Ranking of New York 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 York counties, Bronx County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (32.85%), followed by Kings County (28.68%), and Queens County (16.63%).

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

Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Ranking of New York 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 Bronx County 32.85
2 Kings County 28.68
3 Queens County 16.63
4 Westchester County 14.21
5 Monroe County 14.19
6 Erie County 12.97
7 New York County 12.91
8 Albany County 12.52
9 Rockland County 11.75
10 Orange County 11.46
11 Nassau County 11.03
12 Onondaga County 10.57
13 Dutchess County 10.53
14 Richmond County 9.82
15 Schenectady County 9.73
16 Sullivan County 8.77
17 Suffolk County 7.28
18 Niagara County 7.12
19 Rensselaer County 6.95
20 Chemung County 6.23
21 Oneida County 6.19
22 Ulster County 5.95
23 Wyoming County 5.91
24 Jefferson County 5.75
25 Broome County 5.60
26 Greene County 5.32
27 Orleans County 5.20
28 Franklin County 4.74
29 Seneca County 4.72
30 Clinton County 4.30
31 Tompkins County 4.20
32 Cayuga County 3.98
33 Columbia County 3.86
34 St. Lawrence County 3.39
35 Washington County 3.28
36 Putnam County 2.86
37 Wayne County 2.68
38 Chautauqua County 2.58
39 Genesee County 2.44
40 Delaware County 2.37
41 Montgomery County 2.29
42 Ontario County 2.26
43 Otsego County 2.22
44 Livingston County 2.13
45 Allegany County 2.08
46 Essex County 2.01
47 Fulton County 1.97
48 Cortland County 1.89
49 Madison County 1.84
50 Saratoga County 1.63
51 Steuben County 1.51
52 Oswego County 1.39
53 Cattaraugus County 1.35
54 Herkimer County 1.17
55 Warren County 1.15
56 Schoharie County 1.04
57 Tioga County 0.95
58 Yates County 0.77
59 Hamilton County 0.68
60 Chenango County 0.67
61 Schuyler County 0.47
62 Lewis County 0.37