Alaska Black or African American Alone Population By County in Census 2020
According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, there were 21,898 people in Alaska who identified their race as Black or African American Alone, which is 2.99% of the total population of Alaska. Anchorage Municipality had the highest number of people who identify as Black or African American Alone (14,576), followed by Fairbanks North Star Borough (4,014), and Matanuska-Susitna Borough (1,121). On the other hand, the three counties with the least number of people who identify as Black or African American Alone were: Wrangell City and Borough (0), Lake and Peninsula Borough (2), and Haines Borough (2).
In terms of the percentage of each county's total population, Aleutians East Borough had the highest percentage, with 8.68% of its population identifying their race as Black or African American Alone, followed by Anchorage Municipality (5.01%), and Aleutians West Census Area (4.95%).
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Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's population that identify as Black or African American Alone. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.
County | Black Alone Population | % of County Population |
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Aleutians East Borough | 297 | 8.68 |
Aleutians West Census Area | 259 | 4.95 |
Anchorage Municipality | 14576 | 5.01 |
Bethel Census Area | 85 | 0.46 |
Bristol Bay Borough | 6 | 0.71 |
Chugach Census Area | 49 | 0.69 |
Copper River Census Area | 8 | 0.31 |
Denali Borough | 11 | 0.68 |
Dillingham Census Area | 25 | 0.52 |
Fairbanks North Star Borough | 4014 | 4.20 |
Haines Borough | 2 | 0.10 |
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 6 | 0.25 |
Juneau City and Borough | 350 | 1.09 |
Kenai Peninsula Borough | 386 | 0.66 |
Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 103 | 0.74 |
Kodiak Island Borough | 90 | 0.69 |
Kusilvak Census Area | 16 | 0.19 |
Lake and Peninsula Borough | 2 | 0.14 |
Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 1121 | 1.05 |
Nome Census Area | 55 | 0.55 |
North Slope Borough | 162 | 1.47 |
Northwest Arctic Borough | 72 | 0.92 |
Petersburg Borough | 49 | 1.44 |
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 22 | 0.38 |
Sitka City and Borough | 37 | 0.44 |
Skagway Municipality | 10 | 0.81 |
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 74 | 1.09 |
Wrangell City and Borough | 0 | 0.00 |
Yakutat City and Borough | 4 | 0.60 |
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 7 | 0.13 |