Ranking of Virginia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on February 25, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Virginia counties, in April 2020, Fairfax County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (110.89K), followed by Henrico County (97.57K), and Prince William County (97.46K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Virginia counties based on Black or African American Alone population.

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

Ranking of Virginia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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Henrico
Prince William
Norfolk city
Richmond city
Virginia Beach city
Chesterfield
Newport News city
Chesapeake city
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Ranking of Virginia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Black Alone Population
1 Fairfax County 110889
2 Henrico County 97568
3 Prince William County 97457
4 Norfolk city 95594
5 Richmond city 91653
6 Virginia Beach city 85478
7 Chesterfield County 83107
8 Newport News city 78687
9 Chesapeake city 72268
10 Hampton city 67915
11 Portsmouth city 52214
12 Suffolk city 39701
13 Alexandria city 31903
14 Loudoun County 30568
15 Stafford County 30400
16 Roanoke city 27470
17 Petersburg city 24811
18 Spotsylvania County 22933
19 Danville city 21879
20 Lynchburg city 21453
21 Arlington County 20875
22 Prince George County 12968
23 Pittsylvania County 12417
24 Halifax County 11791
25 Henry County 11160
26 Mecklenburg County 10435
27 James City County 10028
28 Albemarle County 9953
29 Hopewell city 9852
30 Hanover County 9808
31 Prince Edward County 9269
32 York County 8930
33 Accomack County 8670
34 Isle of Wight County 8660
35 Brunswick County 8607
36 Dinwiddie County 8177
37 Campbell County 7832
38 Caroline County 7721
39 Charlottesville city 7122
40 Greensville County 6657
41 Culpeper County 6567
42 Fredericksburg city 6135
43 Martinsville city 6094
44 Southampton County 5924
45 Nottoway County 5813
46 Sussex County 5781
47 Roanoke County 5764
48 Williamsburg city 5699
49 Buckingham County 5435
50 Louisa County 5408
51 Amherst County 5400
52 Manassas city 5124
53 Fauquier County 5091
54 Bedford County 4925
55 Franklin city 4639
56 Westmoreland County 4491
57 Orange County 4364
58 Harrisonburg city 4218
59 Montgomery County 4165
60 King George County 3983
61 Franklin County 3921
62 Lunenburg County 3805
63 Northampton County 3785
64 Essex County 3775
65 Fluvanna County 3730
66 Frederick County 3718
67 Emporia city 3655
68 Goochland County 3267
69 Charlotte County 3140
70 Augusta County 3116
71 Lancaster County 2951
72 Staunton city 2935
73 Colonial Heights city 2915
74 Appomattox County 2894
75 Winchester city 2865
76 Charles City County 2836
77 Cumberland County 2831
78 Gloucester County 2753
79 New Kent County 2739
80 Surry County 2694
81 Northumberland County 2690
82 Waynesboro city 2672
83 King William County 2601
84 Amelia County 2555
85 Powhatan County 2505
86 Richmond County 2439
87 Radford city 2182
88 Manassas Park city 2136
89 Salem city 1949
90 Rockingham County 1886
91 Wise County 1802
92 Warren County 1754
93 Pulaski County 1658
94 King and Queen County 1571
95 Nelson County 1538
96 Middlesex County 1523
97 Greene County 1447
98 Fairfax city 1103
99 Shenandoah County 1087
100 Madison County 1065
101 Bristol city 1051
102 Tazewell County 967
103 Botetourt County 918
104 Grayson County 904
105 Lee County 885
106 Patrick County 840
107 Covington city 718
108 Wythe County 707
109 Alleghany County 681
110 Washington County 662
111 Mathews County 660
112 Buchanan County 618
113 Clarke County 578
114 Falls Church city 576
115 Rockbridge County 575
116 Lexington city 459
117 Page County 439
118 Smyth County 430
119 Galax city 367
120 Buena Vista city 289
121 Floyd County 244
122 Giles County 244
123 Russell County 229
124 Rappahannock County 200
125 Norton city 180
126 Bland County 169
127 Carroll County 169
128 Scott County 134
129 Poquoson city 120
130 Bath County 116
131 Dickenson County 49
132 Craig County 13
133 Highland County 2