Ranking of Kentucky 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 Kentucky counties, Fulton County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (21.16%), followed by Christian County (20.68%), and Jefferson County (19.98%).

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

Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Fulton
21.16%
Christian
20.68%
Jefferson
19.98%
Fayette
13.81%
Hardin
11.46%
McCracken
10.40%
Warren
9.19%
Martin
8.72%
Simpson
8.61%
Franklin
8.44%
Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
Black Alone % of County Voting-age Pop.
1 Fulton County 21.16
2 Christian County 20.68
3 Jefferson County 19.98
4 Fayette County 13.81
5 Hardin County 11.46
6 McCracken County 10.40
7 Warren County 9.19
8 Martin County 8.72
9 Simpson County 8.61
10 Franklin County 8.44
11 Hickman County 8.39
12 Union County 8.30
13 Henderson County 8.14
14 Todd County 7.61
15 Boyle County 7.33
16 McCreary County 6.95
17 Trigg County 6.68
18 Lyon County 6.44
19 Hopkins County 6.41
20 Marion County 6.40
21 Logan County 6.19
22 Mason County 6.01
23 Shelby County 5.94
24 Washington County 5.75
25 Bourbon County 5.37
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