Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all US counties, Claiborne, MS had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (85.95%), followed by Jefferson, MS (84.22%), and Holmes, MS (82.54%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022
Claiborne, MS
85.95%
Jefferson, MS
84.22%
Holmes, MS
82.54%
Greene, AL
80.11%
Macon, AL
78.92%
Tunica, MS
77.58%
Coahoma, MS
77.07%
Humphreys, MS
76.97%
Petersburg city, VA
75.46%
Leflore, MS
74.19%
Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022
Rank
County
% of County Population
1 Claiborne County, MS 85.95
2 Jefferson County, MS 84.22
3 Holmes County, MS 82.54
4 Greene County, AL 80.11
5 Macon County, AL 78.92
6 Tunica County, MS 77.58
7 Coahoma County, MS 77.07
8 Humphreys County, MS 76.97
9 Petersburg city, VA 75.46
10 Leflore County, MS 74.19
11 Quitman County, MS 73.3
12 Hinds County, MS 73.05
13 Washington County, MS 72.79
14 Sunflower County, MS 72.65
15 Lowndes County, AL 72.37
16 Allendale County, SC 71.76
17 Noxubee County, MS 71.75
18 Sharkey County, MS 71.61
19 Dougherty County, GA 71.24
20 Dallas County, AL 70.71
21 Clayton County, GA 70.55
22 Bullock County, AL 70.38
23 Perry County, AL 69.98
24 Sumter County, AL 69.47
25 Wilkinson County, MS 69.36
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