Ranking of Ohio 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 Ohio counties, Cuyahoga County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (27.59%), followed by Hamilton County (23.60%), and Franklin County (20.54%).

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

Ranking of Ohio Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Cuyahoga
Hamilton
Franklin
Montgomery
Lucas
Mahoning
Summit
Allen
Richland
Clark
Ranking of Ohio 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 Cuyahoga County 27.59
2 Hamilton County 23.60
3 Franklin County 20.54
4 Montgomery County 19.90
5 Lucas County 18.38
6 Mahoning County 14.06
7 Summit County 13.62
8 Allen County 11.80
9 Richland County 9.18
10 Clark County 8.57
11 Erie County 8.32
12 Butler County 8.25
13 Trumbull County 8.05
14 Fairfield County 7.60
15 Lorain County 7.45
16 Madison County 7.32
17 Stark County 7.15
18 Marion County 7.06
19 Greene County 7.02
20 Noble County 6.60
21 Ross County 6.02
22 Jefferson County 5.22
23 Athens County 5.08
24 Portage County 4.67
25 Lake County 4.32
26 Pickaway County 4.16
27 Ashtabula County 3.90
28 Licking County 3.83
29 Delaware County 3.60
30 Muskingum County 3.54
30 Warren County 3.54
31 Belmont County 3.46
32 Scioto County 3.07
33 Morgan County 3.00
34 Sandusky County 2.88
35 Seneca County 2.49
35 Wood County 2.49
36 Miami County 2.31
37 Union County 2.24
38 Columbiana County 2.20
39 Gallia County 2.10
40 Clinton County 2.07
41 Fayette County 1.97
41 Lawrence County 1.97
42 Champaign County 1.82
43 Hancock County 1.81
44 Harrison County 1.73
45 Defiance County 1.71
46 Shelby County 1.68
47 Wayne County 1.54
48 Clermont County 1.51
49 Logan County 1.50
50 Guernsey County 1.36
51 Highland County 1.24
52 Medina County 1.20
53 Geauga County 1.13
54 Washington County 1.06
55 Huron County 1.03
56 Coshocton County 1.00
57 Williams County 0.99
58 Knox County 0.87
59 Van Wert County 0.83
60 Paulding County 0.82
61 Hardin County 0.81
61 Ottawa County 0.81
62 Tuscarawas County 0.76
63 Ashland County 0.72
63 Pike County 0.72
64 Brown County 0.70
64 Meigs County 0.70
65 Crawford County 0.68
66 Henry County 0.55
66 Jackson County 0.55
67 Darke County 0.51
68 Fulton County 0.48
69 Auglaize County 0.45
70 Mercer County 0.44
71 Carroll County 0.43
71 Morrow County 0.43
72 Hocking County 0.42
73 Preble County 0.39
74 Holmes County 0.32
74 Putnam County 0.32
74 Vinton County 0.32
75 Adams County 0.31
76 Wyandot County 0.28
77 Perry County 0.25
78 Monroe County 0.15