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

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all California counties, Solano County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (14.25%), followed by Sacramento County (10.79%), and Alameda County (10.55%).

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 2023
Solano
Sacramento
Alameda
San Bernardino
Contra Costa
Los Angeles
San Joaquin
Riverside
Kings
Lassen
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Solano County 14.25
2 Sacramento County 10.79
3 Alameda County 10.55
4 San Bernardino County 9.45
5 Contra Costa County 9.35
6 Los Angeles County 9.03
7 San Joaquin County 8.24
8 Riverside County 7.56
9 Kings County 7.14
10 Lassen County 6.78
11 Kern County 6.18
12 Fresno County 5.98
13 San Francisco County 5.68
14 San Diego County 5.55
15 Yuba County 5.3
16 Madera County 4.15
17 Merced County 4.02
18 Stanislaus County 3.74
19 Yolo County 3.37
20 Imperial County 3.18
21 Monterey County 3.17
22 Amador County 3.01
23 Santa Clara County 2.92
24 Marin County 2.86
25 Del Norte County 2.85
26 Sutter County 2.74
27 San Mateo County 2.71
28 Ventura County 2.44
29 Napa County 2.39
30 Tulare County 2.36
31 Placer County 2.31
32 Santa Barbara County 2.3
33 Orange County 2.27
34 Sonoma County 2.18
35 Lake County 2.17
36 Butte County 2.15
37 Tuolumne County 1.97
38 San Benito County 1.91
39 San Luis Obispo County 1.87
40 Humboldt County 1.52
41 Colusa County 1.51
41 Siskiyou County 1.51
42 Santa Cruz County 1.5
43 Mariposa County 1.43
44 Modoc County 1.42
45 Glenn County 1.34
46 Shasta County 1.31
47 Mono County 1.24
48 Alpine County 1.23
48 Inyo County 1.23
49 Tehama County 1.19
50 Calaveras County 1.14
51 El Dorado County 1.13
52 Mendocino County 1.1
53 Plumas County 1.01
54 Nevada County 0.75
55 Trinity County 0.69
56 Sierra County 0.5