Ranking of New York 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 New York counties, Kings County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (907.93K), followed by Bronx County (653.59K), and Queens County (496.85K).

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

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

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Ranking of New York Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Kings County 907934
2 Bronx County 653586
3 Queens County 496850
4 New York County 302806
5 Nassau County 181880
6 Westchester County 166655
7 Suffolk County 136727
8 Erie County 132678
9 Monroe County 123706
10 Richmond County 57892
11 Onondaga County 57148
12 Orange County 54779
13 Albany County 44938
14 Rockland County 43555
15 Dutchess County 35462
16 Schenectady County 20669
17 Oneida County 16063
18 Niagara County 15723
19 Rensselaer County 13253
20 Ulster County 13049
21 Broome County 13046
22 Sullivan County 8405
23 Jefferson County 7343
24 Chemung County 5222
25 Saratoga County 5009
26 Tompkins County 4490
27 Putnam County 4287
28 Chautauqua County 3514
29 Ontario County 3259
30 Clinton County 3215
31 Columbia County 3124
32 Cayuga County 3119
33 Wayne County 2813
34 Greene County 2659
35 St. Lawrence County 2449
36 Orleans County 2271
37 Wyoming County 2027
38 Franklin County 1927
39 Washington County 1923
40 Genesee County 1786
41 Montgomery County 1754
42 Otsego County 1649
43 Steuben County 1543
44 Oswego County 1443
45 Seneca County 1421
46 Madison County 1401
47 Livingston County 1390
48 Fulton County 1245
49 Cattaraugus County 1155
50 Cortland County 1020
51 Warren County 937
52 Herkimer County 920
53 Delaware County 915
54 Allegany County 760
55 Essex County 745
56 Tioga County 532
57 Schoharie County 501
58 Chenango County 473
59 Yates County 268
60 Lewis County 199
60 Schuyler County 199
61 Hamilton County 57