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Largest Black population, Michigan counties

Michigan counties ranked by the number of residents who are Black or African American, from the 2024 American Community Survey (table B03002). Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 83 counties in Michigan that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 83 is 516.

SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Black population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPBLACK POPULATIONVS 1990
01Wayne County, MIMI1,769,038648,007−23%
02Oakland County, MIMI1,288,337162,467+111%
03Macomb County, MIMI886,221111,724+1017%
04Genesee County, MIMI401,09377,056−8%
05Kent County, MIMI675,23262,581+58%
06Washtenaw County, MIMI370,21441,665+34%
07Saginaw County, MIMI187,68834,099−7%
08Ingham County, MIMI289,70931,296+15%
09Kalamazoo County, MIMI263,79528,246+43%
10Muskegon County, MIMI177,90121,109−1%
11Berrien County, MIMI152,44420,019−19%
12Calhoun County, MIMI133,40812,835−9%
13Jackson County, MIMI159,55211,7680%
14Eaton County, MIMI109,5817,352+122%
15Ottawa County, MIMI308,4594,580+440%
16St. Clair County, MIMI160,4863,395+16%
17Monroe County, MIMI156,0043,349+48%
18Van Buren County, MIMI76,0712,689−41%
19Gratiot County, MIMI41,1902,387+646%
20Lenawee County, MIMI97,7792,248+62%
21Ionia County, MIMI66,5572,212−23%
22Montcalm County, MIMI69,4062,158+115%
23Cass County, MIMI51,6772,058−44%
24Chippewa County, MIMI36,0812,025−5%
25Isabella County, MIMI64,6911,574+156%
26Clinton County, MIMI80,4321,460+641%
27Allegan County, MIMI123,1881,439+3%
28St. Joseph County, MIMI60,9681,262−22%
29Livingston County, MIMI197,3151,100+92%
30Bay County, MIMI102,1231,067−8%
31Midland County, MIMI83,7541,022+67%
32Lake County, MIMI13,182984−13%
33Marquette County, MIMI68,064904−20%
34Mecosta County, MIMI42,320882−6%
35Lapeer County, MIMI89,516866+95%
36Manistee County, MIMI25,656817+2376%
37Grand Traverse County, MIMI96,729789+150%
38Branch County, MIMI45,993757+15%
39Alger County, MIMI8,641670+216%
40Tuscola County, MIMI52,680546+27%
41Mackinac County, MIMI11,236524+8633%
42Luce County, MIMI6,339516+10220%
43Baraga County, MIMI8,169513+947%
44Houghton County, MIMI37,842416+256%
45Newaygo County, MIMI51,622400−18%
46Wexford County, MIMI34,445376+817%
47Hillsdale County, MIMI45,738313+347%
48Clare County, MIMI31,543294+1629%
49Alpena County, MIMI28,853291+7175%
50Shiawassee County, MIMI67,681289+121%
51Mason County, MIMI29,040279+85%
52Oceana County, MIMI27,177273+307%
53Osceola County, MIMI23,516256+216%
54Cheboygan County, MIMI25,793238+2064%
55Iosco County, MIMI25,266232−62%
56Barry County, MIMI63,991214+174%
57Otsego County, MIMI26,080167+1570%
58Roscommon County, MIMI23,914160+248%
59Sanilac County, MIMI40,083157+391%
60Emmet County, MIMI33,775153+34%
61Kalkaska County, MIMI18,693148+1380%
62Leelanau County, MIMI22,982133+412%
63Charlevoix County, MIMI26,036130+519%
64Antrim County, MIMI24,698120+445%
65Benzie County, MIMI18,568118+93%
66Iron County, MIMI11,757110+5400%
67Huron County, MIMI30,530106+266%
68Arenac County, MIMI15,068104+1200%
69Ogemaw County, MIMI21,121101+818%
70Dickinson County, MIMI25,82790+143%
71Menominee County, MIMI22,94189+889%
72Gladwin County, MIMI26,07781+189%
73Delta County, MIMI36,58269+176%
74Alcona County, MIMI10,55668+183%
76Gogebic County, MIMI14,28559−76%
77Crawford County, MIMI13,72253−80%
78Missaukee County, MIMI15,27443+2050%
79Schoolcraft County, MIMI8,18738+375%
80Oscoda County, MIMI8,72336+1700%
81Ontonagon County, MIMI5,82330–
82Presque Isle County, MIMI13,12830+275%
83Keweenaw County, MIMI2,1860–
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES