Virginia 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 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%).
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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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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 |