Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on March 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among all Kentucky counties, Fulton County had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (22.00%), followed by Jefferson County (21.34%), and Christian County (20.92%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Kentucky counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Kentucky.

You can also see similar ranking for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Fulton
Jefferson
Christian
Fayette
Hardin
McCracken
Warren
Franklin
Hickman
Simpson
Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Fulton County 22.00
2 Jefferson County 21.34
3 Christian County 20.92
4 Fayette County 14.73
5 Hardin County 11.30
6 McCracken County 11.11
7 Warren County 9.52
8 Franklin County 8.62
9 Hickman County 8.40
10 Simpson County 8.28
11 Henderson County 8.11
12 Union County 7.53
13 Todd County 7.19
14 Boyle County 7.04
15 Martin County 6.91
16 Trigg County 6.76
17 Hopkins County 6.39
18 Marion County 6.17
19 Logan County 6.12
20 Mason County 5.94
21 Lyon County 5.84
22 Shelby County 5.62
23 Washington County 5.42
24 McCreary County 5.38
25 Caldwell County 5.17
26 Bourbon County 5.10
27 Scott County 5.09
28 Taylor County 4.81
29 Kenton County 4.77
30 Daviess County 4.67
31 Nelson County 4.67
32 Woodford County 4.51
33 Clark County 4.42
34 Jessamine County 4.24
35 Graves County 4.23
36 Madison County 4.18
37 Boone County 4.13
38 Clay County 4.01
39 Muhlenberg County 3.89
40 Barren County 3.82
41 Lee County 3.79
42 Hart County 3.66
43 Webster County 3.66
44 Morgan County 3.58
45 Calloway County 3.49
46 Elliott County 3.35
47 Mercer County 3.30
48 Oldham County 3.25
49 Meade County 3.17
50 Campbell County 3.00
51 Boyd County 2.71
52 Ballard County 2.69
53 Adair County 2.64
54 Cumberland County 2.55
55 Larue County 2.54
56 Bell County 2.29
57 Henry County 2.23
58 Montgomery County 2.18
59 Breckinridge County 2.07
60 Anderson County 2.02
61 Harlan County 2.02
62 Monroe County 1.92
63 Lincoln County 1.89
64 Garrard County 1.78
65 Harrison County 1.64
66 Carroll County 1.56
67 Spencer County 1.52
68 Rowan County 1.51
69 Whitley County 1.45
70 Green County 1.44
71 Perry County 1.31
72 Bullitt County 1.25
73 Carlisle County 1.22
74 Grayson County 1.17
75 Wayne County 1.17
76 Metcalfe County 1.11
77 Pulaski County 1.04
78 Bath County 1.00
79 Allen County 0.99
80 Fleming County 0.98
81 Knox County 0.93
82 Crittenden County 0.91
83 Hancock County 0.87
84 Gallatin County 0.85
85 Pike County 0.83
86 Edmonson County 0.81
87 Carter County 0.79
88 Owen County 0.74
89 Grant County 0.72
90 Laurel County 0.70
91 Ohio County 0.65
92 Russell County 0.63
93 Greenup County 0.61
94 Bracken County 0.57
95 Nicholas County 0.54
96 Casey County 0.51
97 McLean County 0.51
98 Menifee County 0.49
99 Powell County 0.49
100 Knott County 0.46
101 Breathitt County 0.42
102 Clinton County 0.42
103 Wolfe County 0.41
104 Letcher County 0.40
105 Pendleton County 0.38
106 Leslie County 0.37
107 Floyd County 0.34
108 Trimble County 0.33
109 Marshall County 0.32
110 Rockcastle County 0.32
111 Lewis County 0.28
112 Livingston County 0.28
113 Owsley County 0.27
114 Robertson County 0.27
115 Lawrence County 0.22
116 Estill County 0.21
117 Johnson County 0.19
118 Butler County 0.12
119 Magoffin County 0.12
120 Jackson County 0.09