Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Alabama counties, Macon County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (81.74%), followed by Greene County (81.28%), and Lowndes County (74.02%).

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

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Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2012
Macon
Greene
Lowndes
Sumter
Wilcox
Bullock
Dallas
Perry
Hale
Montgomery
Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Macon County 81.74
2 Greene County 81.28
3 Lowndes County 74.02
4 Sumter County 73.65
5 Wilcox County 71.95
6 Bullock County 70.23
7 Dallas County 69.76
8 Perry County 68.58
9 Hale County 58.54
10 Montgomery County 56.11
11 Marengo County 51.3
12 Barbour County 47.54
13 Conecuh County 46.58
14 Clarke County 44.03
15 Butler County 43.67
16 Choctaw County 43.06
17 Jefferson County 42.69
18 Russell County 42.07
19 Pickens County 41.51
20 Monroe County 41.48
21 Chambers County 39.04
22 Pike County 37.28
23 Mobile County 35.18
24 Talladega County 32.2
25 Escambia County 32.08
26 Coosa County 31.62
27 Tuscaloosa County 30.34
28 Henry County 28.19
29 Tallapoosa County 26.79
30 Houston County 26.34
31 Washington County 24.44
32 Madison County 24.42
33 Crenshaw County 24.1
34 Lee County 23.11
35 Bibb County 21.65
36 Calhoun County 20.82
37 Elmore County 20.77
38 Randolph County 19.61
39 Dale County 19.37
40 Autauga County 18.11
41 Coffee County 17.3
42 Colbert County 16.28
43 Etowah County 15.32
44 Clay County 14.42
45 Limestone County 13.1
46 Covington County 12.51
47 Morgan County 12.25
48 Lawrence County 11.47
49 Fayette County 11.38
50 Shelby County 11.35
51 Lamar County 11.12
52 Lauderdale County 10.15
53 Chilton County 10.07
54 Geneva County 9.75
55 Baldwin County 9.4
56 St. Clair County 8.8
57 Walker County 5.98
58 Cherokee County 4.58
59 Franklin County 4.41
60 Marion County 3.88
61 Cleburne County 3.44
62 Jackson County 3.35
63 Marshall County 2.2
64 DeKalb County 1.78
65 Blount County 1.58
66 Cullman County 1.13
67 Winston County 0.62