Ranking of New York 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 New York counties, in April 2020, among all New York counties, Bronx County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (33.08%), followed by Kings County (28.22%), and Queens County (16.76%).

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

Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Bronx
33.08%
Kings
28.22%
Queens
16.76%
Monroe
15.65%
Erie
14.13%
Westchester
14.05%
Albany
13.72%
New York
13.54%
Onondaga
11.95%
Orange
11.35%
Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
Black Alone % of County Pop.
1 Bronx County 33.08
2 Kings County 28.22
3 Queens County 16.76
4 Monroe County 15.65
5 Erie County 14.13
6 Westchester County 14.05
7 Albany County 13.72
8 New York County 13.54
9 Onondaga County 11.95
10 Orange County 11.35
11 Nassau County 10.98
12 Schenectady County 10.96
13 Dutchess County 10.91
14 Rockland County 10.51
15 Richmond County 10.50
16 Sullivan County 8.67
17 Rensselaer County 7.99
18 Niagara County 7.87
19 Suffolk County 7.49
20 Oneida County 6.97
21 Broome County 6.38
22 Chemung County 6.32
23 Ulster County 6.08
24 Jefferson County 5.75
25 Greene County 4.95
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