Kentucky Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020
According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all the Kentucky voting-age population (18 years and over), there were 268,710 people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone, which is 7.71% of the total voting-age population of Kentucky.
Jefferson County had the highest number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population (122,748), followed by Fayette County (35,152), and Christian County (11,100).
On the other hand, the three counties with low number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population were: Robertson County (5), Owsley County (6), and Magoffin County (9).
In terms of the percentage of each county's voting-age population, Fulton County had the highest percentage, with 21.16% of its voting-age population identifying their race as Black or African American Alone, followed by Christian County (20.68%), and Jefferson County (19.98%).
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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.
County | Black Alone Voting-age Population | % of County Voting-age Population |
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Adair County | 460 | 3.10 |
Allen County | 152 | 0.97 |
Anderson County | 399 | 2.18 |
Ballard County | 154 | 2.52 |
Barren County | 1331 | 3.94 |
Bath County | 106 | 1.12 |
Bell County | 476 | 2.51 |
Boone County | 3859 | 3.85 |
Bourbon County | 833 | 5.37 |
Boyd County | 1089 | 2.87 |
Boyle County | 1783 | 7.33 |
Bracken County | 30 | 0.47 |
Breathitt County | 41 | 0.38 |
Breckinridge County | 341 | 2.17 |
Bullitt County | 722 | 1.15 |
Butler County | 15 | 0.16 |
Caldwell County | 520 | 5.25 |
Calloway County | 1094 | 3.61 |
Campbell County | 2108 | 2.87 |
Carlisle County | 48 | 1.29 |
Carroll County | 139 | 1.72 |
Carter County | 198 | 0.95 |
Casey County | 64 | 0.53 |
Christian County | 11100 | 20.68 |
Clark County | 1251 | 4.36 |
Clay County | 797 | 4.99 |
Clinton County | 27 | 0.38 |
Crittenden County | 74 | 1.06 |
Cumberland County | 127 | 2.73 |
Daviess County | 3610 | 4.60 |
Edmonson County | 78 | 0.82 |
Elliott County | 246 | 4.17 |
Estill County | 21 | 0.19 |
Fayette County | 35152 | 13.81 |
Fleming County | 125 | 1.09 |
Floyd County | 84 | 0.30 |
Franklin County | 3430 | 8.44 |
Fulton County | 1098 | 21.16 |
Gallatin County | 74 | 1.14 |
Garrard County | 243 | 1.87 |
Grant County | 145 | 0.79 |
Graves County | 1130 | 4.07 |
Grayson County | 275 | 1.35 |
Green County | 141 | 1.63 |
Greenup County | 167 | 0.60 |
Hancock County | 59 | 0.85 |
Hardin County | 9637 | 11.46 |
Harlan County | 443 | 2.12 |
Harrison County | 256 | 1.77 |
Hart County | 594 | 4.13 |
Henderson County | 2808 | 8.14 |
Henry County | 291 | 2.40 |
Hickman County | 296 | 8.39 |
Hopkins County | 2257 | 6.41 |
Jackson County | 12 | 0.12 |
Jefferson County | 122748 | 19.98 |
Jessamine County | 1534 | 3.86 |
Johnson County | 38 | 0.21 |
Kenton County | 5848 | 4.54 |
Knott County | 60 | 0.53 |
Knox County | 227 | 0.98 |
Larue County | 293 | 2.58 |
Laurel County | 356 | 0.74 |
Lawrence County | 27 | 0.22 |
Lee County | 274 | 4.56 |
Leslie County | 19 | 0.23 |
Letcher County | 80 | 0.47 |
Lewis County | 20 | 0.20 |
Lincoln County | 386 | 2.08 |
Livingston County | 23 | 0.32 |
Logan County | 1298 | 6.19 |
Lyon County | 484 | 6.44 |
McCracken County | 5518 | 10.40 |
McCreary County | 906 | 6.95 |
McLean County | 34 | 0.48 |
Madison County | 3257 | 4.44 |
Magoffin County | 9 | 0.10 |
Marion County | 954 | 6.40 |
Marshall County | 85 | 0.34 |
Martin County | 790 | 8.72 |
Mason County | 796 | 6.01 |
Meade County | 686 | 3.07 |
Menifee County | 21 | 0.45 |
Mercer County | 656 | 3.72 |
Metcalfe County | 97 | 1.23 |
Monroe County | 178 | 2.05 |
Montgomery County | 539 | 2.51 |
Morgan County | 479 | 4.40 |
Muhlenberg County | 1068 | 4.40 |
Nelson County | 1698 | 4.75 |
Nicholas County | 36 | 0.63 |
Ohio County | 125 | 0.70 |
Oldham County | 1859 | 3.75 |
Owen County | 73 | 0.86 |
Owsley County | 6 | 0.19 |
Pendleton County | 34 | 0.30 |
Perry County | 288 | 1.29 |
Pike County | 401 | 0.86 |
Powell County | 59 | 0.59 |
Pulaski County | 564 | 1.11 |
Robertson County | 5 | 0.29 |
Rockcastle County | 27 | 0.22 |
Rowan County | 334 | 1.69 |
Russell County | 82 | 0.59 |
Scott County | 2175 | 5.10 |
Shelby County | 2159 | 5.94 |
Simpson County | 1293 | 8.61 |
Spencer County | 223 | 1.51 |
Taylor County | 1056 | 5.22 |
Todd County | 678 | 7.61 |
Trigg County | 733 | 6.68 |
Trimble County | 23 | 0.35 |
Union County | 868 | 8.30 |
Warren County | 9451 | 9.19 |
Washington County | 533 | 5.75 |
Wayne County | 198 | 1.31 |
Webster County | 410 | 4.12 |
Whitley County | 483 | 1.74 |
Wolfe County | 15 | 0.30 |
Woodford County | 1023 | 4.89 |