Which county has the highest subsaharan african population?

Harris County, Texas ranks #1 with 96,075 (2020 Decennial Census).

What are the top 5 counties by subsaharan african population?

Harris County, Texas, Los Angeles County, California, Prince George's County, Maryland, Bronx County, New York, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

How many counties are in this ranking?

2,567 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2020 Decennial Census data.

How is subsaharan african population measured?

Number of residents who are Subsaharan African ancestry (Ancestry, ACS detailed tables). Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Decennial Census.

RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 500 SHOWN OF 2,567

Largest Subsaharan African population, US counties · 2020

US counties ranked by the number of residents who are Subsaharan African ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV.

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSUBSAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

501Saratoga County, NYNY241,343752+359%

502Ouachita Parish, LALA158,542751−66%

503Madison County, MSMS116,298749+86%

504Culpeper County, VAVA57,666747+91%

505Wilson County, TNTN175,033743+189%

506Surry County, VAVA6,603738+435%

507Hale County, TXTX31,819732+88%

508Troup County, GAGA72,844732+87%

509Cache County, UTUT145,000729+177%

510Broome County, NYNY195,736728+13%

511Rockwall County, TXTX140,738728+28%

512Davidson County, NCNC180,182725+180%

513Shawnee County, KSKS178,607722−10%

514Tom Green County, TXTX120,602721+345%

515Lake County, OHOH232,217721+580%

516Butte County, CACA209,211716+85%

517McHenry County, ILIL317,751714−21%

518Schenectady County, NYNY162,581713−17%

519Nobles County, MNMN22,338713+103%

520Muscatine County, IAIA41,853707+614%

521Cleveland County, NCNC103,325706+49%

522Prince Edward County, VAVA22,391704+839%

523Kitsap County, WAWA283,374704−22%

524Manatee County, FLFL468,200702−60%

525Jackson County, OROR221,795701+110%

526Faulkner County, ARAR133,979700−39%

527Lafayette Parish, LALA257,949699−8%

528Fayette County, TNTN45,071696+1265%

529Sumter County, FLFL157,772693+42%

530Franklin County, KYKY52,649688+385%

531DeKalb County, ILIL101,835682+109%

532Wood County, OHOH134,176680+115%

533Bartow County, GAGA120,800680+126%

534Liberty County, TXTX121,364679+913%

535York County, VAVA71,374676+40%

536Jackson County, ILIL52,501675+60%

537Monroe County, ININ143,345673−1%

538Dawson County, NENE24,452670+19%

539Tompkins County, NYNY104,047670+8%

540Guadalupe County, TXTX201,111670−20%

541Warren County, NJNJ112,953665+110%

542Beaver County, PAPA166,032663+190%

543Lackawanna County, PAPA216,502659+214%

544York County, MEME222,434654+276%

545Sussex County, DEDE277,140654+58%

546Calhoun County, MIMI133,408652+233%

547Stanly County, NCNC68,830651+111%

548Payne County, OKOK83,889650+128%

549Bedford County, VAVA83,059643+543%

550Adair County, MOMO25,684642+988%

551Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,747642−78%

552Sandoval County, NMNM159,565640+169%

553Miami County, OHOH112,634639+341%

554Coryell County, TXTX85,592637+8%

555Wapello County, IAIA35,210636+300%

556Doña Ana County, NMNM229,091635+25%

557Craighead County, ARAR116,957634+250%

558Monroe County, FLFL80,406632−41%

559Ulster County, NYNY183,330629+40%

560Baker County, FLFL29,737627+256%

561Rock County, WIWI166,472627−77%

562Appomattox County, VAVA17,172626+746%

563Knox County, ILIL47,767623−1%

564Fulton County, KYKY6,218623+302%

565Hardin County, TNTN27,983623+2732%

566Lincoln Parish, LALA48,360621−7%

567Burke County, GAGA24,408620+99%

568Craven County, NCNC105,025619−50%

569Clay County, FLFL239,593618−22%

570Christian County, MOMO96,725613+707%

571Carroll County, GAGA131,036612+68%

572Macon County, ILIL99,300612+220%

573Onslow County, NCNC217,175611−66%

574Morgan County, COCO30,306608+10%

575Clark County, OHOH135,340608−22%

576Napa County, CACA132,949606+88%

577Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317602−11%

578Assumption Parish, LALA19,720598+324%

579Vanderburgh County, ININ181,995597+105%

580Walton County, GAGA112,696595+14%

581Texas County, OKOK20,322591+2089%

582Johnson County, ININ174,262590+462%

583St. Johns County, FLFL346,328587+272%

584Waller County, TXTX69,858585+79%

585Elmore County, ALAL91,577584+441%

586Jefferson County, ARAR62,987583−32%

587Kenosha County, WIWI168,448582−24%

588Rockingham County, VAVA89,316581+161%

589Hancock County, ININ90,969580+427%

590Ottawa County, MIMI308,459577+254%

591Waukesha County, WIWI417,210576+14%

592Vigo County, ININ106,512574−44%

593Cherokee County, SCSC58,275574+176%

594Florence County, SCSC138,504574−15%

595Washington County, UTUT213,670573+374%

596Whitman County, WAWA48,512572+3%

597Buchanan County, MOMO83,540571+93%

598Bulloch County, GAGA86,949569−11%

599Richland County, OHOH124,893565−41%

600Calloway County, KYKY39,421565+383%

601Buncombe County, NCNC277,417562−39%

602King William County, VAVA19,617556+155%

603Blair County, PAPA119,541555+175%

604Ward County, NDND68,233554+287%

605James City County, VAVA83,326552+297%

606Lumpkin County, GAGA36,178552+1740%

607Baldwin County, GAGA44,029551+348%

608Yuma County, AZAZ224,449551+131%

609Talladega County, ALAL81,603550+34%

610St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,642549+326%

611Washington County, MSMS40,446549+3%

612Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549541+34%

613Bryan County, GAGA52,062539+3071%

614Washington County, RIRI129,795539+28%

615Montgomery County, KSKS30,177539+390%

616Cape Girardeau County, MOMO83,999538+330%

617Moore County, TXTX21,891525+619%

618Yazoo County, MSMS22,947521+40%

619Hoke County, NCNC56,939520−9%

620Scott County, IAIA175,259518−45%

621Anderson County, TNTN82,066518+540%

622Bradley County, TNTN115,465518+56%

623Hunt County, TXTX123,336516+83%

624Tunica County, MSMS8,819516+10%

625Mohave County, AZAZ228,102512+104%

626St. Lawrence County, NYNY105,488510+195%

627Monroe County, MIMI156,004508+239%

628Polk County, MNMN30,545505+2305%

629Jackson County, MIMI159,552505−74%

630Baldwin County, ALAL267,761500+2%

631Gregg County, TXTX126,095499−1%

632Oconee County, SCSC83,775498+326%

633Pickens County, SCSC139,198497+51%

634Limestone County, TXTX22,849495+3708%

635Sutter County, CACA98,787493+233%

636Daviess County, KYKY104,898493+206%

637Orleans County, NYNY39,825490+1224%

638Clinton County, MIMI80,432490+48%

639Gordon County, GAGA61,701484–

640Clark County, ININ130,451484+192%

641Burke County, NCNC88,655482+223%

642Montgomery County, VAVA98,434479+81%

643Etowah County, ALAL103,886478+111%

644Grand Forks County, NDND74,501475+1%

645Somerset County, MDMD24,973474−57%

646Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,163471−13%

647Catawba County, NCNC170,172466+270%

648Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896466+8%

649Orangeburg County, SCSC83,177464−33%

650Jones County, MSMS66,496459+61%

651Laramie County, WYWY102,938457+376%

652Madison County, KYKY101,696455+143%

653Westmoreland County, PAPA349,324455−70%

654Grayson County, TXTX153,613454−54%

655McCormick County, SCSC10,215451+1087%

656Jefferson County, WVWV63,102450+112%

657Penobscot County, MEME157,967449+29%

658Marion County, SCSC28,242449+135%

659Putnam County, NYNY99,028446+70%

660Yellowstone County, MTMT172,692446+37%

661Medina County, OHOH185,025446+125%

662Autauga County, ALAL61,920444+289%

663Lincoln County, OROR50,636444+383%

664Abbeville County, SCSC24,836442+47%

665Brown County, SDSD37,561442+649%

666Rockingham County, NHNH324,077441−39%

667Pearl River County, MSMS59,363441+188%

668Angelina County, TXTX88,154438−46%

669La Crosse County, WIWI121,339437+193%

670St. Clair County, MIMI160,486437+287%

671Rankin County, MSMS162,181435−40%

672Effingham County, GAGA74,397434+148%

673Adams County, ILIL64,267434+1708%

674Franklin County, PAPA160,652425+34%

675Hawaii County, HIHI210,043424+43%

676Fauquier County, VAVA76,503424−61%

677Fredericksburg, VAVA30,393422+151%

678Washington County, PAPA210,802422+13%

679Kershaw County, SCSC73,166422+66%

680Union Parish, LALA20,561421+38%

681Broomfield County, COCO79,174421+1404%

682Pike County, ALAL33,688419−94%

683Lowndes County, MSMS57,346419+139%

684Georgetown County, SCSC65,912418+155%

685Twin Falls County, IDID97,539417+96%

686Houston County, TXTX22,316415+240%

687Noble County, OHOH14,276415+203%

688Kennebec County, MEME129,067415+453%

689King and Queen County, VAVA6,743411+81%

690Yavapai County, AZAZ252,552408+61%

691Finney County, KSKS37,505407−11%

692Santa Fe County, NMNM156,907406+12%

693Niagara County, NYNY208,912404−35%

694Trumbull County, OHOH198,972404−15%

695Jasper County, IAIA38,153399+462%

696Spalding County, GAGA70,775398−25%

697Charlotte County, FLFL217,212397−34%

698Sheboygan County, WIWI118,047397+1181%

699Scotland County, NCNC33,322397+49%

700New Kent County, VAVA28,022396+474%

701Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,035392−62%

702Lee County, GAGA34,179390+80%

703Crawford County, IAIA16,237390+713%

704Athens County, OHOH63,197390+18%

705Wood County, WVWV82,385389+103%

706Robeson County, NCNC119,941388−12%

707Colfax County, NENE10,934384+530%

708Umatilla County, OROR81,119383+455%

709Gadsden County, FLFL44,298380−8%

710Fayette County, ININ23,533380+1420%

711Jackson County, FLFL49,629379−26%

712Bamberg County, SCSC12,796379+449%

713El Dorado County, CACA192,323378+0%

714Staunton, VAVA26,801378+627%

715Brunswick County, NCNC174,702374+228%

716Ontario County, NYNY113,130373+255%

717Vance County, NCNC42,638370−33%

718Warren County, ILIL16,222369+1053%

719Iberia Parish, LALA66,846368+107%

720Stewart County, GAGA4,631367+1012%

721Mississippi County, ARAR37,828367+31%

722Cameron County, TXTX433,946367+20%

723Carson City, NVNV58,571366+277%

724Portage County, OHOH163,404366+1%

725Hunterdon County, NJNJ131,781365+33%

726DeKalb County, ALAL74,085364+1200%

727Blount County, TNTN143,820363−22%

728Indiana County, PAPA82,878363+193%

729Washington County, ALAL14,822362+185%

730Otero County, NMNM70,368361+637%

731Nicollet County, MNMN34,273359+187%

732Dubuque County, IAIA99,381358+54%

733Madison County, ININ135,088358−53%

734Lee County, MSMS83,731356+29%

735Emanuel County, GAGA23,147355+707%

736Sussex County, NJNJ148,063355−40%

737Rockingham County, NCNC94,195354+86%

738Hopewell, VAVA23,261352+618%

739Yuba County, CACA88,691351+63%

740Winchester, VAVA28,272351+205%

741Brookings County, SDSD37,635351+128%

742Jessamine County, KYKY57,147351+262%

743Cochise County, AZAZ126,332350+23%

744Henry County, VAVA49,242349−59%

745Hamilton County, FLFL14,180347−53%

746Queen Anne's County, MDMD54,448347+81%

747Geary County, KSKS36,338344+31%

748Sebastian County, ARAR130,641343+412%

749Franklin County, WAWA102,612342+171%

750Howard County, ININ83,904341+5%

751Canadian County, OKOK187,189341−13%

752Saline County, KSKS53,377340+230%

753Cass County, MOMO115,859338+109%

754McDuffie County, GAGA21,640338+133%

755Mesa County, COCO162,845337+116%

756Schuylkill County, PAPA145,085337+89%

757Reno County, KSKS61,539337+427%

758Barron County, WIWI46,484336+39%

759Floyd County, GAGA101,378336−64%

760St. Francois County, MOMO67,809335+423%

761Clearfield County, PAPA78,100334+1137%

762Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,346332−50%

763Wayne County, TNTN16,416330+489%

764Prince George County, VAVA43,936330−42%

765Porter County, ININ176,049329−37%

766Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590328−77%

767Victoria County, TXTX92,656326+122%

768Shenandoah County, VAVA45,839326+831%

769Highlands County, FLFL111,122325−31%

770St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,875325−57%

771Randolph County, ALAL23,163323+271%

772Worcester County, MDMD54,459323−40%

773Boyle County, KYKY31,632323+477%

774Tipton County, TNTN62,287322+22%

775Stephenson County, ILIL43,220321+1238%

776Chesterfield County, SCSC44,740321−11%

777Skagit County, WAWA132,975320+112%

778Northumberland County, VAVA12,557319+593%

779Bolivar County, MSMS28,262318+60%

780Oconee County, GAGA44,893318+13%

781Osage County, OKOK46,794318+60%

782Gallatin County, MTMT128,740316+602%

783Logan County, WVWV30,375314–

784Natrona County, WYWY80,526313–

785Lyon County, MNMN25,684312+97%

786Strafford County, NHNH135,043312−21%

787Campbell County, KYKY95,441312+285%

788Moore County, NCNC110,619311+57%

789Plymouth County, IAIA25,697311+10267%

790Chippewa County, WIWI67,614310+656%

791Cowlitz County, WAWA114,885309+692%

792Delaware County, ININ113,106309−65%

793Lincoln County, SDSD77,145309+1526%

794Monroe County, ALAL18,965308+6%

795Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,896308−33%

796Calvert County, MDMD94,484307+53%

797Upson County, GAGA28,500306+173%

798Duplin County, NCNC51,571305+168%

799Columbiana County, OHOH99,377305+128%

800Shasta County, CACA181,648304+30%

801Benton County, MSMS7,502304+398%

802Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449302+26%

803Indian River County, FLFL172,799301+67%

804Lancaster County, VAVA10,995301+231%

805Thomas County, GAGA46,368301+10%

806Mercer County, PAPA107,860301−31%

807Steuben County, NYNY91,855299+160%

808Wagoner County, OKOK93,263299–

809Shelby County, KYKY51,243299+278%

810Pennington County, SDSD116,792298+224%

811Lea County, NMNM74,749298+133%

812Russell County, ALAL58,898297−39%

813Raleigh County, WVWV71,775297+9%

814Walla Walla County, WAWA62,361296+121%

815Harrison County, TXTX71,956296−55%

816Dallas County, ALAL35,140295−35%

817Edgefield County, SCSC29,808295+31%

818Ross County, OHOH76,429294+49%

819Jackson County, ALAL54,281293+351%

820Atascosa County, TXTX53,590293+1121%

821Hart County, GAGA28,639292−55%

822Maui County, HIHI160,592292+61%

823Morehouse Parish, LALA23,705291−46%

824Parker County, TXTX184,767291+191%

825Evangeline Parish, LALA31,980290+469%

826Limestone County, ALAL122,928289+44%

827Essex County, VAVA10,654288+34%

828Coles County, ILIL46,607288+235%

829Flagler County, FLFL140,360287−59%

830Benton County, OROR97,728287−20%

831Laurens County, GAGA51,041285+1%

832Otter Tail County, MNMN61,041285+19%

833Kittitas County, WAWA48,803284+259%

834San Benito County, CACA70,082283+218%

835Comal County, TXTX209,166283+1248%

836Des Moines County, IAIA38,077283−64%

837Acadia Parish, LALA57,032280+211%

838Walker County, ALAL65,140280+23%

839Okeechobee County, FLFL42,608278+467%

840Gulf County, FLFL15,943278+281%

841Greene County, NYNY47,238277+129%

842Austin County, TXTX33,625275–

843Franklin County, TNTN45,579273+618%

844Freestone County, TXTX20,811272+2167%

845Jasper County, TXTX33,075272+240%

846Clarendon County, SCSC31,043270−32%

847Graves County, KYKY37,050270+2355%

848Amherst County, VAVA31,962269−3%

849Seward County, KSKS21,073266–

850Coconino County, AZAZ144,368265+321%

851Johnson County, MOMO56,670263−27%

852Roanoke County, VAVA97,150263+11%

853Lee County, SCSC15,730263−61%

854Augusta County, VAVA78,940263+1447%

855Hamblen County, TNTN68,843263+260%

856Prentiss County, MSMS25,284262+1210%

857Grenada County, MSMS20,868261+295%

858Deschutes County, OROR213,072261+25%

859McDonough County, ILIL25,916259+463%

860Oldham County, KYKY70,986258+1022%

861Livingston County, NYNY61,438257+7%

862Butler County, PAPA200,169256−24%

863Swisher County, TXTX6,703256+68%

864Sumter County, GAGA28,801255−79%

865Grafton County, NHNH93,225254+3%

866Hancock County, OHOH75,034254+154%

867Humboldt County, CACA131,647253−62%

868Marion County, WVWV55,584253+1050%

869Lawrence County, PAPA83,911253+87%

870Tazewell County, ILIL130,049253+86%

871Sampson County, NCNC61,504253−21%

872Jefferson County, IAIA15,291253+134%

873Livingston Parish, LALA155,036251+638%

874Wilson County, NCNC81,150251−52%

875Mason County, WAWA71,165250+1%

876Isabella County, MIMI64,691250+17%

877Johnson County, TXTX218,048250+23%

878St. Clair County, ALAL98,206249+108%

879King George County, VAVA29,646249+106%

880Washington County, GAGA19,453249+126%

881Choctaw County, MSMS8,048249+3457%

882Bristol County, RIRI50,001249+113%

883Lafourche Parish, LALA95,505248+406%

884Knox County, ININ35,652248+6100%

885Kent County, MDMD19,565248+136%

886Dawson County, GAGA35,365245+642%

887Henderson County, TXTX88,595245+150%

888Fulton County, ILIL32,901244+300%

889Panola County, MSMS32,691244−42%

890Forrest County, MSMS79,034243−62%

891DeKalb County, MOMO9,795241+488%

892Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,666240+116%

893Pickens County, ALAL18,221239+52%

894Lee County, NCNC70,258239+99%

895Campbell County, WYWY48,145238–

896Watauga County, NCNC54,786238+5850%

897Orange County, VAVA40,083236+56%

898Chemung County, NYNY80,415236−5%

899McDonald County, MOMO23,992235+411%

900Routt County, COCO25,329235–

901Nye County, NVNV57,336234+767%

902Clermont County, OHOH216,977234−4%

903Waynesboro, VAVA23,951233+258%

904Lafayette County, MSMS59,597233+39%

905St. Croix County, WIWI98,276232+24%

906Anson County, NCNC21,758231+89%

907Fond du Lac County, WIWI104,669231+1116%

908Franklin County, VAVA55,526231+824%

909Pike County, MSMS38,712230+191%

910Winston County, MSMS17,473230+147%

911Washington County, VTVT59,652229+110%

912Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,089229−5%

913Henderson County, NCNC122,375229+209%

914Hertford County, NCNC19,015229−66%

915Adams County, PAPA107,594229+104%

916Citrus County, FLFL171,666228+50%

917Marlboro County, SCSC25,488227−7%

918Chilton County, ALAL47,708226+128%

919Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,256226+737%

920Winnebago County, WIWI174,218225−3%

921Madera County, CACA167,927224+10%

922Williamsburg, VAVA15,861224+149%

923Williamsburg County, SCSC29,662224+62%

924Anderson County, KYKY25,225224+672%

925Lauderdale County, TNTN24,617224+143%

926Crittenden County, ARAR46,210223+16%

927Buchanan County, VAVA18,492223+278%

928Marion County, OHOH65,115223+5%

929Darlington County, SCSC62,888223+55%

930Haywood County, TNTN17,042223+2%

931Ashley County, ARAR17,831222+1206%

932Martinsville, VAVA13,849222+23%

933Orange County, TXTX86,266222+10%

934Boone County, ININ80,689222+96%

935Ozaukee County, WIWI94,346221−9%

936Gratiot County, MIMI41,190221+133%

937Monroe County, WIWI46,572218+296%

938Erie County, OHOH73,296217−13%

939Outagamie County, WIWI195,894217+89%

940Grant County, ININ66,524217+42%

941Lenawee County, MIMI97,779217−29%

942Kendall County, TXTX53,289216–

943Floyd County, ININ82,153216+254%

944Adams County, MSMS30,061216−34%

945St. Landry Parish, LALA80,765214−20%

946Huntingdon County, PAPA43,001213+689%

947Medina County, TXTX56,881213+4%

948Covington County, ALAL37,947213+170%

949Laurens County, SCSC71,848212+32%

950Sullivan County, TNTN163,759211−7%

951Tehama County, CACA64,665211+29%

952Union County, SCSC26,799210+15%

953White County, ARAR80,085209+32%

954Lycoming County, PAPA112,587209+19%

955Clark County, KYKY37,888209+212%

956Polk County, OROR90,037208+78%

957Cheshire County, NHNH78,269206+87%

958Randolph County, ILIL29,921206+758%

959Walker County, GAGA70,250206+320%

960Elmore County, IDID29,465205+72%

961Henry County, TNTN32,896204+65%

962Island County, WAWA85,657203−14%

963St. Francis County, ARAR21,800203−21%

964Colbert County, ALAL59,474201−32%

965Caroline County, MDMD34,116201+209%

966Frederick County, VAVA99,955200+344%

967Franklin County, NCNC82,037200−54%

968Richmond County, VAVA9,294200+2400%

969Dyer County, TNTN36,320200−33%

970Gibson County, TNTN51,779200−23%

971Sullivan County, NYNY80,586199−14%

972Tuolumne County, CACA53,160197+66%

973Dukes County, MAMA21,219197+20%

974Putnam County, FLFL77,734197−81%

975Webster County, MSMS10,167197+1415%

976Ohio County, WVWV40,496196+932%

977Bedford County, PAPA47,480196+791%

978Sullivan County, NHNH43,961194+978%

979Pueblo County, COCO169,277194+27%

980Colquitt County, GAGA47,438194−27%

981Northumberland County, PAPA89,920194+2056%

982Union County, PAPA42,313194−19%

983Lamar County, GAGA20,941193+239%

984Hockley County, TXTX21,600193–

985Carter County, TNTN57,361193+138%

986Phillips County, ARAR14,255192−32%

987Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121192−69%

988Rutherford County, NCNC65,745192−33%

989Dillon County, SCSC27,458192+146%

990Leake County, MSMS21,662192+187%

991Columbus County, NCNC50,487191+6%

992Aroostook County, MEME66,609190+54%

993Salem County, NJNJ66,280190−37%

994Wood County, WIWI74,060190+304%

995Shelby County, ININ45,882190–

996Catoosa County, GAGA69,628189+2263%

997Vernon Parish, LALA45,091189−6%

998Latah County, IDID41,842189+385%

999Defiance County, OHOH38,292189+600%

1000Colonial Heights, VAVA18,738188−35%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS