Ranking of Maryland 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 Maryland counties, Prince George's County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (60.90%), followed by Baltimore city (56.27%), and Charles County (48.19%).

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

Ranking of Maryland Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Ranking of Maryland 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 Prince George's County 60.90
2 Baltimore city 56.27
3 Charles County 48.19
4 Somerset County 38.99
5 Baltimore County 28.78
6 Dorchester County 26.24
7 Wicomico County 25.59
8 Howard County 18.74
9 Montgomery County 18.07
10 Anne Arundel County 17.37
11 St. Mary's County 14.28
12 Kent County 13.80
13 Calvert County 13.55
14 Harford County 13.47
15 Caroline County 13.08
16 Worcester County 11.11
17 Washington County 11.08
18 Talbot County 11.02
19 Frederick County 9.68
20 Allegany County 8.79
21 Cecil County 7.27
22 Queen Anne's County 5.83
23 Carroll County 3.79
24 Garrett County 0.79