Ranking of Ohio 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 Ohio counties, in April 2020, among all Ohio counties, Cuyahoga County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (29.32%), followed by Hamilton County (25.18%), and Franklin County (22.65%).

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

Ranking of Ohio Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Cuyahoga
Hamilton
Franklin
Montgomery
Lucas
Mahoning
Summit
Allen
Richland
Erie
Ranking of Ohio 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 Cuyahoga County 29.32
2 Hamilton County 25.18
3 Franklin County 22.65
4 Montgomery County 21.17
5 Lucas County 19.73
6 Mahoning County 15.24
7 Summit County 14.75
8 Allen County 12.30
9 Richland County 9.05
10 Erie County 9.00
11 Clark County 8.97
12 Butler County 8.89
13 Trumbull County 8.52
14 Fairfield County 8.49
15 Lorain County 7.94
16 Stark County 7.77
17 Greene County 6.84
18 Marion County 6.28
19 Madison County 6.13
20 Jefferson County 5.65
21 Noble County 5.36
22 Ross County 5.25
23 Portage County 4.97
24 Lake County 4.74
25 Athens County 4.64
26 Licking County 4.04
27 Ashtabula County 3.70
28 Pickaway County 3.69
29 Delaware County 3.66
30 Muskingum County 3.51
31 Warren County 3.42
32 Sandusky County 3.20
33 Belmont County 3.18
34 Morgan County 2.93
35 Scioto County 2.80
36 Seneca County 2.51
37 Wood County 2.41
38 Miami County 2.38
39 Columbiana County 2.08
40 Union County 2.07
41 Gallia County 2.05
42 Clinton County 1.98
43 Hancock County 1.91
44 Lawrence County 1.91
45 Fayette County 1.88
46 Champaign County 1.78
47 Shelby County 1.76
48 Defiance County 1.75
49 Harrison County 1.66
50 Clermont County 1.60
51 Wayne County 1.53
52 Logan County 1.47
53 Guernsey County 1.39
54 Medina County 1.29
55 Highland County 1.20
56 Geauga County 1.13
57 Coshocton County 1.08
58 Huron County 1.03
59 Washington County 1.01
60 Van Wert County 0.92
61 Knox County 0.90
62 Williams County 0.90
63 Ottawa County 0.89
64 Hardin County 0.85
65 Paulding County 0.82
66 Tuscarawas County 0.78
67 Crawford County 0.76
68 Ashland County 0.75
69 Brown County 0.70
70 Pike County 0.70
71 Meigs County 0.69
72 Fulton County 0.60
73 Darke County 0.58
74 Henry County 0.58
75 Auglaize County 0.52
76 Hocking County 0.50
77 Jackson County 0.49
78 Mercer County 0.48
79 Carroll County 0.46
80 Morrow County 0.46
81 Preble County 0.45
82 Vinton County 0.40
83 Wyandot County 0.37
84 Putnam County 0.36
85 Adams County 0.31
86 Holmes County 0.28
87 Perry County 0.25
88 Monroe County 0.14