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
29.32%
Hamilton
25.18%
Franklin
22.65%
Montgomery
21.17%
Lucas
19.73%
Mahoning
15.24%
Summit
14.75%
Allen
12.30%
Richland
9.05%
Erie
9.00%
Ranking of Ohio Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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
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