New York Black Population By County, 2018
Updated on January 29, 2024.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, 3,439,040 (17.60%) of the 19,544,098 New York population in 2018 identified as Black or African American alone.

In the map below, we show the specific number of Blacks or African Americans per county in New York. We also show the percentage of the population of each county that are African American and the gender percentages of the African American population when you interact with the map.

Kings County had the highest number of African Americans (872,608), and African Americans constituted 33.82% of the county's population. Other counties with high number of African Americans include: Bronx County (628,200) - 43.86% of the county's population, and Queens County (470,127) - 20.66% of the county's population.

The data can also be found in the table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

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New York Black Population By County, 2018
New York Black Population By County, 2018
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County Black Population % of County Population
Albany 43129 14.06
Allegany 640 1.38
Bronx 628200 43.86
Broome 12056 6.27
Cattaraugus 1144 1.49
Cayuga 3408 4.42
Chautauqua 3484 2.73
Chemung 5485 6.53
Chenango 488 1.03
Clinton 3608 4.47
Columbia 3090 5.16
Cortland 950 1.99
Delaware 936 2.1
Dutchess 34847 11.86
Erie 128606 13.98
Essex 1009 2.7
Franklin 3224 6.41
Fulton 1206 2.25
Genesee 1842 3.2
Greene 2989 6.31
Hamilton 46 1.03
Herkimer 909 1.47
Jefferson 7869 7.01
Kings 872608 33.82
Lewis 200 0.76
Livingston 1851 2.93
Madison 1361 1.91
Monroe 120975 16.26
Montgomery 1567 3.17
Nassau 175751 12.95
New York 292415 17.91
Niagara 15486 7.36
Oneida 16294 7.1
Onondaga 55151 11.94
Ontario 3037 2.76
Orange 49188 12.86
Orleans 2637 6.48
Oswego 1317 1.12
Otsego 1433 2.4
Putnam 3725 3.77
Queens 470127 20.66
Rensselaer 12554 7.87
Richmond 55782 11.71
Rockland 42256 12.98
St. Lawrence 2811 2.59
Saratoga 4467 1.94
Schenectady 19168 12.34
Schoharie 474 1.52
Schuyler 183 1.03
Seneca 1832 5.35
Steuben 1516 1.58
Suffolk 129113 8.71
Sullivan 7457 9.89
Tioga 485 1
Tompkins 4573 4.47
Ulster 12869 7.21
Warren 847 1.32
Washington 2090 3.41
Wayne 2781 3.09
Westchester 160993 16.62
Wyoming 2267 5.66
Yates 234 0.94