Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, 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 (29.95%), followed by Bronx County (29.44%), and Queens County (17.92%).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kings County | 29.95 |
| 2 | Bronx County | 29.44 |
| 3 | Queens County | 17.92 |
| 4 | Monroe County | 14.61 |
| 5 | Westchester County | 13.74 |
| 6 | Erie County | 13.09 |
| 7 | Albany County | 12.56 |
| 8 | New York County | 12.45 |
| 9 | Nassau County | 11.49 |
| 10 | Rockland County | 11.2 |
| 11 | Onondaga County | 10.86 |
| 12 | Schenectady County | 10.47 |
| 13 | Dutchess County | 10.24 |
| 14 | Orange County | 10.01 |
| 15 | Richmond County | 9.53 |
| 16 | Sullivan County | 8.07 |
| 17 | Suffolk County | 7.27 |
| 18 | Niagara County | 6.98 |
| 19 | Rensselaer County | 6.74 |
| 20 | Jefferson County | 6.08 |
| 20 | Oneida County | 6.08 |
| 21 | Chemung County | 5.95 |
| 22 | Ulster County | 5.93 |
| 23 | Orleans County | 5.87 |
| 24 | Franklin County | 5.58 |
| 25 | Greene County | 5.53 |
| 26 | Broome County | 5.29 |
| 27 | Wyoming County | 5.07 |
| 28 | Seneca County | 4.67 |
| 29 | Columbia County | 4.52 |
| 30 | Clinton County | 3.92 |
| 31 | Tompkins County | 3.91 |
| 32 | Cayuga County | 3.89 |
| 33 | Washington County | 2.9 |
| 34 | Putnam County | 2.75 |
| 34 | Wayne County | 2.75 |
| 35 | Genesee County | 2.71 |
| 36 | Essex County | 2.46 |
| 36 | Livingston County | 2.46 |
| 37 | St. Lawrence County | 2.25 |
| 38 | Ontario County | 2.21 |
| 39 | Chautauqua County | 2.07 |
| 40 | Montgomery County | 1.98 |
| 41 | Otsego County | 1.92 |
| 42 | Fulton County | 1.84 |
| 43 | Madison County | 1.68 |
| 43 | Saratoga County | 1.68 |
| 44 | Cortland County | 1.64 |
| 45 | Delaware County | 1.62 |
| 46 | Steuben County | 1.45 |
| 47 | Cattaraugus County | 1.34 |
| 48 | Herkimer County | 1.2 |
| 49 | Allegany County | 1.19 |
| 49 | Schoharie County | 1.19 |
| 50 | Warren County | 1.12 |
| 51 | Hamilton County | 0.96 |
| 52 | Oswego County | 0.9 |
| 52 | Yates County | 0.9 |
| 53 | Schuyler County | 0.88 |
| 54 | Chenango County | 0.84 |
| 55 | Tioga County | 0.82 |
| 56 | Lewis County | 0.7 |