Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all New York counties, Kings County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (30.53%), followed by Bronx County (29.73%), and Queens County (18.03%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
Kings
Bronx
Queens
Monroe
Westchester
Erie
New York
Albany
Nassau
Rockland
Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Kings County 30.53
2 Bronx County 29.73
3 Queens County 18.03
4 Monroe County 14.62
5 Westchester County 13.69
6 Erie County 13.1
7 New York County 12.62
8 Albany County 12.33
9 Nassau County 11.33
10 Rockland County 11.29
11 Onondaga County 10.75
12 Schenectady County 10.02
13 Dutchess County 9.99
14 Orange County 9.61
15 Richmond County 9.56
16 Sullivan County 8.15
17 Suffolk County 7.16
18 Niagara County 6.79
19 Rensselaer County 6.44
20 Chemung County 6.11
21 Jefferson County 5.97
22 Oneida County 5.95
23 Orleans County 5.79
24 Ulster County 5.71
25 Greene County 5.53
26 Wyoming County 5.5
27 Franklin County 5.43
28 Broome County 5.01
29 Seneca County 4.7
30 Columbia County 4.52
31 Cayuga County 3.87
32 Clinton County 3.77
32 Tompkins County 3.77
33 Washington County 2.92
34 Wayne County 2.8
35 Genesee County 2.6
36 Livingston County 2.54
37 Putnam County 2.46
38 Essex County 2.43
39 St. Lawrence County 2.25
40 Ontario County 2.15
41 Chautauqua County 2.07
42 Otsego County 1.81
43 Fulton County 1.75
43 Montgomery County 1.75
44 Madison County 1.62
45 Cortland County 1.56
46 Delaware County 1.53
46 Saratoga County 1.53
47 Steuben County 1.44
48 Cattaraugus County 1.31
49 Allegany County 1.21
50 Schoharie County 1.18
51 Herkimer County 1.08
52 Warren County 1.02
53 Yates County 0.93
54 Oswego County 0.83
55 Schuyler County 0.8
56 Chenango County 0.79
56 Hamilton County 0.79
57 Tioga County 0.76
58 Lewis County 0.73