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RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 500 SHOWN OF 3,135

Highest Black population share, US counties · 2020

US counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Black or African American (2020 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Black residents as a percentage of total population. Claiborne County, Mississippi leads at 87.1%. 3,135 counties qualify in total. Mississippi carries 13 of the top 25 entries.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPBLACKVS 2000
USUnited States331,449,28112.1%–
01Claiborne County, MSMS8,05887.1%+3.5 pts
02Jefferson County, MSMS6,82584.5%−1.4 pts
03Holmes County, MSMS15,46583.5%+5.5 pts
04Greene County, ALAL7,06780.6%+0.7 pts
05Macon County, ALAL18,13278.8%−5.4 pts
06Humphreys County, MSMS7,00178.0%+7.0 pts
07Tunica County, MSMS8,81976.8%+7.3 pts
08Coahoma County, MSMS19,84975.8%+6.9 pts
09Quitman County, MSMS5,36473.6%+5.2 pts
10Leflore County, MSMS25,68673.4%+6.2 pts
11Petersburg, VAVA33,73473.3%−5.3 pts
12Sumter County, ALAL11,58872.5%+0.1 pts
13Bullock County, ALAL9,78071.3%−1.1 pts
14Washington County, MSMS40,44671.1%+6.8 pts
15Sharkey County, MSMS3,09770.3%+1.5 pts
16Allendale County, SCSC7,35570.2%−0.5 pts
17Wilcox County, ALAL9,66670.0%−1.4 pts
18Noxubee County, MSMS9,79869.9%+1.1 pts
19Dallas County, ALAL35,14069.7%+6.7 pts
20Dougherty County, GAGA82,61669.6%+9.7 pts
21Sunflower County, MSMS22,89369.6%+0.1 pts
22Perry County, ALAL7,42569.5%+1.6 pts
23Lowndes County, ALAL9,35969.3%−3.7 pts
24East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76069.2%+2.4 pts
25Hinds County, MSMS211,88869.1%+8.3 pts
26Clayton County, GAGA297,47169.0%+17.9 pts
27Hancock County, GAGA8,68269.0%−8.6 pts
28Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58267.1%−0.9 pts
29Calhoun County, GAGA5,41364.0%+5.1 pts
30Williamsburg County, SCSC29,66263.1%−2.8 pts
31Emporia, VAVA5,44763.0%+6.9 pts
32Phillips County, ARAR14,25562.2%+3.6 pts
33Bolivar County, MSMS28,26262.1%−2.7 pts
34Madison Parish, LALA8,84461.6%+1.5 pts
35Kemper County, MSMS8,60061.0%+3.4 pts
36Lee County, SCSC15,73060.8%−2.5 pts
37Orangeburg County, SCSC83,17760.3%−0.3 pts
38Terrell County, GAGA8,65660.3%+0.0 pts
39Randolph County, GAGA6,15660.1%+1.0 pts
40Bertie County, NCNC17,08659.5%−2.6 pts
41Macon County, GAGA11,75659.2%−0.1 pts
42Prince George's County, MDMD970,37459.1%−3.0 pts
43Yazoo County, MSMS22,94759.1%+5.6 pts
44Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94158.5%+1.5 pts
45Warren County, GAGA5,26958.4%−0.8 pts
46Bamberg County, SCSC12,79658.2%−3.9 pts
47Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87758.1%−0.8 pts
48Greensville County, VAVA11,18158.1%−1.4 pts
49Clay County, MSMS18,23857.9%+1.8 pts
50Rockdale County, GAGA98,41657.5%+39.4 pts
51Baltimore, MDMD569,99757.3%−6.7 pts
52Montgomery County, ALAL225,89156.7%+8.3 pts
53St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87556.7%+12.1 pts
54Hertford County, NCNC19,01556.7%−2.5 pts
55Adams County, MSMS30,06156.6%+4.1 pts
56Franklin, VAVA8,47856.4%+4.2 pts
57Hale County, ALAL15,19456.2%−2.4 pts
58Jefferson County, ARAR62,98756.1%+6.7 pts
59Marion County, SCSC28,24256.0%−0.0 pts
60Clay County, GAGA2,81555.9%−3.9 pts
61Issaquena County, MSMS1,26355.9%−6.8 pts
62Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12155.8%−1.3 pts
63Northampton County, NCNC16,49155.2%−4.1 pts
64Richmond County, GAGA206,55954.7%+5.3 pts
65Bibb County, GAGA157,55654.2%+7.1 pts
66Lee County, ARAR8,02954.2%−2.6 pts
67St. Francis County, ARAR21,80054.1%+5.5 pts
68Brunswick County, VAVA15,72754.1%−2.5 pts
69Tensas Parish, LALA3,70053.8%−1.2 pts
70Orleans Parish, LALA362,15453.6%−13.1 pts
71Crittenden County, ARAR46,21053.6%+6.7 pts
72St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75853.5%+1.5 pts
73Washington County, GAGA19,45353.5%+0.5 pts
74Fairfield County, SCSC20,34053.5%−5.4 pts
75Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66253.4%−6.8 pts
76Talbot County, GAGA5,70953.3%−7.9 pts
77Sussex County, VAVA10,75553.2%−8.7 pts
78Gadsden County, FLFL44,29853.2%−3.6 pts
79Pike County, MSMS38,71253.2%+5.9 pts
80Chicot County, ARAR9,10752.8%−0.6 pts
81Portsmouth, VAVA96,77752.7%+2.4 pts
82Marengo County, ALAL18,31152.4%+1.1 pts
83Hampton County, SCSC18,17451.4%−3.9 pts
84Shelby County, TNTN910,22651.1%+2.7 pts
85Danville, VAVA41,64751.0%+7.1 pts
86Early County, GAGA10,45551.0%+3.2 pts
87Halifax County, NCNC46,53450.9%−1.4 pts
88Jasper County, MSMS15,78550.9%−1.8 pts
89Sumter County, GAGA28,80150.8%+2.0 pts
90Jefferson County, GAGA15,01150.7%−5.2 pts
91Haywood County, TNTN17,04250.3%−0.5 pts
92DeKalb County, GAGA774,39450.3%−3.5 pts
93Copiah County, MSMS27,49750.3%−0.4 pts
94Marlboro County, SCSC25,48849.9%−0.6 pts
95Vance County, NCNC42,63849.5%+1.5 pts
96Dooly County, GAGA11,15649.4%+0.2 pts
97Washington County, NCNC10,63848.6%−0.2 pts
98Hampton, VAVA137,31548.6%+4.3 pts
99Warren County, NCNC18,89848.5%−5.6 pts
100Charles County, MDMD176,59348.5%+22.6 pts
101Henry County, GAGA264,92248.4%+33.8 pts
102Panola County, MSMS32,69148.3%+0.2 pts
103Caddo Parish, LALA224,22648.3%+3.8 pts
104Douglas County, GAGA154,29347.7%+29.3 pts
105Warren County, MSMS41,75947.6%+4.6 pts
106Desha County, ARAR9,98447.3%+1.3 pts
107Barbour County, ALAL24,60747.0%+0.9 pts
108St. James Parish, LALA18,93847.0%−2.2 pts
109Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70546.7%+3.7 pts
110Newton County, GAGA125,58346.4%+24.4 pts
111Stewart County, GAGA4,63146.3%−14.6 pts
112Mitchell County, GAGA20,46746.2%−1.5 pts
113Sumter County, SCSC105,06746.0%−0.5 pts
114Muscogee County, GAGA202,17145.8%+2.4 pts
115Winston County, MSMS17,47345.6%+2.5 pts
116Webster County, GAGA2,36945.3%−1.7 pts
117Richland County, SCSC434,95645.2%+0.4 pts
118East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18045.0%+5.1 pts
119Dillon County, SCSC27,45844.9%−0.3 pts
120Martinsville, VAVA13,84944.8%+2.6 pts
121Anson County, NCNC21,75844.6%−3.8 pts
122Burke County, GAGA24,40844.5%−6.2 pts
123Montgomery County, MSMS9,35444.4%−0.2 pts
124Clarendon County, SCSC31,04344.4%−8.5 pts
125Clarke County, ALAL22,01444.3%+1.5 pts
126Marshall County, MSMS34,65444.1%−5.9 pts
127Butler County, ALAL18,10044.0%+3.5 pts
128Iberville Parish, LALA29,57944.0%−5.5 pts
129Lowndes County, MSMS57,34644.0%+2.6 pts
130Conecuh County, ALAL10,89943.9%+0.7 pts
131Crisp County, GAGA19,23743.8%+0.6 pts
132Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31743.8%+5.8 pts
133Russell County, ALAL58,89843.8%+3.2 pts
134Peach County, GAGA29,87743.4%−1.7 pts
135Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35443.3%−3.7 pts
136Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73043.3%+2.3 pts
137Grenada County, MSMS20,86843.2%+2.5 pts
138St. Louis, MOMO278,14442.8%−8.2 pts
139Attala County, MSMS17,10042.7%+2.9 pts
140Barnwell County, SCSC20,65342.7%+0.3 pts
141Prince Edward County, VAVA22,39142.1%+6.5 pts
142Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79142.1%−2.2 pts
143Hopewell, VAVA23,26142.1%+8.9 pts
144Charles City County, VAVA6,62341.9%−12.9 pts
145Liberty County, GAGA70,31341.8%−0.4 pts
146Baldwin County, GAGA44,02941.8%−1.4 pts
147Monroe County, ALAL18,96541.7%+1.9 pts
148Suffolk, VAVA104,69941.6%−1.7 pts
149Decatur County, GAGA29,43241.5%+1.8 pts
150Jefferson County, ALAL665,74241.5%+2.3 pts
151Florence County, SCSC138,50441.5%+2.4 pts
152St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76541.5%−0.5 pts
153Newport News, VAVA183,23041.3%+2.7 pts
154Choctaw County, ALAL11,90441.2%−2.7 pts
155McCormick County, SCSC10,21541.1%−12.6 pts
156Walthall County, MSMS13,92841.1%−2.4 pts
157Quitman County, GAGA2,25441.0%−5.7 pts
158Surry County, VAVA6,60341.0%−10.5 pts
159District of Columbia, DCDC693,64540.9%−18.5 pts
160Jenkins County, GAGA8,84340.8%+0.7 pts
161Bienville Parish, LALA12,26940.6%−2.9 pts
162Turner County, GAGA8,98340.5%−0.2 pts
163Monroe County, ARAR6,24440.5%+1.8 pts
164Darlington County, SCSC62,88840.4%−1.1 pts
165Martin County, NCNC21,60140.3%−4.8 pts
166Wilkes County, GAGA9,54040.1%−2.8 pts
167Concordia Parish, LALA17,83640.0%+2.6 pts
168Lenoir County, NCNC55,83740.0%−0.3 pts
169McDuffie County, GAGA21,64040.0%+2.7 pts
170Richmond, VAVA237,25739.9%−16.9 pts
171Hardeman County, TNTN25,27439.9%−1.0 pts
172Dallas County, ARAR6,01139.8%−0.8 pts
173Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08939.6%+1.4 pts
174West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75639.4%+4.0 pts
175Norfolk, VAVA231,01339.3%−4.3 pts
176Baker County, GAGA2,72539.2%−10.8 pts
177Ouachita County, ARAR21,73139.1%+0.6 pts
178Wayne County, MSMS19,80739.0%+1.2 pts
179Pickens County, ALAL18,22138.9%−3.7 pts
180Red River Parish, LALA7,16538.7%−1.8 pts
181Chambers County, ALAL34,25338.7%+0.7 pts
182Twiggs County, GAGA7,59738.6%−4.7 pts
183Nash County, NCNC99,36538.6%+4.9 pts
184Leake County, MSMS21,66238.5%+1.3 pts
185Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36038.5%−1.1 pts
186Wheeler County, GAGA7,57038.5%+5.4 pts
187Somerset County, MDMD24,97338.4%−2.5 pts
188Scotland County, NCNC33,32238.3%+1.2 pts
189Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,28138.3%−4.3 pts
190Amite County, MSMS12,48738.0%−4.3 pts
191Calhoun County, SCSC14,18838.0%−10.3 pts
192Wilson County, NCNC81,15037.9%−1.3 pts
193Screven County, GAGA14,40837.6%−7.5 pts
194Essex County, NJNJ896,37937.5%−2.8 pts
195Wayne County, MIMI1,769,03837.3%−4.6 pts
196Lowndes County, GAGA122,86737.2%+3.4 pts
197Cumberland County, NCNC338,47337.1%+2.7 pts
198Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37537.0%−1.4 pts
199Nottoway County, VAVA15,79636.9%−3.5 pts
200Laurens County, GAGA51,04136.8%+2.4 pts
201Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54236.7%+3.2 pts
202Williamsburg, VAVA15,86136.6%+23.3 pts
203Chatham County, GAGA311,85536.6%−3.7 pts
204Pike County, ALAL33,68836.6%+0.2 pts
205Richland Parish, LALA19,58236.4%−1.3 pts
206East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91136.4%−10.5 pts
207Madison County, TNTN100,79036.3%+4.0 pts
208Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09936.2%+3.7 pts
209Forrest County, MSMS79,03436.0%+2.7 pts
210Taylor County, GAGA7,81835.9%−6.5 pts
211De Soto Parish, LALA27,38135.8%−6.2 pts
212Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65035.6%−5.0 pts
213Pulaski County, ARAR404,61135.6%+3.9 pts
214Thomas County, GAGA46,36835.5%−3.1 pts
215Scott County, MSMS28,07335.5%−3.1 pts
216Wilcox County, GAGA8,79735.3%−0.7 pts
217Essex County, VAVA10,65435.3%−3.5 pts
218Madison County, MSMS116,29835.3%−2.1 pts
219Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20135.3%−4.6 pts
220Meriwether County, GAGA21,51635.3%−6.7 pts
221Greene County, NCNC20,70035.2%−5.8 pts
222Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89635.2%−2.1 pts
223Pitt County, NCNC182,93635.1%+1.6 pts
224Mobile County, ALAL411,65835.1%+1.8 pts
225Mississippi County, ARAR37,82835.0%+2.5 pts
226Madison County, FLFL18,75935.0%−4.9 pts
227Chester County, SCSC33,00135.0%−3.5 pts
228Brooks County, GAGA16,10134.9%−4.2 pts
229Covington County, MSMS17,89834.8%−0.5 pts
230Troup County, GAGA72,84434.8%+3.1 pts
231Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52034.8%−2.8 pts
232Colleton County, SCSC39,38234.7%−7.2 pts
233Benton County, MSMS7,50234.7%−1.7 pts
234Telfair County, GAGA11,19534.7%−3.6 pts
235Halifax County, VAVA33,44734.5%−3.4 pts
236Spalding County, GAGA70,77534.4%+3.4 pts
237Columbia County, ARAR21,89434.4%−1.6 pts
238Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,74734.2%−4.7 pts
239Simpson County, MSMS25,49833.9%−0.2 pts
240Durham County, NCNC347,24033.6%−5.6 pts
241Franklin County, MSMS7,49133.4%−2.7 pts
242Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61733.3%−0.6 pts
243Jasper County, SCSC38,53333.2%−19.3 pts
244Guilford County, NCNC562,23433.1%+4.1 pts
245Franklin Parish, LALA19,00232.9%+1.4 pts
246Iberia Parish, LALA66,84632.9%+2.2 pts
247Webster Parish, LALA34,94832.8%+0.2 pts
248Johnson County, GAGA9,31032.8%−3.7 pts
249Southampton County, VAVA18,11032.8%−9.9 pts
250Jefferson County, TXTX254,32132.7%−0.8 pts
251Clarke County, MSMS15,10232.7%−2.0 pts
252Union County, ARAR36,92632.4%+0.6 pts
253Lafayette County, ARAR5,88832.4%−3.9 pts
254Seminole County, GAGA9,16232.4%−2.0 pts
255Edgefield County, SCSC29,80832.4%−9.0 pts
256Bladen County, NCNC30,00732.1%−5.6 pts
257Pulaski County, GAGA10,17232.1%−1.8 pts
258Talladega County, ALAL81,60332.1%+0.7 pts
259Buckingham County, VAVA17,13732.0%−6.8 pts
260Chowan County, NCNC14,08231.9%−5.4 pts
261Emanuel County, GAGA23,14731.8%−1.4 pts
262Houston County, GAGA178,21431.8%+7.2 pts
263Jefferson County, FLFL16,00731.7%−6.3 pts
264Lunenburg County, VAVA12,05831.6%−6.8 pts
265Hamilton County, FLFL14,18031.6%−5.7 pts
266Hoke County, NCNC56,93931.5%−5.8 pts
267Treutlen County, GAGA6,46631.2%−1.7 pts
268Marion County, MSMS24,00131.0%−0.6 pts
269Rapides Parish, LALA125,87731.0%+0.7 pts
270Union County, SCSC26,79931.0%+0.0 pts
271Alexander County, ILIL4,57030.8%−4.0 pts
272Lawrence County, MSMS11,81930.7%−1.2 pts
273Northampton County, VAVA11,87930.6%−12.2 pts
274Greene County, GAGA21,36730.6%−13.5 pts
275Chesterfield County, SCSC44,74030.4%−2.4 pts
276Carroll County, MSMS9,22630.3%−6.2 pts
277Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36830.3%+1.1 pts
278Newton County, MSMS20,96030.3%−0.0 pts
279St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55230.3%−1.4 pts
280DeSoto County, MSMS197,91830.2%+18.9 pts
281Monroe County, MSMS33,31830.2%−0.5 pts
282Wayne County, NCNC122,27830.1%−2.7 pts
283Lincoln County, MSMS35,01230.0%+0.5 pts
284Granville County, NCNC61,42130.0%−4.7 pts
285Greenwood County, SCSC70,37930.0%−1.5 pts
286Leon County, FLFL299,04829.9%+1.1 pts
287Caswell County, NCNC22,56329.9%−6.5 pts
288Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34629.9%+1.6 pts
289Richmond County, NCNC42,04129.7%−0.7 pts
290Escambia County, ALAL36,66529.7%−1.0 pts
291Baltimore County, MDMD847,65029.6%+9.6 pts
292St. Clair County, ILIL250,70829.5%+0.9 pts
293Ware County, GAGA36,90629.5%+1.6 pts
294Prince George County, VAVA43,93629.5%−2.5 pts
295Dodge County, GAGA19,66329.3%+0.0 pts
296Tate County, MSMS28,72529.3%−1.6 pts
297Nevada County, ARAR7,94229.3%−1.7 pts
298Tift County, GAGA42,25429.1%+1.3 pts
299Miller County, GAGA5,81229.1%+0.2 pts
300Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38329.1%+1.5 pts
301Cumberland County, VAVA10,35229.1%−8.0 pts
302St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10629.1%−2.8 pts
303Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,89629.0%−4.5 pts
304Lee County, MSMS83,73129.0%+4.5 pts
305McIntosh County, GAGA11,98928.9%−7.7 pts
306Clinch County, GAGA6,84728.9%−0.5 pts
307Coosa County, ALAL10,16128.9%−5.1 pts
308Cuyahoga County, OHOH1,232,92528.9%+1.7 pts
309Gates County, NCNC10,23428.8%−10.3 pts
310Henrico County, VAVA342,77528.8%+4.3 pts
311Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53728.8%−10.6 pts
312Duval County, FLFL1,062,96328.8%+1.2 pts
313Columbus County, NCNC50,48728.6%−2.2 pts
314Evans County, GAGA11,02828.6%−4.2 pts
315Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33228.5%−2.8 pts
316Georgetown County, SCSC65,91228.5%−9.9 pts
317Jones County, MSMS66,49628.5%+2.2 pts
318Chesapeake, VAVA255,33228.4%+0.1 pts
319Assumption Parish, LALA19,72028.4%−2.8 pts
320Upson County, GAGA28,50028.3%+0.5 pts
321Marion County, GAGA7,67628.3%−5.4 pts
322Choctaw County, MSMS8,04828.3%−2.3 pts
323Lincoln County, ARAR12,76428.2%−4.6 pts
324Pulaski County, ILIL4,82028.2%−2.5 pts
325Hempstead County, ARAR19,08028.1%−2.0 pts
326Bulloch County, GAGA86,94928.1%−0.5 pts
327Washington Parish, LALA44,93728.1%−3.3 pts
328Jones County, NCNC9,57528.0%−7.7 pts
329Grady County, GAGA26,59027.8%−2.1 pts
330Drew County, ARAR17,05427.8%+0.7 pts
331Dorchester County, MDMD33,62827.7%−0.5 pts
332Bradley County, ARAR9,82827.7%−0.9 pts
333Cook County, GAGA18,23227.6%−1.4 pts
334Coffee County, GAGA44,40727.6%+1.8 pts
335Lincoln County, GAGA8,11227.5%−6.7 pts
336Newberry County, SCSC39,56127.5%−5.5 pts
337Pemiscot County, MOMO14,46527.4%+1.3 pts
338Charlotte County, VAVA11,40127.2%−5.5 pts
339Marion County, ININ992,19627.2%+3.2 pts
340Richmond County, VAVA9,29427.1%−6.0 pts
341Roanoke, VAVA99,11127.1%+0.5 pts
342Lancaster County, VAVA10,99527.0%−1.8 pts
343Lynchburg, VAVA81,34726.9%−2.7 pts
344Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09926.9%+13.8 pts
345Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94126.8%−2.5 pts
346Butts County, GAGA27,21826.8%−1.9 pts
347Elbert County, GAGA20,07226.8%−4.0 pts
348Kings County, NYNY2,653,96326.7%−7.8 pts
349Wicomico County, MDMD106,89926.6%+3.5 pts
350Broward County, FLFL2,013,31726.6%+6.6 pts
351Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98026.6%−1.7 pts
352Lamar County, GAGA20,94126.4%−3.8 pts
353Houston County, ALAL110,31826.3%+1.9 pts
354Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39826.3%+3.6 pts
355Fayette County, TNTN45,07126.3%−9.5 pts
356Jackson Parish, LALA15,83426.2%−1.6 pts
357Lake County, TNTN6,24926.2%−4.8 pts
358Cobb County, GAGA793,34526.1%+7.5 pts
359Tattnall County, GAGA24,37626.1%−5.2 pts
360St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64226.0%+18.4 pts
361Calhoun County, MSMS12,64326.0%−2.6 pts
362Accomack County, VAVA33,85925.9%−5.6 pts
363Toombs County, GAGA27,54525.8%+1.9 pts
364Miller County, ARAR42,35725.6%+2.8 pts
365Milwaukee County, WIWI924,21625.6%+1.3 pts
366Winn Parish, LALA14,96125.6%−6.4 pts
367Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22325.5%−1.4 pts
368Woodruff County, ARAR5,71025.5%−5.0 pts
369Abbeville County, SCSC24,83625.5%−4.7 pts
370Jackson County, FLFL49,62925.4%−0.8 pts
371Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46625.3%+1.4 pts
372Worth County, GAGA20,05925.3%−4.2 pts
373Person County, NCNC40,63625.3%−2.9 pts
374Kent County, DEDE194,78625.2%+4.8 pts
375Hyde County, NCNC4,55425.1%−9.9 pts
376Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94925.1%+1.4 pts
377Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95325.1%−0.2 pts
378Hamilton County, OHOH838,41825.0%+1.7 pts
379New Castle County, DEDE588,02624.9%+5.0 pts
380Long County, GAGA21,55724.9%+1.3 pts
381Bowie County, TXTX92,69624.9%+1.6 pts
382St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58624.8%−0.3 pts
383Caroline County, VAVA34,41324.7%−9.5 pts
384Henry County, ALAL18,39424.7%−7.5 pts
385Montgomery County, GAGA8,63524.6%−2.6 pts
386Harrison County, MSMS217,13624.5%+3.6 pts
387Forsyth County, NCNC401,71824.5%−0.7 pts
388Fayette County, GAGA125,15624.5%+13.1 pts
389Putnam County, GAGA23,72224.4%−5.4 pts
390St. Louis County, MOMO990,91124.4%+5.5 pts
391Candler County, GAGA11,27524.4%−2.5 pts
392Clarke County, GAGA129,92124.4%−2.7 pts
393Ashley County, ARAR17,83124.4%−2.5 pts
394Mississippi County, MOMO12,00324.3%+4.0 pts
395Lake County, ININ504,61224.3%−0.8 pts
396Glynn County, GAGA87,59924.2%−2.0 pts
397Westmoreland County, VAVA19,71524.2%−6.5 pts
398Arkansas County, ARAR15,83624.1%+0.9 pts
399Davidson County, TNTN745,90424.0%−1.8 pts
400Ascension Parish, LALA135,10523.9%+3.8 pts
401Jones County, GAGA29,17123.8%+0.5 pts
402Dorchester County, SCSC178,39723.7%−1.3 pts
403Clark County, ARAR20,93823.6%+1.7 pts
404King and Queen County, VAVA6,74323.6%−11.8 pts
405Sampson County, NCNC61,50423.6%−6.1 pts
406Laurens County, SCSC71,84823.6%−2.5 pts
407Union Parish, LALA20,56123.6%−4.3 pts
408Duplin County, NCNC51,57123.5%−5.3 pts
409Madison County, ALAL433,51623.5%+0.8 pts
410West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13423.4%−26.7 pts
411Houston County, TXTX22,31623.4%−4.4 pts
412Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17523.4%−1.3 pts
413Aiken County, SCSC181,51523.4%−2.1 pts
414Greene County, MSMS13,70723.2%−2.8 pts
415Bossier Parish, LALA131,86723.2%+2.5 pts
416Kershaw County, SCSC73,16623.1%−3.1 pts
417Franklin County, NCNC82,03723.0%−6.9 pts
418Irwin County, GAGA9,02023.0%−2.7 pts
419Beaufort County, NCNC44,67022.8%−6.1 pts
420Northumberland County, VAVA12,55722.6%−3.8 pts
421Berkeley County, SCSC274,66622.5%−3.9 pts
422Lee County, ALAL189,88122.5%−0.0 pts
423Robeson County, NCNC119,94122.5%−2.5 pts
424Charleston County, SCSC436,20022.5%−11.8 pts
425Cook County, ILIL5,194,62522.5%−3.4 pts
426Franklin County, OHOH1,361,53622.4%+4.6 pts
427Chesterfield County, VAVA397,14822.4%+4.7 pts
428San Augustine County, TXTX7,72222.3%−5.4 pts
429Lamar County, MSMS67,40322.3%+9.4 pts
430Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,32122.2%−4.8 pts
431Bleckley County, GAGA12,86622.2%−2.4 pts
432Lee County, GAGA34,17922.1%+6.7 pts
433Delaware County, PAPA580,93722.0%+7.7 pts
434Fulton County, KYKY6,21822.0%−1.1 pts
435Neshoba County, MSMS28,73221.9%+2.7 pts
436Smith County, MSMS13,99121.9%−1.1 pts
437Falls County, TXTX17,86921.9%−5.4 pts
438Jackson County, MOMO732,99421.8%−1.3 pts
439Bell County, TXTX402,24821.8%+1.9 pts
440Calhoun County, ALAL115,83421.8%+3.3 pts
441Colquitt County, GAGA47,43821.8%−1.6 pts
442Monroe County, GAGA32,02321.8%−5.9 pts
443Henry County, VAVA49,24221.7%−0.9 pts
444Paulding County, GAGA190,99621.7%+14.8 pts
445Cross County, ARAR16,18621.7%−1.9 pts
446Lanier County, GAGA10,62321.6%−3.8 pts
447Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39721.6%+1.5 pts
448Washington County, ALAL14,82221.6%−5.1 pts
449Walker County, TXTX83,84221.4%−2.3 pts
450Saluda County, SCSC19,68021.4%−8.4 pts
451Jefferson County, KYKY795,22221.3%+2.6 pts
452Waller County, TXTX69,85821.3%−7.8 pts
453Fredericksburg, VAVA30,39321.3%+1.1 pts
454Escambia County, FLFL333,83421.2%−0.1 pts
455Montgomery County, OHOH539,59821.0%+1.2 pts
456Christian County, KYKY70,11520.9%−2.5 pts
457Jackson County, MSMS147,66620.7%−0.0 pts
458Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25620.7%−2.6 pts
459Perquimans County, NCNC13,49020.7%−7.2 pts
460Rankin County, MSMS162,18120.7%+3.6 pts
461Elmore County, ALAL91,57720.6%+0.1 pts
462Howard County, ARAR12,30620.5%−1.2 pts
463Dale County, ALAL49,91220.5%+0.3 pts
464Morris County, TXTX12,13320.4%−3.6 pts
465Morgan County, GAGA22,09520.4%−7.9 pts
466Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,49020.4%−3.1 pts
467Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19120.4%+0.8 pts
468Lafayette County, MSMS59,59720.2%−4.7 pts
469Cleveland County, NCNC103,32520.1%−0.7 pts
470Gregg County, TXTX126,09520.1%+0.4 pts
471Cherokee County, SCSC58,27520.1%−0.4 pts
472Wyandotte County, KSKS170,59720.1%−8.0 pts
473Harnett County, NCNC150,13720.0%−2.3 pts
474Lancaster County, SCSC114,29619.9%−6.8 pts
475Union County, FLFL16,25019.8%−2.8 pts
476Craven County, NCNC105,02519.8%−5.1 pts
477Anderson County, TXTX59,80519.7%−3.7 pts
478Montgomery County, TNTN249,93519.7%+0.8 pts
479Bibb County, ALAL22,26219.7%−2.3 pts
480Prince William County, VAVA502,96619.7%+1.3 pts
481Alexandria, VAVA160,66219.6%−2.6 pts
482St. Lucie County, FLFL402,44919.6%+4.5 pts
483Alamance County, NCNC186,17719.6%+1.0 pts
484Harrison County, TXTX71,95619.5%−4.4 pts
485Union County, NJNJ601,86319.5%−0.6 pts
486Wayne County, GAGA32,48119.5%−0.6 pts
487Genesee County, MIMI401,09319.5%−0.8 pts
488Spartanburg County, SCSC380,85719.4%−1.3 pts
489Lucas County, OHOH423,34719.3%+2.5 pts
490Autauga County, ALAL61,92019.3%+2.3 pts
491Calhoun County, ARAR4,63219.3%−4.1 pts
492Howard County, MDMD339,18319.3%+5.0 pts
493Taylor County, FLFL21,21019.3%+0.3 pts
494Madison County, TXTX14,22619.2%−3.3 pts
495Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16319.2%+1.5 pts
496Amelia County, VAVA13,63219.2%−8.7 pts
497Bradford County, FLFL28,30719.2%−1.4 pts
498Charlton County, GAGA13,12119.1%−10.0 pts
499Marion County, TXTX9,89619.0%−4.8 pts
500Schley County, GAGA4,59319.0%−12.1 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS

Frequently asked

Which county has the highest black?

Claiborne County, Mississippi ranks #1 with 87.1% (2020 Decennial Census).

What are the top 5 counties by black?

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

How many counties are in this ranking?

3,135 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2020 Decennial Census data.

How is black measured?

Share identifying as Black or African American alone. Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Decennial Census.