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

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all California counties, Solano County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (14.54%), followed by Alameda County (10.89%), and Sacramento County (10.82%).

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

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Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2020
Solano
Alameda
Sacramento
San Bernardino
Contra Costa
Los Angeles
Lassen
San Joaquin
Riverside
Kings
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Solano County 14.54
2 Alameda County 10.89
3 Sacramento County 10.82
4 San Bernardino County 9.57
5 Contra Costa County 9.44
6 Los Angeles County 9.08
7 Lassen County 8.55
8 San Joaquin County 8.36
9 Riverside County 7.43
10 Kings County 7.3
11 Kern County 6.17
12 Fresno County 5.89
13 San Francisco County 5.63
14 San Diego County 5.54
15 Yuba County 4.62
16 Madera County 4.1
17 Merced County 3.95
18 Stanislaus County 3.6
19 Del Norte County 3.5
20 Imperial County 3.33
21 Monterey County 3.26
22 Yolo County 3.04
23 Santa Clara County 2.86
24 Sutter County 2.77
25 San Mateo County 2.73
26 Amador County 2.7
27 Marin County 2.66
28 Ventura County 2.41
29 Santa Barbara County 2.39
30 Tulare County 2.27
31 Napa County 2.2
32 Orange County 2.18
33 Sonoma County 2.1
34 Lake County 2.05
35 Placer County 2.03
36 Butte County 1.94
37 San Luis Obispo County 1.91
38 Tuolumne County 1.87
39 San Benito County 1.7
40 Santa Cruz County 1.5
41 Humboldt County 1.47
41 Siskiyou County 1.47
42 Modoc County 1.46
43 Colusa County 1.4
44 Glenn County 1.34
45 Mariposa County 1.22
45 Shasta County 1.22
46 Inyo County 1.19
47 Calaveras County 1.1
48 El Dorado County 1.08
48 Mendocino County 1.08
49 Tehama County 1.06
50 Mono County 1.02
51 Alpine County 1
52 Plumas County 0.95
53 Trinity County 0.68
54 Nevada County 0.62
55 Sierra County 0.59