Ranking of Maryland 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 Maryland counties, in April 2020, among all Maryland counties, Prince George's County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (59.83%), followed by Baltimore city (57.79%), and Charles County (49.24%).

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

Ranking of Maryland Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Prince George's
59.83%
Baltimore city
57.79%
Charles
49.24%
Somerset
38.61%
Baltimore
29.93%
Dorchester
28.10%
Wicomico
27.02%
Howard
19.64%
Montgomery
18.56%
Anne Arundel
17.76%
Ranking of Maryland Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
Black Alone % of County Pop.
1 Prince George's County 59.83
2 Baltimore city 57.79
3 Charles County 49.24
4 Somerset County 38.61
5 Baltimore County 29.93
6 Dorchester County 28.10
7 Wicomico County 27.02
8 Howard County 19.64
9 Montgomery County 18.56
10 Anne Arundel County 17.76
11 Kent County 14.63
12 Harford County 14.45
13 St. Mary's County 14.32
14 Caroline County 13.32
15 Calvert County 13.04
16 Worcester County 11.89
17 Washington County 11.44
18 Talbot County 11.32
19 Frederick County 10.23
20 Allegany County 7.84
21 Cecil County 7.52
22 Queen Anne's County 5.64
23 Carroll County 3.75
24 Garrett County 0.85
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