Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2021
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all US counties, Claiborne, MS had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (86.41%), followed by Jefferson, MS (84.81%), and Holmes, MS (83.32%).
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 Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2021
Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claiborne County, MS | 86.41 |
| 2 | Jefferson County, MS | 84.81 |
| 3 | Holmes County, MS | 83.32 |
| 4 | Greene County, AL | 80.63 |
| 5 | Macon County, AL | 80.06 |
| 6 | Coahoma County, MS | 77.89 |
| 7 | Tunica County, MS | 77.56 |
| 8 | Humphreys County, MS | 77.39 |
| 9 | Petersburg city, VA | 77.3 |
| 10 | Leflore County, MS | 75.13 |
| 11 | Sunflower County, MS | 73.65 |
| 12 | Quitman County, MS | 73.29 |
| 13 | Hinds County, MS | 73.22 |
| 14 | Allendale County, SC | 73.11 |
| 15 | Washington County, MS | 73.05 |
| 16 | Lowndes County, AL | 72.99 |
| 17 | Clayton County, GA | 72.86 |
| 18 | Noxubee County, MS | 72.38 |
| 19 | Bullock County, AL | 72.08 |
| 20 | Sharkey County, MS | 71.98 |
| 21 | Dougherty County, GA | 71.6 |
| 22 | Dallas County, AL | 70.93 |
| 23 | Hancock County, GA | 70.67 |
| 24 | Sumter County, AL | 70.63 |
| 25 | Wilkinson County, MS | 70.16 |
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Ranking of Counties By Black or African American Alone Population Percentage in 2021 for each US State
Use the following links to see the ranking of counties by the percentage of population that were Black or African American Alone for each of the following US states.