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
22.16%
Jefferson
21.57%
Christian
21.34%
Fayette
14.90%
Hardin
11.59%
McCracken
11.19%
Warren
9.61%
Franklin
8.69%
Hickman
8.54%
Simpson
8.37%
Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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
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