Ranking of Michigan 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 Michigan counties, Wayne County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (36.70%), followed by Genesee County (18.48%), and Saginaw County (16.77%).

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

Ranking of Michigan Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Wayne
36.70%
Genesee
18.48%
Saginaw
16.77%
Oakland
13.31%
Muskegon
12.82%
Berrien
12.63%
Ingham
11.66%
Macomb
11.37%
Washtenaw
10.91%
Kalamazoo
10.48%
Ranking of Michigan 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 Wayne County 36.70
2 Genesee County 18.48
3 Saginaw County 16.77
4 Oakland County 13.31
5 Muskegon County 12.82
6 Berrien County 12.63
7 Ingham County 11.66
8 Macomb County 11.37
9 Washtenaw County 10.91
10 Kalamazoo County 10.48
11 Calhoun County 10.11
12 Kent County 8.95
13 Baraga County 8.92
14 Chippewa County 8.57
15 Alger County 7.83
16 Jackson County 7.72
17 Lake County 7.32
18 Eaton County 6.72
19 Gratiot County 6.05
20 Ionia County 6.01
21 Cass County 4.51
22 Montcalm County 3.93
23 Isabella County 3.61
24 Van Buren County 3.20
25 Branch County 3.06
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