Virginia 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 Virginia voting-age population (18 years and over), there were 1,242,045 people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone, which is 18.41% of the total voting-age population of Virginia.

Fairfax County had the highest number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population (83,857), followed by Henrico County (74,450), and Norfolk city (74,424).

On the other hand, the three counties with low number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population were: Highland County (2), Craig County (5), and Dickenson County (35).

In terms of the percentage of each county's voting-age population, Petersburg city had the highest percentage, with 73.27% of its voting-age population identifying their race as Black or African American Alone, followed by Emporia city (61.53%), and Greensville County (57.79%).

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 Virginia.

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.

Virginia Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020
Virginia 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
Accomack County 6707 24.96
Albemarle County 7864 8.78
Alleghany County 550 4.44
Amelia County 2171 20.50
Amherst County 4420 17.74
Appomattox County 2224 17.73
Arlington County 17159 8.73
Augusta County 2681 4.32
Bath County 103 2.93
Bedford County 3938 6.19
Bland County 168 3.15
Botetourt County 768 2.85
Brunswick County 7252 54.38
Buchanan County 491 2.93
Buckingham County 4555 33.44
Campbell County 6264 14.19
Caroline County 6210 26.02
Carroll County 122 0.52
Charles City County 2461 42.59
Charlotte County 2543 27.86
Chesterfield County 63041 22.76
Clarke County 478 4.02
Craig County 5 0.13
Culpeper County 5121 12.83
Cumberland County 2314 30.05
Dickenson County 35 0.31
Dinwiddie County 6583 29.94
Essex County 2956 34.38
Fairfax County 83857 9.51
Fauquier County 4080 7.27
Floyd County 205 1.65
Fluvanna County 3050 13.97
Franklin County 3208 7.26
Frederick County 2871 4.08
Giles County 182 1.36
Gloucester County 2348 7.56
Goochland County 2823 13.84
Grayson County 847 6.58
Greene County 1126 7.09
Greensville County 5600 57.79
Halifax County 9485 34.84
Hanover County 7762 9.04
Henrico County 74450 28.75
Henry County 9027 21.97
Highland County 2 0.11
Isle of Wight County 6891 22.68
James City County 7784 12.38
King and Queen County 1300 23.83
King George County 3110 15.59
King William County 2159 15.71
Lancaster County 2287 24.36
Lee County 861 4.81
Loudoun County 22410 7.40
Louisa County 4446 14.89
Lunenburg County 3145 32.83
Madison County 900 8.24
Mathews County 578 8.01
Mecklenburg County 8296 33.55
Middlesex County 1311 14.51
Montgomery County 3462 4.14
Nelson County 1284 10.45
New Kent County 2315 12.74
Northampton County 3047 30.30
Northumberland County 2090 20.66
Nottoway County 4794 37.69
Orange County 3443 12.04
Page County 367 1.93
Patrick County 694 4.78
Pittsylvania County 10222 20.96
Powhatan County 2231 9.32
Prince Edward County 7924 43.10
Prince George County 10529 30.48
Prince William County 71774 20.31
Pulaski County 1384 4.98
Rappahannock County 178 2.90
Richmond County 2060 28.04
Roanoke County 4437 5.75
Rockbridge County 445 2.40
Rockingham County 1532 2.34
Russell County 194 0.93
Scott County 109 0.62
Shenandoah County 821 2.36
Smyth County 348 1.45
Southampton County 4886 33.67
Spotsylvania County 17286 16.41
Stafford County 22079 19.19
Surry County 2260 41.63
Sussex County 4958 53.83
Tazewell County 827 2.52
Warren County 1374 4.33
Washington County 565 1.29
Westmoreland County 3591 23.85
Wise County 1686 5.78
Wythe County 600 2.64
York County 6792 12.82
Alexandria city 25652 19.73
Bristol city 771 5.62
Buena Vista city 244 4.56
Charlottesville city 5498 14.14
Chesapeake city 54933 29.02
Colonial Heights city 2033 14.28
Covington city 583 12.79
Danville city 16524 48.92
Emporia city 2706 61.53
Fairfax city 877 4.51
Falls Church city 440 3.98
Franklin city 3409 54.17
Fredericksburg city 4584 20.60
Galax city 289 5.43
Hampton city 53136 48.67
Harrisonburg city 3205 7.55
Hopewell city 7036 40.10
Lexington city 397 6.12
Lynchburg city 16128 25.04
Manassas city 3911 12.35
Manassas Park city 1661 13.08
Martinsville city 4699 44.09
Newport News city 59030 40.79
Norfolk city 74424 38.67
Norton city 140 4.84
Petersburg city 19825 73.27
Poquoson city 100 1.04
Portsmouth city 39094 51.33
Radford city 1939 14.02
Richmond city 72164 38.40
Roanoke city 20296 25.71
Salem city 1456 7.07
Staunton city 2397 11.41
Suffolk city 29787 41.37
Virginia Beach city 64907 18.13
Waynesboro city 2012 11.55
Williamsburg city 5323 38.27
Winchester city 2262 10.17