Ranking of Michigan 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 Michigan counties, in April 2020, among all Michigan counties, Wayne County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (37.62%), followed by Genesee County (19.67%), and Saginaw County (18.21%).

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

Ranking of Michigan Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Wayne
37.62%
Genesee
19.67%
Saginaw
18.21%
Berrien
13.88%
Muskegon
13.60%
Oakland
13.40%
Ingham
12.49%
Macomb
12.42%
Kalamazoo
11.60%
Washtenaw
11.50%
Ranking of Michigan Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
Black Alone % of County Pop.
1 Wayne County 37.62
2 Genesee County 19.67
3 Saginaw County 18.21
4 Berrien County 13.88
5 Muskegon County 13.60
6 Oakland County 13.40
7 Ingham County 12.49
8 Macomb County 12.42
9 Kalamazoo County 11.60
10 Washtenaw County 11.50
11 Calhoun County 10.81
12 Kent County 9.80
13 Jackson County 7.88
14 Baraga County 7.40
15 Lake County 7.37
16 Chippewa County 7.14
17 Eaton County 7.04
18 Alger County 6.64
19 Gratiot County 5.36
20 Ionia County 4.83
21 Cass County 4.50
22 Isabella County 3.31
23 Montcalm County 3.23
24 Van Buren County 3.21
25 Monroe County 2.67
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