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

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all California counties, Solano County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (14.45%), followed by Sacramento County (10.83%), and Alameda County (10.76%).

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 2021
Solano
Sacramento
Alameda
San Bernardino
Contra Costa
Los Angeles
San Joaquin
Lassen
Riverside
Kings
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Solano County 14.45
2 Sacramento County 10.83
3 Alameda County 10.76
4 San Bernardino County 9.53
5 Contra Costa County 9.43
6 Los Angeles County 9.06
7 San Joaquin County 8.32
8 Lassen County 8.15
9 Riverside County 7.48
10 Kings County 7.2
11 Kern County 6.22
12 Fresno County 5.93
13 San Francisco County 5.72
14 San Diego County 5.56
15 Yuba County 4.82
16 Madera County 4.07
17 Merced County 3.98
18 Stanislaus County 3.66
19 Del Norte County 3.35
20 Monterey County 3.28
21 Imperial County 3.25
22 Yolo County 3.17
23 Santa Clara County 2.85
24 Amador County 2.82
25 Sutter County 2.77
26 San Mateo County 2.72
27 Marin County 2.57
28 Ventura County 2.42
29 Napa County 2.33
30 Santa Barbara County 2.3
30 Tulare County 2.3
31 Orange County 2.22
32 Placer County 2.13
33 Sonoma County 2.12
34 Lake County 1.99
35 Butte County 1.98
36 San Luis Obispo County 1.87
37 Tuolumne County 1.85
38 San Benito County 1.76
39 Humboldt County 1.48
39 Santa Cruz County 1.48
40 Siskiyou County 1.43
41 Colusa County 1.42
42 Modoc County 1.35
43 Glenn County 1.34
44 Mariposa County 1.29
45 Shasta County 1.27
46 Calaveras County 1.12
46 Inyo County 1.12
47 Tehama County 1.11
48 Mono County 1.1
49 El Dorado County 1.09
50 Mendocino County 1.06
51 Plumas County 1.03
52 Alpine County 0.9
53 Nevada County 0.65
54 Trinity County 0.63
55 Sierra County 0.61