Ranking of US Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on May 22, 2023.

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.

Related Topics: US Census 2020 Topic List.
Ranking of US Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Cook, IL
Harris, TX
Los Angeles, CA
Kings, NY
Wayne, MI
Philadelphia, PA
Prince George's, MD
Dallas, TX
Broward, FL
Shelby, TN
Ranking of US Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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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