Ranking of California Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all California counties, Los Angeles County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (907.31K), followed by San Bernardino County (208.92K), and Alameda County (182.93K).

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

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

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Ranking of California Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020
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Ranking of California Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Los Angeles County 907305
2 San Bernardino County 208924
3 Alameda County 182934
4 San Diego County 182701
5 Riverside County 180055
6 Sacramento County 171642
7 Contra Costa County 110068
8 Orange County 69446
9 Solano County 65837
10 San Joaquin County 65285
11 Fresno County 59435
12 Kern County 55862
13 Santa Clara County 55191
14 San Francisco County 49028
15 San Mateo County 20804
16 Ventura County 20351
17 Stanislaus County 19895
18 Monterey County 14297
19 Kings County 11157
20 Merced County 11123
21 Tulare County 10762
22 Santa Barbara County 10732
23 Sonoma County 10231
24 Placer County 8251
25 Marin County 6944
26 Yolo County 6577
27 Madera County 6408
28 Imperial County 5981
29 San Luis Obispo County 5380
30 Butte County 4078
31 Santa Cruz County 4052
32 Yuba County 3790
33 Napa County 3021
34 Lassen County 2763
35 Sutter County 2760
36 Shasta County 2225
37 El Dorado County 2073
38 Humboldt County 1999
39 Lake County 1397
40 San Benito County 1095
41 Amador County 1093
42 Tuolumne County 1034
43 Mendocino County 988
44 Del Norte County 965
45 Tehama County 695
46 Siskiyou County 645
47 Nevada County 637
48 Calaveras County 498
49 Glenn County 387
50 Colusa County 306
51 Inyo County 225
52 Mariposa County 209
53 Plumas County 188
54 Mono County 135
55 Modoc County 127
56 Trinity County 109
57 Sierra County 19
58 Alpine County 12