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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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBLACKVS 2000

USUnited States331,449,28112.1%–

01Claiborne County, MSMS8,05887.1%+4%

02Jefferson County, MSMS6,82584.5%−2%

03Holmes County, MSMS15,46583.5%+7%

04Greene County, ALAL7,06780.6%+1%

05Macon County, ALAL18,13278.8%−6%

06Humphreys County, MSMS7,00178.0%+10%

07Tunica County, MSMS8,81976.8%+11%

08Coahoma County, MSMS19,84975.8%+10%

09Quitman County, MSMS5,36473.6%+8%

10Leflore County, MSMS25,68673.4%+9%

11Petersburg, VAVA33,73473.3%−7%

12Sumter County, ALAL11,58872.5%+0%

13Bullock County, ALAL9,78071.3%−2%

14Washington County, MSMS40,44671.1%+11%

15Sharkey County, MSMS3,09770.3%+2%

16Allendale County, SCSC7,35570.2%−1%

17Wilcox County, ALAL9,66670.0%−2%

18Noxubee County, MSMS9,79869.9%+2%

19Dallas County, ALAL35,14069.7%+11%

20Dougherty County, GAGA82,61669.6%+16%

21Sunflower County, MSMS22,89369.6%+0%

22Perry County, ALAL7,42569.5%+2%

23Lowndes County, ALAL9,35969.3%−5%

24East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76069.2%+4%

25Hinds County, MSMS211,88869.1%+14%

26Clayton County, GAGA297,47169.0%+35%

27Hancock County, GAGA8,68269.0%−11%

28Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58267.1%−1%

29Calhoun County, GAGA5,41364.0%+9%

30Williamsburg County, SCSC29,66263.1%−4%

31Emporia, VAVA5,44763.0%+12%

32Phillips County, ARAR14,25562.2%+6%

33Bolivar County, MSMS28,26262.1%−4%

34Madison Parish, LALA8,84461.6%+2%

35Kemper County, MSMS8,60061.0%+6%

36Lee County, SCSC15,73060.8%−4%

37Orangeburg County, SCSC83,17760.3%−0%

38Terrell County, GAGA8,65660.3%+0%

39Randolph County, GAGA6,15660.1%+2%

40Bertie County, NCNC17,08659.5%−4%

41Macon County, GAGA11,75659.2%−0%

42Prince George's County, MDMD970,37459.1%−5%

43Yazoo County, MSMS22,94759.1%+10%

44Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94158.5%+3%

45Warren County, GAGA5,26958.4%−1%

46Bamberg County, SCSC12,79658.2%−6%

47Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87758.1%−1%

48Greensville County, VAVA11,18158.1%−2%

49Clay County, MSMS18,23857.9%+3%

50Rockdale County, GAGA98,41657.5%+218%

51Baltimore, MDMD569,99757.3%−11%

52Montgomery County, ALAL225,89156.7%+17%

53St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87556.7%+27%

54Hertford County, NCNC19,01556.7%−4%

55Adams County, MSMS30,06156.6%+8%

56Franklin, VAVA8,47856.4%+8%

57Hale County, ALAL15,19456.2%−4%

58Jefferson County, ARAR62,98756.1%+14%

59Marion County, SCSC28,24256.0%−0%

60Clay County, GAGA2,81555.9%−7%

61Issaquena County, MSMS1,26355.9%−11%

62Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12155.8%−2%

63Northampton County, NCNC16,49155.2%−7%

64Richmond County, GAGA206,55954.7%+11%

65Bibb County, GAGA157,55654.2%+15%

66Lee County, ARAR8,02954.2%−5%

67St. Francis County, ARAR21,80054.1%+11%

68Brunswick County, VAVA15,72754.1%−4%

69Tensas Parish, LALA3,70053.8%−2%

70Orleans Parish, LALA362,15453.6%−20%

71Crittenden County, ARAR46,21053.6%+14%

72St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75853.5%+3%

73Washington County, GAGA19,45353.5%+1%

74Fairfield County, SCSC20,34053.5%−9%

75Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66253.4%−11%

76Talbot County, GAGA5,70953.3%−13%

77Sussex County, VAVA10,75553.2%−14%

78Gadsden County, FLFL44,29853.2%−6%

79Pike County, MSMS38,71253.2%+12%

80Chicot County, ARAR9,10752.8%−1%

81Portsmouth, VAVA96,77752.7%+5%

82Marengo County, ALAL18,31152.4%+2%

83Hampton County, SCSC18,17451.4%−7%

84Shelby County, TNTN910,22651.1%+6%

85Danville, VAVA41,64751.0%+16%

86Early County, GAGA10,45551.0%+7%

87Halifax County, NCNC46,53450.9%−3%

88Jasper County, MSMS15,78550.9%−3%

89Sumter County, GAGA28,80150.8%+4%

90Jefferson County, GAGA15,01150.7%−9%

91Haywood County, TNTN17,04250.3%−1%

92DeKalb County, GAGA774,39450.3%−7%

93Copiah County, MSMS27,49750.3%−1%

94Marlboro County, SCSC25,48849.9%−1%

95Vance County, NCNC42,63849.5%+3%

96Dooly County, GAGA11,15649.4%+0%

97Washington County, NCNC10,63848.6%−0%

98Hampton, VAVA137,31548.6%+10%

99Warren County, NCNC18,89848.5%−10%

100Charles County, MDMD176,59348.5%+87%

101Henry County, GAGA264,92248.4%+231%

102Panola County, MSMS32,69148.3%+0%

103Caddo Parish, LALA224,22648.3%+9%

104Douglas County, GAGA154,29347.7%+159%

105Warren County, MSMS41,75947.6%+11%

106Desha County, ARAR9,98447.3%+3%

107Barbour County, ALAL24,60747.0%+2%

108St. James Parish, LALA18,93847.0%−5%

109Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70546.7%+9%

110Newton County, GAGA125,58346.4%+110%

111Stewart County, GAGA4,63146.3%−24%

112Mitchell County, GAGA20,46746.2%−3%

113Sumter County, SCSC105,06746.0%−1%

114Muscogee County, GAGA202,17145.8%+6%

115Winston County, MSMS17,47345.6%+6%

116Webster County, GAGA2,36945.3%−4%

117Richland County, SCSC434,95645.2%+1%

118East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18045.0%+13%

119Dillon County, SCSC27,45844.9%−1%

120Martinsville, VAVA13,84944.8%+6%

121Anson County, NCNC21,75844.6%−8%

122Burke County, GAGA24,40844.5%−12%

123Montgomery County, MSMS9,35444.4%−0%

124Clarendon County, SCSC31,04344.4%−16%

125Clarke County, ALAL22,01444.3%+4%

126Marshall County, MSMS34,65444.1%−12%

127Butler County, ALAL18,10044.0%+9%

128Iberville Parish, LALA29,57944.0%−11%

129Lowndes County, MSMS57,34644.0%+6%

130Conecuh County, ALAL10,89943.9%+2%

131Crisp County, GAGA19,23743.8%+1%

132Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31743.8%+15%

133Russell County, ALAL58,89843.8%+8%

134Peach County, GAGA29,87743.4%−4%

135Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35443.3%−8%

136Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73043.3%+6%

137Grenada County, MSMS20,86843.2%+6%

138St. Louis, MOMO278,14442.8%−16%

139Attala County, MSMS17,10042.7%+7%

140Barnwell County, SCSC20,65342.7%+1%

141Prince Edward County, VAVA22,39142.1%+18%

142Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79142.1%−5%

143Hopewell, VAVA23,26142.1%+27%

144Charles City County, VAVA6,62341.9%−24%

145Liberty County, GAGA70,31341.8%−1%

146Baldwin County, GAGA44,02941.8%−3%

147Monroe County, ALAL18,96541.7%+5%

148Suffolk, VAVA104,69941.6%−4%

149Decatur County, GAGA29,43241.5%+4%

150Jefferson County, ALAL665,74241.5%+6%

151Florence County, SCSC138,50441.5%+6%

152St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76541.5%−1%

153Newport News, VAVA183,23041.3%+7%

154Choctaw County, ALAL11,90441.2%−6%

155McCormick County, SCSC10,21541.1%−23%

156Walthall County, MSMS13,92841.1%−6%

157Quitman County, GAGA2,25441.0%−12%

158Surry County, VAVA6,60341.0%−20%

159District of Columbia, DCDC693,64540.9%−31%

160Jenkins County, GAGA8,84340.8%+2%

161Bienville Parish, LALA12,26940.6%−7%

162Turner County, GAGA8,98340.5%−1%

163Monroe County, ARAR6,24440.5%+5%

164Darlington County, SCSC62,88840.4%−3%

165Martin County, NCNC21,60140.3%−11%

166Wilkes County, GAGA9,54040.1%−7%

167Concordia Parish, LALA17,83640.0%+7%

168Lenoir County, NCNC55,83740.0%−1%

169McDuffie County, GAGA21,64040.0%+7%

170Richmond, VAVA237,25739.9%−30%

171Hardeman County, TNTN25,27439.9%−2%

172Dallas County, ARAR6,01139.8%−2%

173Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08939.6%+4%

174West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75639.4%+11%

175Norfolk, VAVA231,01339.3%−10%

176Baker County, GAGA2,72539.2%−22%

177Ouachita County, ARAR21,73139.1%+2%

178Wayne County, MSMS19,80739.0%+3%

179Pickens County, ALAL18,22138.9%−9%

180Red River Parish, LALA7,16538.7%−4%

181Chambers County, ALAL34,25338.7%+2%

182Twiggs County, GAGA7,59738.6%−11%

183Nash County, NCNC99,36538.6%+14%

184Leake County, MSMS21,66238.5%+3%

185Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36038.5%−3%

186Wheeler County, GAGA7,57038.5%+16%

187Somerset County, MDMD24,97338.4%−6%

188Scotland County, NCNC33,32238.3%+3%

189Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,28138.3%−10%

190Amite County, MSMS12,48738.0%−10%

191Calhoun County, SCSC14,18838.0%−21%

192Wilson County, NCNC81,15037.9%−3%

193Screven County, GAGA14,40837.6%−17%

194Essex County, NJNJ896,37937.5%−7%

195Wayne County, MIMI1,769,03837.3%−11%

196Lowndes County, GAGA122,86737.2%+10%

197Cumberland County, NCNC338,47337.1%+8%

198Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37537.0%−4%

199Nottoway County, VAVA15,79636.9%−9%

200Laurens County, GAGA51,04136.8%+7%

201Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54236.7%+10%

202Williamsburg, VAVA15,86136.6%+176%

203Chatham County, GAGA311,85536.6%−9%

204Pike County, ALAL33,68836.6%+1%

205Richland Parish, LALA19,58236.4%−4%

206East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91136.4%−22%

207Madison County, TNTN100,79036.3%+12%

208Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09936.2%+12%

209Forrest County, MSMS79,03436.0%+8%

210Taylor County, GAGA7,81835.9%−15%

211De Soto Parish, LALA27,38135.8%−15%

212Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65035.6%−12%

213Pulaski County, ARAR404,61135.6%+12%

214Thomas County, GAGA46,36835.5%−8%

215Scott County, MSMS28,07335.5%−8%

216Wilcox County, GAGA8,79735.3%−2%

217Essex County, VAVA10,65435.3%−9%

218Madison County, MSMS116,29835.3%−6%

219Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20135.3%−12%

220Meriwether County, GAGA21,51635.3%−16%

221Greene County, NCNC20,70035.2%−14%

222Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89635.2%−6%

223Pitt County, NCNC182,93635.1%+5%

224Mobile County, ALAL411,65835.1%+6%

225Mississippi County, ARAR37,82835.0%+8%

226Madison County, FLFL18,75935.0%−12%

227Chester County, SCSC33,00135.0%−9%

228Brooks County, GAGA16,10134.9%−11%

229Covington County, MSMS17,89834.8%−2%

230Troup County, GAGA72,84434.8%+10%

231Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52034.8%−7%

232Colleton County, SCSC39,38234.7%−17%

233Benton County, MSMS7,50234.7%−5%

234Telfair County, GAGA11,19534.7%−9%

235Halifax County, VAVA33,44734.5%−9%

236Spalding County, GAGA70,77534.4%+11%

237Columbia County, ARAR21,89434.4%−4%

238Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,74734.2%−12%

239Simpson County, MSMS25,49833.9%−1%

240Durham County, NCNC347,24033.6%−14%

241Franklin County, MSMS7,49133.4%−7%

242Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61733.3%−2%

243Jasper County, SCSC38,53333.2%−37%

244Guilford County, NCNC562,23433.1%+14%

245Franklin Parish, LALA19,00232.9%+5%

246Iberia Parish, LALA66,84632.9%+7%

247Webster Parish, LALA34,94832.8%+1%

248Johnson County, GAGA9,31032.8%−10%

249Southampton County, VAVA18,11032.8%−23%

250Jefferson County, TXTX254,32132.7%−2%

251Clarke County, MSMS15,10232.7%−6%

252Union County, ARAR36,92632.4%+2%

253Lafayette County, ARAR5,88832.4%−11%

254Seminole County, GAGA9,16232.4%−6%

255Edgefield County, SCSC29,80832.4%−22%

256Bladen County, NCNC30,00732.1%−15%

257Pulaski County, GAGA10,17232.1%−5%

258Talladega County, ALAL81,60332.1%+2%

259Buckingham County, VAVA17,13732.0%−18%

260Chowan County, NCNC14,08231.9%−14%

261Emanuel County, GAGA23,14731.8%−4%

262Houston County, GAGA178,21431.8%+29%

263Jefferson County, FLFL16,00731.7%−17%

264Lunenburg County, VAVA12,05831.6%−18%

265Hamilton County, FLFL14,18031.6%−15%

266Hoke County, NCNC56,93931.5%−16%

267Treutlen County, GAGA6,46631.2%−5%

268Marion County, MSMS24,00131.0%−2%

269Rapides Parish, LALA125,87731.0%+2%

270Union County, SCSC26,79931.0%+0%

271Alexander County, ILIL4,57030.8%−12%

272Lawrence County, MSMS11,81930.7%−4%

273Northampton County, VAVA11,87930.6%−29%

274Greene County, GAGA21,36730.6%−31%

275Chesterfield County, SCSC44,74030.4%−7%

276Carroll County, MSMS9,22630.3%−17%

277Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36830.3%+4%

278Newton County, MSMS20,96030.3%−0%

279St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55230.3%−4%

280DeSoto County, MSMS197,91830.2%+166%

281Monroe County, MSMS33,31830.2%−2%

282Wayne County, NCNC122,27830.1%−8%

283Lincoln County, MSMS35,01230.0%+2%

284Granville County, NCNC61,42130.0%−14%

285Greenwood County, SCSC70,37930.0%−5%

286Leon County, FLFL299,04829.9%+4%

287Caswell County, NCNC22,56329.9%−18%

288Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34629.9%+6%

289Richmond County, NCNC42,04129.7%−2%

290Escambia County, ALAL36,66529.7%−3%

291Baltimore County, MDMD847,65029.6%+48%

292St. Clair County, ILIL250,70829.5%+3%

293Ware County, GAGA36,90629.5%+6%

294Prince George County, VAVA43,93629.5%−8%

295Dodge County, GAGA19,66329.3%+0%

296Tate County, MSMS28,72529.3%−5%

297Nevada County, ARAR7,94229.3%−6%

298Tift County, GAGA42,25429.1%+5%

299Miller County, GAGA5,81229.1%+1%

300Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38329.1%+5%

301Cumberland County, VAVA10,35229.1%−22%

302St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10629.1%−9%

303Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,89629.0%−13%

304Lee County, MSMS83,73129.0%+19%

305McIntosh County, GAGA11,98928.9%−21%

306Clinch County, GAGA6,84728.9%−2%

307Coosa County, ALAL10,16128.9%−15%

308Cuyahoga County, OHOH1,232,92528.9%+6%

309Gates County, NCNC10,23428.8%−26%

310Henrico County, VAVA342,77528.8%+17%

311Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53728.8%−27%

312Duval County, FLFL1,062,96328.8%+4%

313Columbus County, NCNC50,48728.6%−7%

314Evans County, GAGA11,02828.6%−13%

315Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33228.5%−9%

316Georgetown County, SCSC65,91228.5%−26%

317Jones County, MSMS66,49628.5%+9%

318Chesapeake, VAVA255,33228.4%+0%

319Assumption Parish, LALA19,72028.4%−9%

320Upson County, GAGA28,50028.3%+2%

321Marion County, GAGA7,67628.3%−16%

322Choctaw County, MSMS8,04828.3%−7%

323Lincoln County, ARAR12,76428.2%−14%

324Pulaski County, ILIL4,82028.2%−8%

325Hempstead County, ARAR19,08028.1%−7%

326Bulloch County, GAGA86,94928.1%−2%

327Washington Parish, LALA44,93728.1%−11%

328Jones County, NCNC9,57528.0%−22%

329Grady County, GAGA26,59027.8%−7%

330Drew County, ARAR17,05427.8%+2%

331Dorchester County, MDMD33,62827.7%−2%

332Bradley County, ARAR9,82827.7%−3%

333Cook County, GAGA18,23227.6%−5%

334Coffee County, GAGA44,40727.6%+7%

335Lincoln County, GAGA8,11227.5%−20%

336Newberry County, SCSC39,56127.5%−17%

337Pemiscot County, MOMO14,46527.4%+5%

338Charlotte County, VAVA11,40127.2%−17%

339Marion County, ININ992,19627.2%+13%

340Richmond County, VAVA9,29427.1%−18%

341Roanoke, VAVA99,11127.1%+2%

342Lancaster County, VAVA10,99527.0%−6%

343Lynchburg, VAVA81,34726.9%−9%

344Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09926.9%+106%

345Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94126.8%−9%

346Butts County, GAGA27,21826.8%−7%

347Elbert County, GAGA20,07226.8%−13%

348Kings County, NYNY2,653,96326.7%−23%

349Wicomico County, MDMD106,89926.6%+15%

350Broward County, FLFL2,013,31726.6%+33%

351Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98026.6%−6%

352Lamar County, GAGA20,94126.4%−13%

353Houston County, ALAL110,31826.3%+8%

354Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39826.3%+16%

355Fayette County, TNTN45,07126.3%−27%

356Jackson Parish, LALA15,83426.2%−6%

357Lake County, TNTN6,24926.2%−16%

358Cobb County, GAGA793,34526.1%+41%

359Tattnall County, GAGA24,37626.1%−17%

360St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64226.0%+243%

361Calhoun County, MSMS12,64326.0%−9%

362Accomack County, VAVA33,85925.9%−18%

363Toombs County, GAGA27,54525.8%+8%

364Miller County, ARAR42,35725.6%+12%

365Milwaukee County, WIWI924,21625.6%+5%

366Winn Parish, LALA14,96125.6%−20%

367Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22325.5%−5%

368Woodruff County, ARAR5,71025.5%−16%

369Abbeville County, SCSC24,83625.5%−15%

370Jackson County, FLFL49,62925.4%−3%

371Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46625.3%+6%

372Worth County, GAGA20,05925.3%−14%

373Person County, NCNC40,63625.3%−10%

374Kent County, DEDE194,78625.2%+24%

375Hyde County, NCNC4,55425.1%−28%

376Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94925.1%+6%

377Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95325.1%−1%

378Hamilton County, OHOH838,41825.0%+7%

379New Castle County, DEDE588,02624.9%+25%

380Long County, GAGA21,55724.9%+6%

381Bowie County, TXTX92,69624.9%+7%

382St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58624.8%−1%

383Caroline County, VAVA34,41324.7%−28%

384Henry County, ALAL18,39424.7%−23%

385Montgomery County, GAGA8,63524.6%−10%

386Harrison County, MSMS217,13624.5%+17%

387Forsyth County, NCNC401,71824.5%−3%

388Fayette County, GAGA125,15624.5%+115%

389Putnam County, GAGA23,72224.4%−18%

390St. Louis County, MOMO990,91124.4%+29%

391Candler County, GAGA11,27524.4%−9%

392Clarke County, GAGA129,92124.4%−10%

393Ashley County, ARAR17,83124.4%−9%

394Mississippi County, MOMO12,00324.3%+19%

395Lake County, ININ504,61224.3%−3%

396Glynn County, GAGA87,59924.2%−8%

397Westmoreland County, VAVA19,71524.2%−21%

398Arkansas County, ARAR15,83624.1%+4%

399Davidson County, TNTN745,90424.0%−7%

400Ascension Parish, LALA135,10523.9%+19%

401Jones County, GAGA29,17123.8%+2%

402Dorchester County, SCSC178,39723.7%−5%

403Clark County, ARAR20,93823.6%+8%

404King and Queen County, VAVA6,74323.6%−33%

405Sampson County, NCNC61,50423.6%−20%

406Laurens County, SCSC71,84823.6%−10%

407Union Parish, LALA20,56123.6%−15%

408Duplin County, NCNC51,57123.5%−18%

409Madison County, ALAL433,51623.5%+4%

410West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13423.4%−53%

411Houston County, TXTX22,31623.4%−16%

412Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17523.4%−5%

413Aiken County, SCSC181,51523.4%−8%

414Greene County, MSMS13,70723.2%−11%

415Bossier Parish, LALA131,86723.2%+12%

416Kershaw County, SCSC73,16623.1%−12%

417Franklin County, NCNC82,03723.0%−23%

418Irwin County, GAGA9,02023.0%−11%

419Beaufort County, NCNC44,67022.8%−21%

420Northumberland County, VAVA12,55722.6%−14%

421Berkeley County, SCSC274,66622.5%−15%

422Lee County, ALAL189,88122.5%−0%

423Robeson County, NCNC119,94122.5%−10%

424Charleston County, SCSC436,20022.5%−34%

425Cook County, ILIL5,194,62522.5%−13%

426Franklin County, OHOH1,361,53622.4%+26%

427Chesterfield County, VAVA397,14822.4%+27%

428San Augustine County, TXTX7,72222.3%−20%

429Lamar County, MSMS67,40322.3%+73%

430Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,32122.2%−18%

431Bleckley County, GAGA12,86622.2%−10%

432Lee County, GAGA34,17922.1%+43%

433Delaware County, PAPA580,93722.0%+53%

434Fulton County, KYKY6,21822.0%−5%

435Neshoba County, MSMS28,73221.9%+14%

436Smith County, MSMS13,99121.9%−5%

437Falls County, TXTX17,86921.9%−20%

438Jackson County, MOMO732,99421.8%−6%

439Bell County, TXTX402,24821.8%+10%

440Calhoun County, ALAL115,83421.8%+18%

441Colquitt County, GAGA47,43821.8%−7%

442Monroe County, GAGA32,02321.8%−21%

443Henry County, VAVA49,24221.7%−4%

444Paulding County, GAGA190,99621.7%+215%

445Cross County, ARAR16,18621.7%−8%

446Lanier County, GAGA10,62321.6%−15%

447Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39721.6%+8%

448Washington County, ALAL14,82221.6%−19%

449Walker County, TXTX83,84221.4%−10%

450Saluda County, SCSC19,68021.4%−28%

451Jefferson County, KYKY795,22221.3%+14%

452Waller County, TXTX69,85821.3%−27%

453Fredericksburg, VAVA30,39321.3%+6%

454Escambia County, FLFL333,83421.2%−0%

455Montgomery County, OHOH539,59821.0%+6%

456Christian County, KYKY70,11520.9%−11%

457Jackson County, MSMS147,66620.7%−0%

458Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25620.7%−11%

459Perquimans County, NCNC13,49020.7%−26%

460Rankin County, MSMS162,18120.7%+21%

461Elmore County, ALAL91,57720.6%+0%

462Howard County, ARAR12,30620.5%−6%

463Dale County, ALAL49,91220.5%+2%

464Morris County, TXTX12,13320.4%−15%

465Morgan County, GAGA22,09520.4%−28%

466Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,49020.4%−13%

467Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19120.4%+4%

468Lafayette County, MSMS59,59720.2%−19%

469Cleveland County, NCNC103,32520.1%−3%

470Gregg County, TXTX126,09520.1%+2%

471Cherokee County, SCSC58,27520.1%−2%

472Wyandotte County, KSKS170,59720.1%−29%

473Harnett County, NCNC150,13720.0%−10%

474Lancaster County, SCSC114,29619.9%−26%

475Union County, FLFL16,25019.8%−12%

476Craven County, NCNC105,02519.8%−21%

477Anderson County, TXTX59,80519.7%−16%

478Montgomery County, TNTN249,93519.7%+4%

479Bibb County, ALAL22,26219.7%−11%

480Prince William County, VAVA502,96619.7%+7%

481Alexandria, VAVA160,66219.6%−11%

482St. Lucie County, FLFL402,44919.6%+30%

483Alamance County, NCNC186,17719.6%+5%

484Harrison County, TXTX71,95619.5%−18%

485Union County, NJNJ601,86319.5%−3%

486Wayne County, GAGA32,48119.5%−3%

487Genesee County, MIMI401,09319.5%−4%

488Spartanburg County, SCSC380,85719.4%−6%

489Lucas County, OHOH423,34719.3%+15%

490Autauga County, ALAL61,92019.3%+13%

491Calhoun County, ARAR4,63219.3%−18%

492Howard County, MDMD339,18319.3%+35%

493Taylor County, FLFL21,21019.3%+2%

494Madison County, TXTX14,22619.2%−15%

495Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16319.2%+8%

496Amelia County, VAVA13,63219.2%−31%

497Bradford County, FLFL28,30719.2%−7%

498Charlton County, GAGA13,12119.1%−34%

499Marion County, TXTX9,89619.0%−20%

500Schley County, GAGA4,59319.0%−39%

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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.