts
295Accomack County, VAVA33,85931.4%−3.0 pts
296Talladega County, ALAL81,60331.4%+0.6 pts
297Washington Parish, LALA44,93731.4%+0.6 pts
298Tattnall County, GAGA24,37631.3%+2.1 pts
299Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33231.2%−6.3 pts
300Assumption Parish, LALA19,72031.2%−1.2 pts
301Schley County, GAGA4,59331.0%−3.0 pts
302Nevada County, ARAR7,94231.0%−0.5 pts
303Lake County, TNTN6,24931.0%+7.0 pts
304Union County, SCSC26,79930.9%+0.9 pts
305Spalding County, GAGA70,77530.9%+1.9 pts
306Tate County, MSMS28,72530.9%−3.7 pts
307Columbus County, NCNC50,48730.9%+0.2 pts
308Elbert County, GAGA20,07230.7%+0.8 pts
309Westmoreland County, VAVA19,71530.7%−2.4 pts
310Escambia County, ALAL36,66530.7%+2.6 pts
311Monroe County, MSMS33,31830.7%+0.4 pts
312Iberia Parish, LALA66,84630.6%+1.2 pts
313Pulaski County, ILIL4,82030.6%−2.3 pts
314Woodruff County, ARAR5,71030.6%+0.7 pts
315Choctaw County, MSMS8,04830.5%+0.4 pts
316Richmond County, NCNC42,04130.4%+1.5 pts
317Rapides Parish, LALA125,87730.3%+2.4 pts
318Newton County, MSMS20,96030.3%+1.5 pts
319Lamar County, GAGA20,94130.2%−3.8 pts
320Hempstead County, ARAR19,08030.1%+0.2 pts
321Abbeville County, SCSC24,83630.1%−1.3 pts
322Grady County, GAGA26,59029.9%−1.6 pts
323Franklin County, NCNC82,03729.9%−5.5 pts
324Putnam County, GAGA23,72229.8%−3.0 pts
325Saluda County, SCSC19,68029.8%−3.4 pts
326Sampson County, NCNC61,50429.7%−3.5 pts
327Lincoln County, MSMS35,01229.6%−0.3 pts
328Lynchburg, VAVA81,34729.6%+3.0 pts
329Worth County, GAGA20,05929.5%−1.2 pts
330Clinch County, GAGA6,84729.4%+2.1 pts
331Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94129.3%+2.3 pts
332Dodge County, GAGA19,66329.3%+1.7 pts
333Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46529.3%−1.7 pts
334Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36829.2%+3.3 pts
335Charlton County, GAGA13,12129.1%+2.0 pts
336Waller County, TXTX69,85829.1%−8.5 pts
337Guilford County, NCNC562,23429.0%+2.6 pts
338Beaufort County, NCNC44,67029.0%−2.2 pts
339Cook County, GAGA18,23228.9%−1.0 pts
340Miller County, GAGA5,81228.9%+1.4 pts
341Leon County, FLFL299,04828.8%+4.7 pts
342Duplin County, NCNC51,57128.8%−4.5 pts
343Lancaster County, VAVA10,99528.7%−1.6 pts
344Butts County, GAGA27,21828.7%−6.8 pts
345St. Clair County, ILIL250,70828.6%+1.4 pts
346Calhoun County, MSMS12,64328.6%+1.7 pts
347Bulloch County, GAGA86,94928.6%+2.6 pts
348Bradley County, ARAR9,82828.6%−2.5 pts
349Morgan County, GAGA22,09528.4%−6.4 pts
350Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98028.3%+2.3 pts
351Chesapeake, VAVA255,33228.3%+0.9 pts
352Dorchester County, MDMD33,62828.2%+0.4 pts
353Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34628.2%−0.4 pts
354Person County, NCNC40,63628.1%−2.0 pts
355Wyandotte County, KSKS170,59728.1%+0.5 pts
356Amelia County, VAVA13,63227.9%−4.0 pts
357Ware County, GAGA36,90627.9%+2.0 pts
358Union Parish, LALA20,56127.9%+0.3 pts
359Perquimans County, NCNC13,49027.9%−4.9 pts
360Tift County, GAGA42,25427.8%+1.2 pts
361Upson County, GAGA28,50027.8%+0.0 pts
362Jackson Parish, LALA15,83427.8%−1.6 pts
363Houston County, TXTX22,31627.8%−1.9 pts
364San Augustine County, TXTX7,72227.8%−0.3 pts
365Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38327.7%+1.3 pts
366Monroe County, GAGA32,02327.6%−4.1 pts
367Duval County, FLFL1,062,96327.5%+3.2 pts
368Falls County, TXTX17,86927.3%+0.1 pts
369Montgomery County, GAGA8,63527.2%−1.1 pts
370Cuyahoga County, OHOH1,232,92527.2%+2.4 pts
371Jasper County, GAGA17,63227.1%−7.7 pts
372Clarke County, GAGA129,92127.1%+0.9 pts
373Drew County, ARAR17,05427.1%−0.2 pts
374Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,32127.1%−4.6 pts
375Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22326.9%+1.1 pts
376Candler County, GAGA11,27526.9%−4.0 pts
377Ashley County, ARAR17,83126.9%−0.4 pts
378Lancaster County, SCSC114,29626.7%+1.4 pts
379Washington County, ALAL14,82226.6%−1.1 pts
380Roanoke, VAVA99,11126.6%+2.4 pts
381Berkeley County, SCSC274,66626.5%+2.4 pts
382Northumberland County, VAVA12,55726.4%−2.9 pts
383Jackson County, FLFL49,62926.2%+0.1 pts
384Jones County, MSMS66,49626.2%+1.2 pts
385Glynn County, GAGA87,59926.2%+0.6 pts
386Kershaw County, SCSC73,16626.2%−2.2 pts
387Laurens County, SCSC71,84826.1%−2.0 pts
388Pemiscot County, MOMO14,46526.1%+0.5 pts
389Greene County, MSMS13,70726.1%+4.6 pts
390Charles County, MDMD176,59325.9%+7.7 pts
391Cook County, ILIL5,194,62525.9%+0.1 pts
392Davidson County, TNTN745,90425.8%+2.4 pts
393Coffee County, GAGA44,40725.7%+0.3 pts
394Irwin County, GAGA9,02025.7%−4.8 pts
395Goochland County, VAVA29,18725.5%−4.4 pts
396Lanier County, GAGA10,62325.5%−1.1 pts
397Aiken County, SCSC181,51525.4%+1.4 pts
398Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95325.3%−1.0 pts
399Forsyth County, NCNC401,71825.2%+0.4 pts
400St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58625.1%+0.8 pts
401Lake County, ININ504,61225.0%+0.5 pts
402Robeson County, NCNC119,94125.0%+0.1 pts
403Dorchester County, SCSC178,39725.0%+1.9 pts
404Lafayette County, MSMS59,59724.9%−0.2 pts
405Craven County, NCNC105,02524.9%−1.0 pts
406Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17524.7%−1.4 pts
407Bleckley County, GAGA12,86624.6%+2.2 pts
408Houston County, GAGA178,21424.5%+2.7 pts
409Henrico County, VAVA342,77524.5%+4.4 pts
410Pamlico County, NCNC12,75824.5%−1.4 pts
411Houston County, ALAL110,31824.4%+1.2 pts
412Lee County, MSMS83,73124.4%+3.1 pts
413Milwaukee County, WIWI924,21624.3%+3.9 pts
414Allen Parish, LALA22,67224.3%+2.6 pts
415Morris County, TXTX12,13324.0%−0.4 pts
416Marion County, ININ992,19624.0%+2.8 pts
417Robertson County, TXTX17,83923.9%−3.8 pts
418Harrison County, TXTX71,95623.9%−4.0 pts
419Toombs County, GAGA27,54523.9%+0.6 pts
420Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46623.8%+0.9 pts
421Crawford County, GAGA12,20623.8%−6.9 pts
422Walker County, TXTX83,84223.8%−0.5 pts
423Marion County, TXTX9,89623.8%−7.2 pts
424Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94923.7%+1.4 pts
425Beaufort County, SCSC204,43323.7%−4.8 pts
426Cross County, ARAR16,18623.6%−1.3 pts
427Long County, GAGA21,55723.6%+1.8 pts
428Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,49023.5%−3.3 pts
429Anderson County, TXTX59,80523.4%+0.2 pts
430Christian County, KYKY70,11523.4%−1.2 pts
431Calhoun County, ARAR4,63223.4%−1.4 pts
432Colquitt County, GAGA47,43823.3%−0.8 pts
433Hamilton County, OHOH838,41823.3%+2.4 pts
434Bowie County, TXTX92,69623.3%+1.4 pts
435Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25623.3%+0.0 pts
436Arkansas County, ARAR15,83623.2%+1.5 pts
437Jones County, GAGA29,17123.2%−2.4 pts
438Pender County, NCNC72,11123.2%−7.2 pts
439Wicomico County, MDMD106,89923.1%+1.0 pts
440Fulton County, KYKY6,21823.1%+4.4 pts
441Jackson County, MOMO732,99423.1%+1.7 pts
442Smith County, MSMS13,99123.0%+1.1 pts
443Miller County, ARAR42,35722.9%+0.5 pts
444Appomattox County, VAVA17,17222.9%−0.1 pts
445Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39822.7%+5.1 pts
446Madison County, ALAL433,51622.6%+2.5 pts
447King William County, VAVA19,61722.6%−7.7 pts
448Union County, FLFL16,25022.6%−0.6 pts
449Henry County, VAVA49,24222.6%−0.6 pts
450Lee County, ALAL189,88122.6%−0.9 pts
451Madison County, TXTX14,22622.5%−1.0 pts
452Harnett County, NCNC150,13722.4%−0.1 pts
453Perry County, MSMS11,57722.4%−0.2 pts
454Alexandria, VAVA160,66222.2%+0.1 pts
455Randolph County, ALAL23,16322.1%−1.5 pts
456Newton County, GAGA125,58322.1%−0.3 pts
457Charlottesville, VAVA44,38822.0%+0.6 pts
458Bibb County, ALAL22,26222.0%+0.9 pts
459Clark County, ARAR20,93821.9%−1.0 pts
460Howard County, ARAR12,30621.8%+0.3 pts
461Montgomery County, NCNC26,40321.6%−4.1 pts
462Geary County, KSKS36,33821.5%−2.3 pts
463Louisa County, VAVA42,92421.5%−4.3 pts
464Coryell County, TXTX85,59221.3%+0.2 pts
465Escambia County, FLFL333,83421.2%+1.2 pts
466Little River County, ARAR11,76321.2%+0.2 pts
467Harrison County, MSMS217,13620.9%+1.3 pts
468Suffolk County, MAMA791,89120.8%−1.6 pts
469Cleveland County, NCNC103,32520.8%−0.2 pts
470Jackson County, MSMS147,66620.8%+0.3 pts
471Webster County, MSMS10,16720.7%−1.3 pts
472Bossier Parish, LALA131,86720.7%+0.7 pts
473Spartanburg County, SCSC380,85720.7%+0.0 pts
474Bradford County, FLFL28,30720.6%+0.2 pts
475Newton County, TXTX11,95420.6%−1.8 pts
476Elmore County, ALAL91,57720.5%−1.9 pts
477Cherokee County, SCSC58,27520.5%−0.2 pts
478Mississippi County, MOMO12,00320.4%+1.2 pts
479Lee County, NCNC70,25820.4%−2.4 pts
480Kent County, DEDE194,78620.3%+1.8 pts
481Genesee County, MIMI401,09320.3%+0.7 pts
482Ascension Parish, LALA135,10520.2%−2.5 pts
483Dale County, ALAL49,91220.2%+2.4 pts
484Fredericksburg, VAVA30,39320.1%−1.5 pts
485Middlesex County, VAVA10,84120.1%−4.6 pts
486Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39720.1%+0.1 pts
487Union County, NJNJ601,86320.1%+1.2 pts
488Wayne County, GAGA32,48120.1%+0.6 pts
489Hamilton County, TNTN390,83320.1%+1.0 pts
490Broward County, FLFL2,013,31720.0%+4.6 pts
491Camden County, GAGA60,14320.0%−0.2 pts
492Baltimore County, MDMD847,65019.9%+7.7 pts
493New Castle County, DEDE588,02619.9%+3.5 pts
494Bell County, TXTX402,24819.9%+1.0 pts
495Grimes County, TXTX34,25219.8%−4.8 pts
496Tipton County, TNTN62,28719.8%−3.8 pts
497Montgomery County, OHOH539,59819.8%+2.0 pts
498Gregg County, TXTX126,09519.7%+0.9 pts
499Amherst County, VAVA31,96219.6%−0.5 pts
500Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19119.6%−1.0 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS

Frequently asked

Which county has the highest black?

Jefferson County, Mississippi ranks #1 with 86.0% (2000 Decennial Census).

What are the top 5 counties by black?

Jefferson County, Mississippi, Macon County, Alabama, Claiborne County, Mississippi, Greene County, Alabama, Petersburg, Virginia.

How many counties are in this ranking?

3,125 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2000 Decennial Census data.

How is black measured?

Share identifying as Black or African American alone. Source: US Census Bureau, 2000 Decennial Census.