Ranking of US Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2022

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all US counties, Cook, IL had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (1.20M), followed by Harris, TX (1.00M), and Los Angeles, CA (879.24K).

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.

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Ranking of US Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2022
Cook, IL
1.20M
Harris, TX
1.00M
Los Angeles, CA
879.24K
Kings, NY
858.66K
Philadelphia, PA
675.87K
Wayne, MI
673.59K
Dallas, TX
626.72K
Bronx, NY
620.95K
Prince George's, MD
599.24K
Broward, FL
595.93K
Ranking of US Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2022
Rank
County
Black or African American Alone Population
1 Cook County, IL 1,200,339
2 Harris County, TX 1,000,121
3 Los Angeles County, CA 879,238
4 Kings County, NY 858,662
5 Philadelphia County, PA 675,874
6 Wayne County, MI 673,585
7 Dallas County, TX 626,718
8 Bronx County, NY 620,946
9 Prince George's County, MD 599,239
10 Broward County, FL 595,930
11 Shelby County, TN 495,493
12 Fulton County, GA 482,722
13 Queens County, NY 474,275
14 Miami-Dade County, FL 458,948
15 DeKalb County, GA 410,848
16 Tarrant County, TX 410,688
17 Cuyahoga County, OH 377,697
18 Mecklenburg County, NC 376,547
19 Baltimore city, MD 350,358
20 Essex County, NJ 350,322
21 Orange County, FL 331,113
22 Franklin County, OH 328,829
23 Clark County, NV 323,096
24 Duval County, FL 314,995
25 Maricopa County, AZ 313,157
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