Ranking of Alaska Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Alaska counties, Anchorage Borough had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (17.84K), followed by Fairbanks North Star Borough (5.38K), and Matanuska-Susitna Borough (1.32K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Alaska counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Alaska Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017
Anchorage
Fairbanks North Star
Matanuska-Susitna
Kenai Peninsula
Juneau
Aleutians West
Aleutians East
Kodiak Island
Southeast Fairbanks
North Slope
Ranking of Alaska Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Anchorage Borough 17839
2 Fairbanks North Star Borough 5382
3 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 1316
4 Kenai Peninsula Borough 445
5 Juneau City and Borough 443
6 Aleutians West Borough 397
7 Aleutians East Borough 343
8 Kodiak Island Borough 177
9 Southeast Fairbanks Borough 147
10 North Slope Borough 138
11 Bethel Borough 128
12 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 125
13 Northwest Arctic Borough 98
14 Sitka City and Borough 82
15 Chugach Borough 62
16 Nome Borough 55
17 Kusilvak Borough 53
18 Petersburg Borough 52
19 Denali Borough 45
20 Yukon-Koyukuk Borough 43
21 Hoonah-Angoon Borough 40
22 Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough 35
23 Dillingham Borough 30
24 Copper River Borough 22
25 Lake and Peninsula Borough 16
26 Haines Borough 15
27 Wrangell City and Borough 12
27 Yakutat City and Borough 12
28 Skagway Borough 11
29 Bristol Bay Borough 6