Alaska Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020

Updated on August 25, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all the Alaska voting-age population (18 years and over), there were 17,297 people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone, which is 3.12% of the total voting-age population of Alaska.

Anchorage Municipality had the highest number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population (11,298), followed by Fairbanks North Star Borough (3,157), and Matanuska-Susitna Borough (889).

On the other hand, the three counties with low number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population were: Wrangell City and Borough (0), Haines Borough (1), and Yakutat City and Borough (2).

In terms of the percentage of each county's voting-age population, Aleutians East Borough had the highest percentage, with 9.52% of its voting-age population identifying their race as Black or African American Alone, followed by Aleutians West Census Area (5.66%), and Anchorage Municipality (5.07%).

You can see similar information for other states and also for the United States by state. You can also see similar information for other racial groups as well as the different ethnicities in Alaska.

Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's voting-age population that identified as Black or African American Alone. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

Alaska Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020
Alaska Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020
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County Black Alone Voting-age Population % of County Voting-age Population
Aleutians East Borough 297 9.52
Aleutians West Census Area 259 5.66
Anchorage Municipality 11298 5.07
Bethel Census Area 78 0.64
Bristol Bay Borough 3 0.46
Chugach Census Area 44 0.81
Copper River Census Area 7 0.35
Denali Borough 10 0.78
Dillingham Census Area 24 0.72
Fairbanks North Star Borough 3157 4.34
Haines Borough 1 0.06
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 6 0.33
Juneau City and Borough 286 1.13
Kenai Peninsula Borough 331 0.72
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 82 0.76
Kodiak Island Borough 77 0.78
Kusilvak Census Area 15 0.30
Lake and Peninsula Borough 2 0.20
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 889 1.14
Nome Census Area 42 0.62
North Slope Borough 154 1.88
Northwest Arctic Borough 66 1.32
Petersburg Borough 37 1.38
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 22 0.50
Sitka City and Borough 35 0.52
Skagway Municipality 8 0.81
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 61 1.17
Wrangell City and Borough 0 0.00
Yakutat City and Borough 2 0.38
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 4 0.10