Ranking of US Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2023

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all US counties, Cook, IL had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (1.19M), followed by Harris, TX (1.02M), and Los Angeles, CA (872.15K).

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 2023
Cook, IL
Harris, TX
Los Angeles, CA
Kings, NY
Wayne, MI
Philadelphia, PA
Dallas, TX
Bronx, NY
Broward, FL
Prince George's, MD
Ranking of US Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2023
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Cook County, IL 1186112
2 Harris County, TX 1019045
3 Los Angeles County, CA 872149
4 Kings County, NY 839054
5 Wayne County, MI 667404
6 Philadelphia County, PA 665969
7 Dallas County, TX 627091
8 Bronx County, NY 611345
9 Broward County, FL 598894
10 Prince George's County, MD 596275
11 Shelby County, TN 492236
12 Fulton County, GA 486518
13 Queens County, NY 467302
14 Miami-Dade County, FL 452953
15 Tarrant County, TX 422145
16 DeKalb County, GA 409996
17 Mecklenburg County, NC 381895
18 Cuyahoga County, OH 375400
19 Essex County, NJ 348933
20 Baltimore city, MD 346744
21 Franklin County, OH 335106
22 Orange County, FL 333664
23 Clark County, NV 327804
24 Maricopa County, AZ 318613
25 Duval County, FL 318053
26 Palm Beach County, FL 309592
27 Gwinnett County, GA 308301
28 New York County, NY 293617
29 Marion County, IN 289557
30 Jefferson County, AL 287448
31 Hillsborough County, FL 285292
32 Baltimore County, MD 271573
33 St. Louis County, MO 249625
34 Milwaukee County, WI 247228
35 Wake County, NC 244842
36 Cobb County, GA 229247
37 Montgomery County, MD 220843
38 Hamilton County, OH 220349
39 Clayton County, GA 217792
40 Richland County, SC 210082
41 Orleans Parish, LA 209696
42 East Baton Rouge Parish, LA 209613
43 Fort Bend County, TX 208155
44 San Bernardino County, CA 207408
45 Guilford County, NC 199843
46 Bexar County, TX 196912
47 Riverside County, CA 188490
48 Davidson County, TN 186113
49 Nassau County, NY 184656
50 Hennepin County, MN 184652
51 Suffolk County, MA 183624
52 San Diego County, CA 181332
53 Jefferson County, KY 179558
54 Oakland County, MI 177011
55 Alameda County, CA 171069
56 Sacramento County, CA 170874
57 King County, WA 168724
58 Westchester County, NY 167752
59 Jackson County, MO 166279
60 Allegheny County, PA 165081
61 New Castle County, DE 160987
62 Hinds County, MS 157600
63 Pulaski County, AR 153412
64 Mobile County, AL 151128
65 Suffolk County, NY 145969
66 Capitol Planning Region, CT 145796
67 Henry County, GA 143644
68 Collin County, TX 143227
69 Polk County, FL 142057
70 Delaware County, PA 137762
71 Union County, NJ 137213
72 Montgomery County, AL 137101
73 Cumberland County, NC 135813
74 Erie County, NY 131223
75 Oklahoma County, OK 127949
76 Travis County, TX 127270
77 Fairfax County, VA 126660
78 Denton County, TX 125543
79 Chatham County, GA 124310
80 Monroe County, NY 123642
81 Macomb County, MI 123141
82 Lake County, IN 123091
83 St. Louis city, MO 121857
84 Richmond County, GA 121714
85 Anne Arundel County, MD 120179
86 Jefferson Parish, LA 118901
87 Camden County, NJ 118550
88 Montgomery County, OH 117574
89 Durham County, NC 116125
90 Caddo Parish, LA 113982
91 Middlesex County, NJ 113300
92 Hudson County, NJ 110594
93 Forsyth County, NC 108460
94 Contra Costa County, CA 107949
95 Prince William County, VA 107094
96 Pinellas County, FL 104909
97 Madison County, AL 103984
98 Henrico County, VA 103320
99 Middlesex County, MA 103170
100 Muscogee County, GA 99970
101 Greenville County, SC 99723
102 Charleston County, SC 99493
103 Chesterfield County, VA 98611
104 Richmond city, VA 98116
105 Bell County, TX 97850
106 Norfolk city, VA 96250
107 Leon County, FL 95428
108 Charles County, MD 93159
109 South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT 93143
110 Virginia Beach city, VA 92435
111 Montgomery County, PA 91597
112 Will County, IL 90629
113 Burlington County, NJ 90519
114 Bibb County, GA 89789
115 Providence County, RI 88780
116 Lucas County, OH 88252
117 St. Lucie County, FL 87483
118 Jefferson County, TX 86639
119 Mercer County, NJ 82849
120 Summit County, OH 82768
121 Douglas County, GA 81412
122 Genesee County, MI 81242
123 Newport News city, VA 80335
124 Arapahoe County, CO 78919
125 Chesapeake city, VA 78483
126 Lee County, FL 77794
127 Tuscaloosa County, AL 77496
128 Passaic County, NJ 77322
129 St. Clair County, IL 76713
130 Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT 76693
131 Bergen County, NJ 76640
132 Pierce County, WA 76577
133 Escambia County, FL 74002
134 Tulsa County, OK 73961
135 Ramsey County, MN 73575
136 Howard County, MD 72806
137 Spartanburg County, SC 72393
138 Brevard County, FL 71964
139 Kent County, MI 71898
140 Denver County, CO 71793
141 Hampton city, VA 71457
142 Orange County, CA 71077
143 Volusia County, FL 70946
144 Brazoria County, TX 70879
145 Hamilton County, TN 69028
146 Lafayette Parish, LA 68478
147 Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT 68442
148 Plymouth County, MA 68435
149 Osceola County, FL 68157
150 Douglas County, NE 68120
151 DeSoto County, MS 67961
152 Seminole County, FL 67423
153 San Joaquin County, CA 65982
154 Norfolk County, MA 65886
155 Essex County, MA 65414
156 Solano County, CA 63991
157 Pitt County, NC 63837
158 Rutherford County, TN 62905
159 Berkeley County, SC 62704
160 Newton County, GA 62554
161 Worcester County, MA 62198
162 Orange County, NY 61125
163 Fresno County, CA 60869
164 Rockdale County, GA 60793
165 Houston County, GA 60449
166 Florence County, SC 60302
167 Ouachita Parish, LA 60038
168 Dougherty County, GA 59488
169 Onondaga County, NY 58863
170 York County, SC 57992
171 Alachua County, FL 57814
172 Kent County, DE 57139
173 Williamson County, TX 56609
174 Kern County, CA 56467
175 Richmond County, NY 56377
176 Marion County, FL 56275
177 Dauphin County, PA 55350
178 Montgomery County, TX 55237
179 Harrison County, MS 55144
180 Santa Clara County, CA 54862
181 Montgomery County, TN 54215
182 Lake County, IL 53984
183 Lake County, FL 53718
184 Hampden County, MA 53661
185 Cabarrus County, NC 53458
186 Portsmouth city, VA 53096
187 Lexington County, SC 52054
188 Fayette County, KY 52051
189 El Paso County, CO 51874
190 DuPage County, IL 51409
191 Pasco County, FL 51287
192 Calcasieu Parish, LA 50714
193 Orangeburg County, SC 50658
194 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT 50490
195 Sumter County, SC 50028
196 Multnomah County, OR 49727
197 Sedgwick County, KS 49197
198 Paulding County, GA 49094
199 Pima County, AZ 48872
200 Galveston County, TX 48820