Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on February 25, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Alaska counties, in April 2020, among all Alaska counties, Aleutians East Borough had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (8.68%), followed by Anchorage Municipality (5.01%), and Aleutians West Census Area (4.95%).

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

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 Alaska.

Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Aleutians East
8.68%
Anchorage
5.01%
Aleutians West
4.95%
Fairbanks North Star
4.20%
North Slope
1.47%
Petersburg
1.44%
Juneau
1.09%
Southeast Fairbanks
1.09%
Matanuska-Susitna
1.05%
Northwest Arctic
0.92%
Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
Black Alone % of County Pop.
1 Aleutians East Borough 8.68
2 Anchorage Municipality 5.01
3 Aleutians West Census Area 4.95
4 Fairbanks North Star Borough 4.20
5 North Slope Borough 1.47
6 Petersburg Borough 1.44
7 Juneau City and Borough 1.09
8 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 1.09
9 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 1.05
10 Northwest Arctic Borough 0.92
11 Skagway Municipality 0.81
12 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 0.74
13 Bristol Bay Borough 0.71
14 Chugach Census Area 0.69
15 Kodiak Island Borough 0.69
16 Denali Borough 0.68
17 Kenai Peninsula Borough 0.66
18 Yakutat City and Borough 0.60
19 Nome Census Area 0.55
20 Dillingham Census Area 0.52
21 Bethel Census Area 0.46
22 Sitka City and Borough 0.44
23 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 0.38
24 Copper River Census Area 0.31
25 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 0.25
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