Ranking of California Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all California counties, Los Angeles County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (888.99K), followed by San Bernardino County (209.00K), and Riverside County (183.54K).

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 2021
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Ranking of California Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Los Angeles County 888991
2 San Bernardino County 208997
3 Riverside County 183536
4 San Diego County 182069
5 Alameda County 176946
6 Sacramento County 172134
7 Contra Costa County 109751
8 Orange County 70049
9 San Joaquin County 65634
10 Solano County 65133
11 Fresno County 60034
12 Kern County 56764
13 Santa Clara County 53744
14 San Francisco County 46471
15 Ventura County 20359
16 Stanislaus County 20239
17 San Mateo County 20070
18 Monterey County 14319
19 Merced County 11331
20 Kings County 10998
21 Tulare County 10962
22 Sonoma County 10267
23 Santa Barbara County 10040
24 Placer County 8785
25 Yolo County 6757
26 Marin County 6658
27 Madera County 6470
28 Imperial County 5819
29 San Luis Obispo County 5235
30 Butte County 4086
31 Yuba County 4012
32 Santa Cruz County 3846
33 Napa County 3176
34 Sutter County 2746
35 Lassen County 2598
36 Shasta County 2316
37 El Dorado County 2120
38 Humboldt County 1992
39 Lake County 1366
40 San Benito County 1175
41 Amador County 1161
42 Tuolumne County 1017
43 Mendocino County 966
44 Del Norte County 925
45 Tehama County 727
46 Nevada County 672
47 Siskiyou County 632
48 Calaveras County 520
49 Glenn County 385
50 Colusa County 311
51 Mariposa County 220
52 Inyo County 211
53 Plumas County 205
54 Mono County 146
55 Modoc County 117
56 Trinity County 101
57 Sierra County 20
58 Alpine County 11