Massachusetts Census 2020 Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population By County
According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, there were 457,055 people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone in Massachusetts, which was 6.50% of the total Massachusetts population.
Suffolk County had the highest number of people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (135,255), followed by Middlesex County (80,996), and Norfolk County (49,311). On the other hand, the three counties with the least number of people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone were: Dukes County (795), Franklin County (963), and Nantucket County (1,006).
When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identify as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone, Suffolk County had the highest percentage (16.95%), followed by Plymouth County (8.19%), and Hampden County (7.73%).
Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone population. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.
You can see similar information for other ethnicities, and also for the different racial groups in Massachusetts.
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County | Non-Hispanic - Black Alone Population | % of County Population |
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Barnstable | 6409 | 2.80 |
Berkshire | 4064 | 3.15 |
Bristol | 23123 | 3.99 |
Dukes | 795 | 3.86 |
Essex | 27081 | 3.34 |
Franklin | 963 | 1.36 |
Hampden | 35988 | 7.73 |
Hampshire | 4360 | 2.69 |
Middlesex | 80996 | 4.96 |
Nantucket | 1006 | 7.06 |
Norfolk | 49311 | 6.79 |
Plymouth | 43482 | 8.19 |
Suffolk | 135255 | 16.95 |
Worcester | 44222 | 5.13 |