Ranking of US Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Updated on February 15, 2023.
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, Cook County, IL had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (1.21M), followed by Harris County, TX (907.06K), and Los Angeles County, CA (794.36K).
The chart below shows the top 10, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 200 counties based on Black or African American Alone population.
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 Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Rank | County | Black Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook County, IL | 1,205,824 |
| 2 | Harris County, TX | 907,063 |
| 3 | Los Angeles County, CA | 794,364 |
| 4 | Kings County, NY | 772,050 |
| 5 | Wayne County, MI | 674,782 |
| 6 | Philadelphia County, PA | 630,462 |
| 7 | Prince George's County, MD | 578,703 |
| 8 | Dallas County, TX | 574,183 |
| 9 | Broward County, FL | 531,910 |
| 10 | Bronx County, NY | 487,118 |
| 11 | Shelby County, TN | 477,321 |
| 12 | Fulton County, GA | 453,834 |
| 13 | Queens County, NY | 403,077 |
| 14 | Miami-Dade County, FL | 400,002 |
| 15 | DeKalb County, GA | 388,963 |
| 16 | Cuyahoga County, OH | 370,895 |
| 17 | Tarrant County, TX | 366,727 |
| 18 | Baltimore city, MD | 338,478 |
| 19 | Essex County, NJ | 335,047 |
| 20 | Mecklenburg County, NC | 330,458 |
| 21 | Franklin County, OH | 299,771 |
| 22 | Duval County, FL | 292,337 |
| 23 | Clark County, NV | 286,684 |
| 24 | Jefferson County, AL | 281,326 |
| 25 | Orange County, FL | 277,027 |
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