Ranking of California Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2023

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all California counties, Los Angeles County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (872.15K), followed by San Bernardino County (207.41K), and Riverside County (188.49K).

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 2023
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Ranking of California Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2023
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Los Angeles County 872149
2 San Bernardino County 207408
3 Riverside County 188490
4 San Diego County 181332
5 Alameda County 171069
6 Sacramento County 170874
7 Contra Costa County 107949
8 Orange County 71077
9 San Joaquin County 65982
10 Solano County 63991
11 Fresno County 60869
12 Kern County 56467
13 Santa Clara County 54862
14 San Francisco County 45915
15 Stanislaus County 20641
16 Ventura County 20266
17 San Mateo County 19675
18 Monterey County 13655
19 Merced County 11728
20 Tulare County 11304
21 Kings County 10907
22 Sonoma County 10488
23 Santa Barbara County 10141
24 Placer County 9784
25 Yolo County 7434
26 Marin County 7276
27 Madera County 6759
28 Imperial County 5697
29 San Luis Obispo County 5267
30 Yuba County 4540
31 Butte County 4444
32 Santa Cruz County 3924
33 Napa County 3178
34 Sutter County 2688
35 Shasta County 2355
36 El Dorado County 2174
37 Humboldt County 2032
38 Lassen County 1957
39 Lake County 1471
40 San Benito County 1303
41 Amador County 1257
42 Tuolumne County 1068
43 Mendocino County 979
44 Tehama County 772
45 Nevada County 766
46 Del Norte County 757
47 Siskiyou County 647
48 Calaveras County 532
49 Glenn County 376
50 Colusa County 332
51 Mariposa County 242
52 Inyo County 228
53 Plumas County 194
54 Mono County 162
55 Modoc County 121
56 Trinity County 108
57 Sierra County 16
58 Alpine County 14