Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Updated on February 15, 2023.
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, Claiborne County, MS had the highest percentage of a US county's population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (87.46%), followed by Jefferson County, MS (85.28%), and Holmes County, MS (83.86%).
The chart below shows the top 10, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 200 counties based on the percentage of each county's population that identify as Black or African American Alone.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial groups in the US.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop.
that are Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank | County | Black Alone % of County Pop. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claiborne County, MS | 87.46 |
| 2 | Jefferson County, MS | 85.28 |
| 3 | Holmes County, MS | 83.86 |
| 4 | Greene County, AL | 80.80 |
| 5 | Macon County, AL | 79.06 |
| 6 | Humphreys County, MS | 78.48 |
| 7 | Tunica County, MS | 77.28 |
| 8 | Coahoma County, MS | 76.11 |
| 9 | Petersburg city, VA | 74.16 |
| 10 | Leflore County, MS | 73.73 |
| 11 | Quitman County, MS | 73.61 |
| 12 | Sumter County, AL | 72.88 |
| 13 | Bullock County, AL | 71.41 |
| 14 | Washington County, MS | 71.33 |
| 15 | Sharkey County, MS | 70.76 |
| 16 | Wilcox County, AL | 70.59 |
| 17 | Allendale County, SC | 70.36 |
| 18 | Noxubee County, MS | 70.27 |
| 19 | Dallas County, AL | 69.94 |
| 20 | Sunflower County, MS | 69.94 |
| 21 | Dougherty County, GA | 69.92 |
| 22 | Clayton County, GA | 69.89 |
| 23 | Lowndes County, AL | 69.75 |
| 24 | Perry County, AL | 69.75 |
| 25 | East Carroll Parish, LA | 69.55 |
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