Ranking of New Jersey Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all New Jersey counties, Essex County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (37.79%), followed by Union County (20.63%), and Mercer County (18.9%).

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

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of New Jersey Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2021
Essex
Union
Mercer
Camden
Cumberland
Burlington
Atlantic
Salem
Hudson
Gloucester
Ranking of New Jersey Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Essex County 37.79
2 Union County 20.63
3 Mercer County 18.9
4 Camden County 18.72
5 Cumberland County 17.98
6 Burlington County 17.15
7 Atlantic County 14.53
8 Salem County 13.6
9 Hudson County 11.27
10 Gloucester County 10.73
11 Middlesex County 10.16
12 Passaic County 9.88
13 Somerset County 9.54
14 Monmouth County 6.49
15 Warren County 5.83
16 Bergen County 5.58
17 Cape May County 3.91
18 Morris County 3.36
19 Ocean County 3.23
20 Sussex County 2.47
21 Hunterdon County 2.4