Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2022

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all New York counties, Bronx County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (44.94%), followed by Kings County (33.16%), and Queens County (20.82%).

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 2022
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Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2022
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Bronx County 44.94
2 Kings County 33.16
3 Queens County 20.82
4 New York County 18.59
5 Westchester County 16.86
6 Monroe County 16.47
7 Orange County 14.69
8 Albany County 14.46
9 Erie County 13.87
10 Schenectady County 13.81
11 Nassau County 13.27
12 Rockland County 12.95
13 Onondaga County 12.4
14 Dutchess County 12.35
15 Richmond County 11.63
16 Sullivan County 11.03
17 Suffolk County 9.38
18 Rensselaer County 8.76
19 Niagara County 7.66
20 Ulster County 7.35
21 Oneida County 7.34
22 Broome County 6.95
23 Jefferson County 6.41
24 Chemung County 6.24
25 Greene County 5.09
26 Columbia County 5
27 Putnam County 4.94
28 Orleans County 4.83
29 Tompkins County 4.64
30 Wyoming County 4.46
31 Montgomery County 4.02
32 Cayuga County 3.99
33 Seneca County 3.55
34 Clinton County 3.27
35 Wayne County 3.14
36 Franklin County 3.08
37 Ontario County 3.05
37 Washington County 3.05
38 Otsego County 3.04
39 Genesee County 3.02
40 Chautauqua County 2.87
41 Delaware County 2.44
42 Cortland County 2.37
43 Livingston County 2.31
44 Saratoga County 2.29
45 Fulton County 2.2
46 Madison County 2.1
47 St. Lawrence County 2.01
48 Essex County 1.96
49 Schoharie County 1.9
50 Steuben County 1.7
51 Herkimer County 1.65
52 Allegany County 1.64
53 Warren County 1.62
54 Cattaraugus County 1.61
55 Hamilton County 1.37
56 Oswego County 1.35
57 Tioga County 1.23
58 Yates County 1.13
59 Schuyler County 1.11
60 Chenango County 1.05
61 Lewis County 0.81