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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of US Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020
Rank | County | Black or African American Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook County, IL | 1,245,792 |
| 2 | Harris County, TX | 970,418 |
| 3 | Kings County, NY | 907,934 |
| 4 | Los Angeles County, CA | 907,305 |
| 5 | Philadelphia County, PA | 696,424 |
| 6 | Wayne County, MI | 690,638 |
| 7 | Bronx County, NY | 653,586 |
| 8 | Dallas County, TX | 625,321 |
| 9 | Prince George's County, MD | 615,030 |
| 10 | Broward County, FL | 593,738 |
| 11 | Shelby County, TN | 501,106 |
| 12 | Queens County, NY | 496,850 |
| 13 | Miami-Dade County, FL | 478,224 |
| 14 | Fulton County, GA | 474,832 |
| 15 | DeKalb County, GA | 411,583 |
| 16 | Tarrant County, TX | 389,240 |
| 17 | Cuyahoga County, OH | 386,338 |
| 18 | Mecklenburg County, NC | 365,430 |
| 19 | Baltimore city, MD | 360,145 |
| 20 | Essex County, NJ | 358,677 |
| 21 | Orange County, FL | 325,890 |
| 22 | Franklin County, OH | 318,712 |
| 23 | Duval County, FL | 308,800 |
| 24 | Clark County, NV | 305,040 |
| 25 | New York County, NY | 302,806 |
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Ranking of Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020 for each US State
Use the following links to see the ranking of counties by Black or African American Alone population for each of the following US states.