Ranking of US Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2021
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all US counties, Cook, IL had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (1.18M), followed by Harris, TX (920.80K), and Los Angeles, CA (786.79K).
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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Related Topics: US Census Vintage Data Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of US Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2021
Rank | County | Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook County, IL | 1,176,240 |
| 2 | Harris County, TX | 920,796 |
| 3 | Los Angeles County, CA | 786,790 |
| 4 | Kings County, NY | 772,636 |
| 5 | Wayne County, MI | 673,541 |
| 6 | Philadelphia County, PA | 636,843 |
| 7 | Dallas County, TX | 596,115 |
| 8 | Prince George's County, MD | 579,304 |
| 9 | Broward County, FL | 557,188 |
| 10 | Shelby County, TN | 491,949 |
| 11 | Fulton County, GA | 463,709 |
| 12 | Bronx County, NY | 430,322 |
| 13 | Queens County, NY | 417,980 |
| 14 | Miami-Dade County, FL | 403,167 |
| 15 | DeKalb County, GA | 397,001 |
| 16 | Tarrant County, TX | 378,601 |
| 17 | Cuyahoga County, OH | 370,178 |
| 18 | Mecklenburg County, NC | 349,948 |
| 19 | Baltimore city, MD | 347,803 |
| 20 | Essex County, NJ | 322,779 |
| 21 | Franklin County, OH | 312,250 |
| 22 | Duval County, FL | 297,770 |
| 23 | Orange County, FL | 288,012 |
| 24 | Jefferson County, AL | 287,745 |
| 25 | Clark County, NV | 284,459 |
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Ranking of Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2021 for each US State
Use the following links to see the ranking of counties by Non-Hispanic Black or African American population for each of the following US states.