Ranking of New York 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 York counties, Bronx County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (30.22%), followed by Kings County (29.29%), and Queens County (17.95%).

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 2021
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Ranking of New York 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 Bronx County 30.22
2 Kings County 29.29
3 Queens County 17.95
4 Monroe County 14.58
5 Westchester County 13.42
6 New York County 13.36
7 Erie County 12.87
8 Albany County 12.85
9 Schenectady County 11.64
10 Nassau County 11.59
11 Onondaga County 11.02
12 Orange County 10.95
13 Rockland County 10.71
14 Dutchess County 10.39
15 Richmond County 9.2
16 Sullivan County 8.67
17 Suffolk County 7.54
18 Rensselaer County 7.36
19 Niagara County 7.13
20 Chemung County 6.01
20 Oneida County 6.01
21 Ulster County 5.81
22 Broome County 5.76
23 Jefferson County 5.64
24 Orleans County 4.51
25 Greene County 4.36
26 Columbia County 4.32
27 Wyoming County 4.25
28 Tompkins County 3.93
29 Seneca County 3.85
30 Cayuga County 3.49
31 Putnam County 3.2
32 Franklin County 3.15
33 Clinton County 3.13
34 Wayne County 2.82
35 Washington County 2.72
36 Genesee County 2.53
37 Otsego County 2.47
38 Montgomery County 2.4
38 Ontario County 2.4
39 Chautauqua County 1.92
40 Saratoga County 1.9
41 Cortland County 1.89
42 Livingston County 1.84
43 Essex County 1.83
44 St. Lawrence County 1.81
45 Fulton County 1.79
46 Madison County 1.78
47 Delaware County 1.66
48 Steuben County 1.55
49 Schoharie County 1.44
50 Cattaraugus County 1.38
50 Warren County 1.38
51 Allegany County 1.37
52 Herkimer County 1.3
53 Hamilton County 1.25
54 Yates County 1.03
55 Oswego County 1.02
55 Schuyler County 1.02
56 Tioga County 1
57 Chenango County 0.87
58 Lewis County 0.66