Ranking of New Jersey 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 New Jersey counties, Essex County had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (37.52%), followed by Union County (19.51%), and Mercer County (18.68%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all New Jersey 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 New Jersey.

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

Ranking of New Jersey Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Essex
Union
Mercer
Camden
Cumberland
Burlington
Atlantic
Salem
Gloucester
Passaic
Ranking of New Jersey 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 Essex County 37.52
2 Union County 19.51
3 Mercer County 18.68
4 Camden County 18.17
5 Cumberland County 17.11
6 Burlington County 16.20
7 Atlantic County 14.21
8 Salem County 13.96
9 Gloucester County 10.43
10 Passaic County 9.90
11 Hudson County 9.85
12 Middlesex County 9.12
13 Somerset County 8.83
14 Monmouth County 6.09
15 Bergen County 5.22
16 Warren County 5.08
17 Cape May County 3.47
18 Morris County 3.06
19 Ocean County 2.77
20 Hunterdon County 2.35
21 Sussex County 1.98