Ranking of US Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among all the counties in the United States, Cook County, IL had the highest population of people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (1.19M), followed by Harris County, TX (885.52K), and Los Angeles County, CA (760.69K).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 200 counties based on the number of people in each county that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.
You can see similar ranking information for the other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in the United States.
You can also see links at the bottom of the page for similar rankings of each state's counties.
- Ranking of US Counties By the Percentage of the Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
- Ranking of US Cities and Places By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
- Ranking of US States By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Rank | County | Population |
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1 | Cook County, IL | 1185601 |
2 | Harris County, TX | 885517 |
3 | Los Angeles County, CA | 760689 |
4 | Kings County, NY | 729696 |
5 | Wayne County, MI | 669277 |
6 | Philadelphia County, PA | 613835 |
7 | Prince George's County, MD | 571866 |
8 | Dallas County, TX | 564741 |
9 | Broward County, FL | 517618 |
10 | Shelby County, TN | 475074 |
11 | Fulton County, GA | 448803 |
12 | Bronx County, NY | 419393 |
13 | DeKalb County, GA | 384438 |
14 | Queens County, NY | 381375 |
15 | Miami-Dade County, FL | 378756 |
16 | Cuyahoga County, OH | 365169 |
17 | Tarrant County, TX | 358645 |
18 | Baltimore city, MD | 335615 |
19 | Mecklenburg County, NC | 324832 |
20 | Essex County, NJ | 324081 |
21 | Franklin County, OH | 296076 |
22 | Duval County, FL | 286344 |
23 | Jefferson County, AL | 280112 |
24 | Clark County, NV | 275002 |
25 | Marion County, IN | 265659 |
26 | Orange County, FL | 263624 |
27 | Gwinnett County, GA | 257124 |
28 | Palm Beach County, FL | 255724 |
29 | Baltimore County, MD | 252724 |
30 | Maricopa County, AZ | 245239 |
31 | St. Louis County, MO | 245168 |
32 | Milwaukee County, WI | 240416 |
33 | Hillsborough County, FL | 224479 |
34 | Hamilton County, OH | 207764 |
35 | Orleans Parish, LA | 205876 |
36 | East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 205552 |
37 | Clayton County, GA | 205301 |
38 | Wake County, NC | 204535 |
39 | Cobb County, GA | 200072 |
40 | New York County, NY | 199592 |
41 | Montgomery County, MD | 192714 |
42 | Richland County, SC | 188141 |
43 | Guilford County, NC | 179423 |
44 | San Bernardino County, CA | 173322 |
45 | Davidson County, TN | 171489 |
46 | Hennepin County, MN | 169603 |
47 | Oakland County, MI | 168797 |
48 | Fort Bend County, TX | 167964 |
49 | Jefferson County, KY | 167067 |
50 | Allegheny County, PA | 161554 |
51 | Alameda County, CA | 159499 |
52 | Hinds County, MS | 157483 |
53 | Jackson County, MO | 156542 |
54 | Bexar County, TX | 147875 |
55 | King County, WA | 147831 |
56 | Nassau County, NY | 147216 |
57 | Riverside County, CA | 146762 |
58 | Sacramento County, CA | 145724 |
59 | Mobile County, AL | 145435 |
60 | San Diego County, CA | 145014 |
61 | New Castle County, DE | 142388 |
62 | Pulaski County, AR | 142139 |
63 | Suffolk County, MA | 135255 |
64 | Westchester County, NY | 131010 |
65 | Erie County, NY | 129874 |
66 | Montgomery County, AL | 129801 |
67 | St. Louis city, MO | 128993 |
68 | Delaware County, PA | 127055 |
69 | Cumberland County, NC | 124173 |
70 | Lake County, IN | 121048 |
71 | Hartford County, CT | 118154 |
72 | Oklahoma County, OK | 117957 |
73 | Henry County, GA | 116431 |
74 | Jefferson Parish, LA | 115900 |
75 | Caddo Parish, LA | 114769 |
76 | Richmond County, GA | 112947 |
77 | Montgomery County, OH | 112818 |
78 | Monroe County, NY | 112710 |
79 | Union County, NJ | 112261 |
80 | New Haven County, CT | 110273 |
81 | Durham County, NC | 109225 |
82 | Macomb County, MI | 108532 |
83 | Fairfax County, VA | 108339 |
84 | Collin County, TX | 108100 |
85 | Chatham County, GA | 108011 |
86 | Suffolk County, NY | 107268 |
87 | Anne Arundel County, MD | 102555 |
88 | Polk County, FL | 100950 |
89 | Fairfield County, CT | 99992 |
90 | Contra Costa County, CA | 97994 |
91 | Henrico County, VA | 96332 |
92 | Travis County, TX | 96270 |
93 | Denton County, TX | 95386 |
94 | Camden County, NJ | 95135 |
95 | Prince William County, VA | 94939 |
96 | Muscogee County, GA | 94701 |
97 | Forsyth County, NC | 93738 |
98 | Norfolk city, VA | 93553 |
99 | Charleston County, SC | 91746 |
100 | Pinellas County, FL | 91431 |
101 | Madison County, AL | 91079 |
102 | Richmond city, VA | 90490 |
103 | Leon County, FL | 87503 |
104 | Greenville County, SC | 87124 |
105 | Bibb County, GA | 85234 |
106 | Jefferson County, TX | 83856 |
107 | Lucas County, OH | 83398 |
108 | Virginia Beach city, VA | 82583 |
109 | Chesterfield County, VA | 81492 |
110 | Middlesex County, MA | 80996 |
111 | Charles County, MD | 80850 |
112 | Bell County, TX | 80759 |
113 | Montgomery County, PA | 79510 |
114 | Will County, IL | 79256 |
115 | Genesee County, MI | 79080 |
116 | Summit County, OH | 78922 |
117 | Middlesex County, NJ | 78719 |
118 | Newport News city, VA | 76870 |
119 | St. Clair County, IL | 76013 |
120 | Burlington County, NJ | 74807 |
121 | Mercer County, NJ | 72364 |
122 | Hudson County, NJ | 71385 |
123 | Chesapeake city, VA | 70885 |
124 | Ramsey County, MN | 70101 |
125 | Tuscaloosa County, AL | 68779 |
126 | Douglas County, GA | 68763 |
127 | Arapahoe County, CO | 68152 |
128 | Escambia County, FL | 68148 |
129 | Hampton city, VA | 66632 |
130 | Tulsa County, OK | 66182 |
131 | St. Lucie County, FL | 64597 |
132 | Howard County, MD | 64018 |
133 | Hamilton County, TN | 63979 |
134 | Douglas County, NE | 63706 |
135 | Spartanburg County, SC | 63565 |
136 | Pierce County, WA | 63059 |
137 | Kent County, MI | 62359 |
138 | Denver County, CO | 61098 |
139 | Lafayette Parish, LA | 60677 |
140 | Solano County, CA | 60051 |
141 | Pitt County, NC | 59813 |
142 | Dougherty County, GA | 59720 |
143 | Ouachita Parish, LA | 58804 |
144 | San Joaquin County, CA | 56898 |
145 | Florence County, SC | 56877 |
146 | Brevard County, FL | 56498 |
147 | DeSoto County, MS | 55972 |
148 | Lee County, FL | 55958 |
149 | Volusia County, FL | 55338 |
150 | Calcasieu Parish, LA | 54825 |
151 | Onondaga County, NY | 54410 |
152 | Rockdale County, GA | 53785 |
153 | Brazoria County, TX | 53668 |
154 | Rutherford County, TN | 53270 |
155 | Newton County, GA | 52246 |
156 | Houston County, GA | 51992 |
157 | Passaic County, NJ | 51859 |
158 | Berkeley County, SC | 51784 |
159 | Portsmouth city, VA | 51586 |
160 | York County, SC | 51298 |
161 | Alachua County, FL | 51171 |
162 | Harrison County, MS | 51143 |
163 | Orangeburg County, SC | 50802 |
164 | Seminole County, FL | 50276 |
165 | Bergen County, NJ | 49909 |
166 | Norfolk County, MA | 49311 |
167 | Orange County, CA | 49304 |
168 | Sumter County, SC | 48536 |
169 | Dauphin County, PA | 48404 |
170 | Providence County, RI | 47652 |
171 | Fayette County, KY | 47501 |
172 | Lake County, IL | 47240 |
173 | Richmond County, NY | 46835 |
174 | Kern County, CA | 46776 |
175 | Kent County, DE | 45737 |
176 | Sedgwick County, KS | 45076 |
177 | San Francisco County, CA | 45071 |
178 | Fresno County, CA | 44295 |
179 | Worcester County, MA | 44222 |
180 | DuPage County, IL | 44201 |
181 | Lowndes County, GA | 43946 |
182 | Multnomah County, OR | 43793 |
183 | Allen County, IN | 43629 |
184 | Plymouth County, MA | 43482 |
185 | Montgomery County, TN | 43349 |
186 | Galveston County, TX | 43120 |
187 | Marion County, FL | 42795 |
188 | Lexington County, SC | 42382 |
189 | Santa Clara County, CA | 42148 |
190 | Washtenaw County, MI | 42125 |
191 | Cabarrus County, NC | 41687 |
192 | Orange County, NY | 41341 |
193 | El Paso County, CO | 40759 |
194 | Albany County, NY | 40667 |
195 | Rapides Parish, LA | 40261 |
196 | Knox County, TN | 39853 |
197 | Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 39770 |
198 | Gaston County, NC | 39762 |
199 | Aiken County, SC | 39465 |
200 | Horry County, SC | 39367 |
201 | Lee County, AL | 39252 |