Ranking of New York 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 New York counties, Bronx County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (44.73%), followed by Kings County (33.4%), and Queens County (20.8%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2020
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Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Bronx County 44.73
2 Kings County 33.4
3 Queens County 20.8
4 New York County 18.05
5 Westchester County 16.64
6 Monroe County 16.33
7 Albany County 14.31
8 Erie County 13.93
9 Orange County 13.66
10 Nassau County 13.08
11 Schenectady County 12.98
12 Rockland County 12.91
13 Onondaga County 12.05
14 Dutchess County 11.98
15 Richmond County 11.71
16 Sullivan County 10.71
17 Suffolk County 8.98
18 Rensselaer County 8.24
19 Niagara County 7.41
20 Ulster County 7.2
21 Oneida County 6.95
22 Broome County 6.58
23 Jefferson County 6.33
24 Chemung County 6.24
25 Orleans County 5.66
26 Greene County 5.57
27 Columbia County 5.09
28 Wyoming County 5.04
29 Tompkins County 4.5
30 Putnam County 4.39
31 Seneca County 4.24
32 Cayuga County 4.1
33 Franklin County 4.06
34 Clinton County 4.03
35 Montgomery County 3.55
36 Washington County 3.15
37 Wayne County 3.08
38 Genesee County 3.06
39 Ontario County 2.9
40 Otsego County 2.83
41 Chautauqua County 2.76
42 Fulton County 2.35
43 Livingston County 2.26
43 St. Lawrence County 2.26
44 Cortland County 2.18
45 Saratoga County 2.12
46 Delaware County 2.07
47 Madison County 2.06
48 Essex County 2
49 Schoharie County 1.68
50 Steuben County 1.65
51 Allegany County 1.61
52 Herkimer County 1.53
53 Cattaraugus County 1.5
54 Warren County 1.43
55 Oswego County 1.23
56 Hamilton County 1.12
57 Schuyler County 1.11
58 Tioga County 1.1
59 Yates County 1.08
60 Chenango County 1
61 Lewis County 0.75