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%).
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 Kentucky.
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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Jefferson County | 122,748 | 19.98 |
Fayette County | 35,152 | 13.81 |
Christian County | 11,100 | 20.68 |
Hardin County | 9,637 | 11.46 |
Warren County | 9,451 | 9.19 |
Kenton County | 5,848 | 4.54 |
McCracken County | 5,518 | 10.40 |
Boone County | 3,859 | 3.85 |
Daviess County | 3,610 | 4.60 |
Franklin County | 3,430 | 8.44 |
Madison County | 3,257 | 4.44 |
Henderson County | 2,808 | 8.14 |
Hopkins County | 2,257 | 6.41 |
Scott County | 2,175 | 5.10 |
Shelby County | 2,159 | 5.94 |
Campbell County | 2,108 | 2.87 |
Oldham County | 1,859 | 3.75 |
Boyle County | 1,783 | 7.33 |
Nelson County | 1,698 | 4.75 |
Jessamine County | 1,534 | 3.86 |
Barren County | 1,331 | 3.94 |
Logan County | 1,298 | 6.19 |
Simpson County | 1,293 | 8.61 |
Clark County | 1,251 | 4.36 |
Graves County | 1,130 | 4.07 |
Kentucky | 268,710 | 7.71 |