Ranking of New York 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 York counties, Bronx County had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (28.48%), followed by Kings County (26.67%), and Queens County (15.86%).

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

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

Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Bronx
28.48%
Kings
26.67%
Queens
15.86%
Monroe
14.84%
Erie
13.61%
Westchester
13.04%
Albany
12.92%
New York
11.78%
Onondaga
11.42%
Nassau
10.55%
Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
% of County Population
1 Bronx County 28.48
2 Kings County 26.67
3 Queens County 15.86
4 Monroe County 14.84
5 Erie County 13.61
6 Westchester County 13.04
7 Albany County 12.92
8 New York County 11.78
9 Onondaga County 11.42
10 Nassau County 10.55
11 Orange County 10.30
12 Dutchess County 10.18
13 Schenectady County 10.09
14 Rockland County 9.98
15 Richmond County 9.45
16 Sullivan County 7.72
17 Niagara County 7.62
18 Rensselaer County 7.32
19 Suffolk County 7.03
20 Oneida County 6.46
21 Chemung County 5.95
22 Broome County 5.81
23 Ulster County 5.58
24 Jefferson County 5.37
25 Wyoming County 4.57
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