Ranking of US Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all US counties, Cook, IL had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (1.25M), followed by Harris, TX (970.42K), and Kings, NY (907.93K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 200 US counties.

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

You can also see links at the bottom of the page for the ranking of counties for each state.

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Ranking of US Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020
Cook, IL
Harris, TX
Kings, NY
Los Angeles, CA
Philadelphia, PA
Wayne, MI
Bronx, NY
Dallas, TX
Prince George's, MD
Broward, FL
Ranking of US Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Cook County, IL 1245792
2 Harris County, TX 970418
3 Kings County, NY 907934
4 Los Angeles County, CA 907305
5 Philadelphia County, PA 696424
6 Wayne County, MI 690638
7 Bronx County, NY 653586
8 Dallas County, TX 625321
9 Prince George's County, MD 615030
10 Broward County, FL 593738
11 Shelby County, TN 501106
12 Queens County, NY 496850
13 Miami-Dade County, FL 478224
14 Fulton County, GA 474832
15 DeKalb County, GA 411583
16 Tarrant County, TX 389240
17 Cuyahoga County, OH 386338
18 Mecklenburg County, NC 365430
19 Baltimore city, MD 360145
20 Essex County, NJ 358677
21 Orange County, FL 325890
22 Franklin County, OH 318712
23 Duval County, FL 308800
24 Clark County, NV 305040
25 New York County, NY 302806
26 Palm Beach County, FL 299745
27 Maricopa County, AZ 295234
28 Jefferson County, AL 292023
29 Gwinnett County, GA 287859
30 Marion County, IN 283834
31 Hillsborough County, FL 269211
32 Baltimore County, MD 263776
33 Milwaukee County, WI 255307
34 St. Louis County, MO 251524
35 Wake County, NC 235195
36 Orleans Parish, LA 223810
37 Cobb County, GA 220651
38 Hamilton County, OH 220290
39 Clayton County, GA 217657
40 Montgomery County, MD 216394
41 East Baton Rouge Parish, LA 212202
42 San Bernardino County, CA 208924
43 Richland County, SC 203364
44 Suffolk County, MA 193691
45 Guilford County, NC 191965
46 Davidson County, TN 191450
47 Bexar County, TX 183141
48 Alameda County, CA 182934
49 San Diego County, CA 182701
50 Nassau County, NY 181880
51 Fort Bend County, TX 181271
52 Riverside County, CA 180055
53 Hennepin County, MN 179939
54 Jefferson County, KY 176594
55 Oakland County, MI 176166
56 Sacramento County, CA 171642
57 Jackson County, MO 169166
58 Allegheny County, PA 167453
59 Westchester County, NY 166655
60 Hinds County, MS 165844
61 King County, WA 161630
62 New Castle County, DE 152286
63 Mobile County, AL 151125
64 Pulaski County, AR 150953
65 Capitol Planning Region, CT 138200
66 Suffolk County, NY 136727
67 Montgomery County, AL 136039
68 Union County, NJ 135986
69 St. Louis city, MO 133912
70 Cumberland County, NC 133426
71 Delaware County, PA 132912
72 Erie County, NY 132678
73 Oklahoma County, OK 126181
74 Monroe County, NY 123706
75 Fairfax County, VA 123504
76 Jefferson Parish, LA 123405
77 Lake County, IN 123173
78 Henry County, GA 122158
79 Chatham County, GA 121441
80 Collin County, TX 121067
81 Richmond County, GA 120505
82 Polk County, FL 120388
83 Travis County, TX 120088
84 Caddo Parish, LA 118750
85 Durham County, NC 116833
86 Montgomery County, OH 116212
87 Macomb County, MI 114543
88 Camden County, NJ 114159
89 Anne Arundel County, MD 111155
90 Contra Costa County, CA 110068
91 Hudson County, NJ 108534
92 Prince William County, VA 107333
93 Pinellas County, FL 106698
94 Forsyth County, NC 105603
95 Middlesex County, NJ 105060
96 Denton County, TX 104488
97 Charleston County, SC 104085
98 Henrico County, VA 103001
99 Richmond city, VA 102503
100 Norfolk city, VA 100461
101 Muscogee County, GA 100174
102 Middlesex County, MA 98078
103 Madison County, AL 97566
104 Greenville County, SC 96201
105 Leon County, FL 94346
106 Virginia Beach city, VA 93668
107 Bell County, TX 93116
108 Chesterfield County, VA 90279
109 Bibb County, GA 88790
110 Lucas County, OH 88538
111 South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT 88101
112 Jefferson County, TX 87484
113 Montgomery County, PA 86430
114 Will County, IL 86036
115 Charles County, MD 85542
116 Burlington County, NJ 84897
117 Providence County, RI 84594
118 Mercer County, NJ 82866
119 Genesee County, MI 82479
120 Summit County, OH 82201
121 Newport News city, VA 80003
122 Passaic County, NJ 78883
123 St. Clair County, IL 78782
124 Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT 78389
125 Chesapeake city, VA 76441
126 Arapahoe County, CO 75544
127 Escambia County, FL 74840
128 Tuscaloosa County, AL 74764
129 Douglas County, GA 73600
130 Ramsey County, MN 72807
131 St. Lucie County, FL 72641
132 Pierce County, WA 72560
133 Tulsa County, OK 71898
134 Bergen County, NJ 71541
135 Denver County, CO 71017
136 Hampton city, VA 70994
137 Kent County, MI 70494
138 Lee County, FL 70407
139 Hamilton County, TN 70035
140 Orange County, CA 69446
141 Howard County, MD 69004
142 Spartanburg County, SC 68326
143 Douglas County, NE 67487
144 Brevard County, FL 66353
145 Solano County, CA 65837
146 San Joaquin County, CA 65285
147 Volusia County, FL 65169
148 Lafayette Parish, LA 64699
149 Plymouth County, MA 63765
150 Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT 63006
151 Seminole County, FL 62673
152 Pitt County, NC 61415
153 Dougherty County, GA 60992
154 Ouachita Parish, LA 60530
155 Norfolk County, MA 60138
156 Essex County, MA 60115
157 Fresno County, CA 59435
158 Florence County, SC 59380
159 Brazoria County, TX 59278
160 DeSoto County, MS 58330
161 Richmond County, NY 57892
162 Osceola County, FL 57351
163 Onondaga County, NY 57148
164 Alachua County, FL 57003
165 Rutherford County, TN 56925
166 Berkeley County, SC 56876
167 Rockdale County, GA 56367
168 Calcasieu Parish, LA 55958
169 Kern County, CA 55862
170 York County, SC 55431
171 Santa Clara County, CA 55191
172 Newton County, GA 55172
173 Dauphin County, PA 54953
174 Worcester County, MA 54951
175 Houston County, GA 54914
176 Orange County, NY 54779
177 Harrison County, MS 54560
178 Portsmouth city, VA 53798
179 Lake County, IL 53633
180 Orangeburg County, SC 52327
181 Hampden County, MA 51734
182 Marion County, FL 51378
183 Fayette County, KY 50795
184 Kent County, DE 50604
185 Sumter County, SC 50453
186 El Paso County, CO 50182
187 DuPage County, IL 49794
188 Sedgwick County, KS 49131
189 San Francisco County, CA 49028
190 Multnomah County, OR 48852
191 Montgomery County, TN 48677
192 Monmouth County, NJ 47750
193 Galveston County, TX 47479
194 Atlantic County, NJ 47321
195 Williamson County, TX 46880
196 Lexington County, SC 46836
197 Allen County, IN 46564
198 Cabarrus County, NC 46216
199 Washtenaw County, MI 46189
200 Lake County, FL 46051