Ranking of Kentucky 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 Kentucky counties, in April 2020, among all Kentucky counties, Fulton County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (22.16%), followed by Jefferson County (21.57%), and Christian County (21.34%).

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 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 Kentucky.

Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were 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 Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank County Black Alone % of County Pop.
1 Fulton County 22.16
2 Jefferson County 21.57
3 Christian County 21.34
4 Fayette County 14.90
5 Hardin County 11.59
6 McCracken County 11.19
7 Warren County 9.61
8 Franklin County 8.69
9 Hickman County 8.54
10 Simpson County 8.37
11 Henderson County 8.15
12 Union County 7.62
13 Todd County 7.25
14 Boyle County 7.17
15 Martin County 7.05
16 Trigg County 6.77
17 Hopkins County 6.49
18 Marion County 6.20
19 Logan County 6.13
20 Mason County 5.98
21 Lyon County 5.88
22 Shelby County 5.73
23 Washington County 5.48
24 McCreary County 5.42
25 Caldwell County 5.33
26 Scott County 5.16
27 Bourbon County 5.11
28 Kenton County 4.85
29 Taylor County 4.82
30 Daviess County 4.72
31 Nelson County 4.71
32 Woodford County 4.64
33 Clark County 4.46
34 Jessamine County 4.32
35 Madison County 4.28
36 Graves County 4.27
37 Boone County 4.21
38 Clay County 4.12
39 Muhlenberg County 3.93
40 Barren County 3.88
41 Lee County 3.79
42 Webster County 3.73
43 Hart County 3.66
44 Morgan County 3.61
45 Calloway County 3.54
46 Mercer County 3.39
47 Elliott County 3.35
48 Oldham County 3.32
49 Meade County 3.29
50 Campbell County 3.04
51 Adair County 2.80
52 Boyd County 2.71
53 Ballard County 2.69
54 Cumberland County 2.55
55 Larue County 2.54
56 Henry County 2.37
57 Bell County 2.32
58 Montgomery County 2.21
59 Breckinridge County 2.09
60 Anderson County 2.06
61 Harlan County 2.02
62 Lincoln County 1.94
63 Monroe County 1.92
64 Garrard County 1.78
65 Carroll County 1.70
66 Harrison County 1.64
67 Rowan County 1.55
68 Whitley County 1.55
69 Spencer County 1.53
70 Green County 1.44
71 Perry County 1.32
72 Carlisle County 1.31
73 Bullitt County 1.27
74 Wayne County 1.23
75 Grayson County 1.17
76 Metcalfe County 1.14
77 Pulaski County 1.07
78 Bath County 1.00
79 Allen County 0.99
80 Fleming County 0.98
81 Knox County 0.98
82 Crittenden County 0.91
83 Hancock County 0.87
84 Gallatin County 0.85
85 Pike County 0.85
86 Edmonson County 0.81
87 Carter County 0.80
88 Grant County 0.78
89 Owen County 0.74
90 Laurel County 0.71
91 Ohio County 0.70
92 Russell County 0.63
93 Bracken County 0.61
94 Greenup County 0.61
95 McLean County 0.54
96 Nicholas County 0.54
97 Casey County 0.52
98 Powell County 0.50
99 Menifee County 0.49
100 Knott County 0.47
101 Clinton County 0.43
102 Leslie County 0.43
103 Letcher County 0.43
104 Breathitt County 0.42
105 Wolfe County 0.41
106 Pendleton County 0.38
107 Rockcastle County 0.37
108 Owsley County 0.35
109 Trimble County 0.35
110 Floyd County 0.34
111 Marshall County 0.32
112 Lewis County 0.28
113 Livingston County 0.28
114 Robertson County 0.27
115 Lawrence County 0.22
116 Estill County 0.21
117 Johnson County 0.20
118 Butler County 0.12
119 Magoffin County 0.12
120 Jackson County 0.09