Ranking of New Jersey 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 New Jersey counties, Essex County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (38.51%), followed by Union County (20.65%), and Mercer County (18.95%).

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

Ranking of New Jersey Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Essex
Union
Mercer
Camden
Cumberland
Burlington
Atlantic
Salem
Passaic
Hudson
Ranking of New Jersey 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 Essex County 38.51
2 Union County 20.65
3 Mercer County 18.95
4 Camden County 18.60
5 Cumberland County 18.04
6 Burlington County 16.68
7 Atlantic County 14.31
8 Salem County 13.59
9 Passaic County 10.99
10 Hudson County 10.65
11 Gloucester County 10.47
12 Middlesex County 9.63
13 Somerset County 9.07
14 Monmouth County 6.29
15 Bergen County 5.77
16 Warren County 4.78
17 Cape May County 3.51
18 Morris County 3.27
19 Ocean County 2.98
20 Hunterdon County 2.53
21 Sussex County 2.04