Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all California counties, Solano County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (13.92%), followed by Alameda County (10.05%), and Sacramento County (9.44%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all California counties based on the percentage of the voting-age 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 in California.

Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Solano
Alameda
Sacramento
Contra Costa
San Bernardino
Lassen
Los Angeles
San Joaquin
Riverside
Kings
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank County Black Alone % of County Voting-age Pop.
1 Solano County 13.92
2 Alameda County 10.05
3 Sacramento County 9.44
4 Contra Costa County 8.67
5 San Bernardino County 8.37
6 Lassen County 8.08
7 Los Angeles County 8.03
8 San Joaquin County 7.77
9 Riverside County 6.48
10 Kings County 6.42
11 Kern County 5.50
12 San Francisco County 5.30
13 Fresno County 4.70
13 San Diego County 4.70
14 Yuba County 3.80
15 Del Norte County 3.68
16 Amador County 3.50
17 Merced County 3.45
18 Madera County 3.33
19 Stanislaus County 2.89
20 Imperial County 2.82
21 Yolo County 2.81
22 Marin County 2.60
23 Monterey County 2.58
24 Santa Clara County 2.39
25 San Mateo County 2.20
26 Tuolumne County 2.13
27 Sutter County 2.01
28 Ventura County 1.87
29 Lake County 1.86
30 Napa County 1.80
31 San Luis Obispo County 1.76
31 Santa Barbara County 1.76
32 Orange County 1.73
33 Placer County 1.71
34 Butte County 1.65
35 Sonoma County 1.56
36 Humboldt County 1.43
37 Tulare County 1.42
38 Santa Cruz County 1.25
39 Siskiyou County 1.11
40 Shasta County 1.01
41 San Benito County 0.99
42 Colusa County 0.95
43 Alpine County 0.89
44 El Dorado County 0.80
45 Calaveras County 0.75
46 Glenn County 0.70
46 Mariposa County 0.70
46 Mendocino County 0.70
46 Modoc County 0.70
47 Tehama County 0.65
48 Mono County 0.58
49 Inyo County 0.53
50 Plumas County 0.47
51 Trinity County 0.44
52 Nevada County 0.43
53 Sierra County 0.11