List of majority-Black counties in the United States
This list of majority-Black counties in the United States covers the counties and county-equivalents in the 50 U.S. states , the District of Columbia , and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each county that is Black or African American .
The data source for the list is the 2020 United States Census .[1]
At the time of the 2020 Census, there were 47.5 million Americans who were Black (either alone or in combination), making up 14.2% of the U.S. population. State by state, the highest number of Black Americans could be found in Texas (3.96 million), Florida (3.70 million), Georgia (3.54 million), New York state (3.53 million), and California (2.83 million). Meanwhile, the highest proportions of African Americans were in the District of Columbia (44.17%), Mississippi (37.94%), Louisiana (33.13%), Georgia (33.03%), and Maryland (32.01%).
Throughout the country, there are 104 county-equivalents where over 50% of the population identified as Black (either alone or in combination). 25 of these were Mississippian counties, 22 more were counties in Georgia, and 11 of them were in Alabama . Moreover, there were nine counties in each South Carolina and Virginia with Black majorities. North Carolina had eight majority-Black counties, Louisiana had seven, Arkansas had six, Maryland had three, Tennessee had two, and Florida and Puerto Rico each had one majority-Black county.
In 2020, the most populated counties which had a Black majority were Prince George's County, Maryland (population 967K), Shelby County, Tennessee (population 930K), DeKalb County, Georgia (population 764K), Baltimore City, Maryland (population 586K), and Orleans Parish, Louisiana (population 384K).
List
The list below displays each majority-Black county (or county-equivalent) in the fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. It includes the county's total population, the number of Black people in the county, and the percentage of people in the county who are Black as of the 2020 Census . The table is initially sorted by the Black proportion of each county but is sortable by any of its columns, as can be found by clicking the table headers.
Counties in Puerto Rico are shaded in yellow.
Counties where people who are Black alone do not make a majority while people who are either Black Alone or in combination with another race do make a majority are italicized .
Claiborne
Mississippi
88.60%
87.45%
9,135
8,094
7,989
Jefferson
Mississippi
86.72%
85.28%
7,260
6,296
6,191
Holmes
Mississippi
85.23%
83.86%
17,000
14,489
14,256
Greene
Alabama
82.20%
80.80%
7,730
6,354
6,246
Macon
Alabama
80.85%
79.05%
19,532
15,792
15,441
Humphreys
Mississippi
80.39%
78.48%
7,785
6,258
6,110
Tunica
Mississippi
78.36%
77.27%
9,782
7,665
7,559
Coahoma
Mississippi
77.56%
76.12%
21,390
16,590
16,281
Petersburg
Virginia
77.19%
74.16%
33,458
25,826
24,811
Leflore
Mississippi
75.10%
73.73%
28,339
21,283
20,895
Quitman
Mississippi
75.08%
73.61%
6,176
4,637
4,546
Sumter
Alabama
73.85%
72.88%
12,345
9,117
8,997
Clayton
Georgia
72.70%
69.89%
297,595
216,351
207,981
Washington
Mississippi
72.57%
71.33%
44,922
32,601
32,042
Sharkey
Mississippi
72.34%
70.76%
3,800
2,749
2,689
Bullock
Alabama
72.34%
71.41%
10,357
7,492
7,396
Noxubee
Mississippi
72.19%
70.27%
10,285
7,425
7,227
Allendale
South Carolina
71.76%
70.36%
8,039
5,769
5,656
Wilcox
Alabama
71.68%
70.59%
10,600
7,598
7,483
Dougherty
Georgia
71.64%
69.92%
85,790
61,457
59,988
Dallas
Alabama
71.49%
69.94%
38,462
27,497
26,899
Lowndes
Alabama
71.15%
69.75%
10,311
7,336
7,192
Perry
Alabama
71.08%
69.75%
8,511
6,050
5,936
Sunflower
Mississippi
71.03%
69.94%
25,971
18,448
18,164
Hinds
Mississippi
70.86%
69.43%
227,742
161,374
158,112
East Carroll
Louisiana
70.68%
69.55%
7,459
5,272
5,188
Hancock
Georgia
70.19%
69.01%
8,735
6,131
6,028
Wilkinson
Mississippi
69.08%
67.39%
8,587
5,932
5,787
Emporia
Virginia
66.04%
63.39%
5,766
3,808
3,655
Calhoun
Georgia
65.12%
64.26%
5,573
3,629
3,581
Williamsburg
South Carolina
64.68%
63.39%
31,026
20,068
19,666
Loíza
Puerto Rico
64.65%
31.79%
23,693
15,318
7,533
Bolivar
Mississippi
63.81%
62.50%
30,985
19,770
19,365
Phillips
Arkansas
63.74%
62.43%
16,568
10,560
10,343
Madison
Louisiana
63.52%
62.13%
10,017
6,363
6,224
Prince George's
Maryland
63.03%
59.83%
967,201
609,663
578,703
Kemper
Mississippi
62.36%
61.14%
8,988
5,605
5,495
Lee
South Carolina
62.32%
61.00%
16,531
10,302
10,084
Terrell
Georgia
62.13%
60.59%
9,185
5,707
5,565
Orangeburg
South Carolina
62.07%
60.61%
84,223
52,275
51,046
Bertie
North Carolina
61.54%
59.77%
17,934
11,036
10,720
Randolph
Georgia
61.43%
60.34%
6,425
3,947
3,877
Rockdale
Georgia
61.13%
58.15%
93,570
57,204
54,409
Yazoo
Mississippi
60.77%
59.57%
26,743
16,252
15,931
Baltimore City
Maryland
60.42%
57.79%
585,708
353,890
338,478
Macon
Georgia
60.39%
59.29%
12,082
7,296
7,164
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
60.15%
58.68%
11,321
6,810
6,643
Warren
Georgia
59.98%
58.54%
5,215
3,128
3,053
Bamberg
South Carolina
59.61%
58.32%
13,311
7,935
7,763
Greensville
Virginia
59.49%
58.44%
11,391
6,776
6,657
Tallahatchie
Mississippi
59.42%
58.62%
12,715
7,555
7,454
St. John the Baptist
Louisiana
59.32%
57.22%
42,477
25,196
24,305
Hertford
North Carolina
59.31%
57.50%
21,552
12,783
12,393
Franklin
Virginia
59.03%
56.71%
8,180
4,829
4,639
Clay
Mississippi
58.97%
57.97%
18,636
10,989
10,803
Montgomery
Alabama
58.54%
56.98%
228,954
134,029
130,467
Adams
Mississippi
58.20%
56.83%
29,538
17,192
16,785
Richmond
Georgia
58.07%
55.27%
206,607
119,970
114,201
Marion
South Carolina
57.92%
56.21%
29,183
16,902
16,403
Edgecombe
North Carolina
57.82%
56.09%
48,900
28,274
27,429
Issaquena
Mississippi
57.77%
56.58%
1,338
773
757
Hale
Alabama
57.71%
56.39%
14,785
8,533
8,337
Jefferson
Arkansas
57.62%
56.25%
67,260
38,756
37,835
Clay
Georgia
57.37%
56.07%
2,848
1,634
1,597
Northampton
North Carolina
57.21%
55.46%
17,471
9,995
9,689
Orleans
Louisiana
57.02%
54.24%
383,997
218,969
208,273
Portsmouth
Virginia
56.75%
53.33%
97,915
55,570
52,214
Bibb
Georgia
56.48%
54.58%
157,346
88,865
85,885
Taliaferro
Georgia
56.19%
53.43%
1,559
876
833
Lee
Arkansas
56.13%
54.22%
8,600
4,827
4,663
Brunswick
Virginia
55.89%
54.31%
15,849
8,858
8,607
Tensas
Louisiana
55.75%
54.26%
4,147
2,312
2,250
St. Francis
Arkansas
55.54%
54.40%
23,090
12,825
12,561
Fairfield
South Carolina
55.49%
53.71%
20,948
11,625
11,251
Crittenden
Arkansas
55.44%
53.79%
48,163
26,700
25,905
St. Helena
Louisiana
55.23%
53.67%
10,920
6,031
5,861
Sussex
Virginia
55.10%
53.38%
10,829
5,967
5,781
Washington
Georgia
54.88%
53.65%
19,988
10,969
10,724
Talbot
Georgia
54.86%
53.71%
5,733
3,145
3,079
Gadsden
Florida
54.80%
53.47%
43,826
24,018
23,435
Pike
Mississippi
54.73%
53.47%
40,324
22,068
21,562
Chicot
Arkansas
54.31%
53.07%
10,208
5,544
5,417
Marengo
Alabama
53.82%
52.72%
19,323
10,400
10,188
Hampton
Virginia
53.65%
49.52%
137,148
73,579
67,915
Charles
Maryland
53.59%
49.24%
166,617
89,295
82,035
Danville
Virginia
53.38%
51.37%
42,590
22,734
21,879
DeKalb
Georgia
53.30%
50.89%
764,382
407,451
388,963
Shelby
Tennessee
53.00%
51.34%
929,744
492,757
477,321
Halifax
North Carolina
52.98%
51.10%
48,622
25,759
24,846
Hampton
South Carolina
52.78%
51.68%
18,561
9,796
9,592
Sumter
Georgia
52.49%
51.05%
29,616
15,546
15,120
Early
Georgia
52.40%
51.24%
10,854
5,688
5,562
Jefferson
Georgia
52.25%
50.77%
15,709
8,208
7,976
Marlboro
South Carolina
52.22%
50.22%
26,667
13,926
13,391
Henry
Georgia
52.02%
49.07%
240,712
125,211
118,124
Copiah
Mississippi
51.98%
50.56%
28,368
14,747
14,342
Jasper
Mississippi
51.97%
50.96%
16,367
8,506
8,341
Haywood
Tennessee
51.84%
50.56%
17,864
9,260
9,032
Vance
North Carolina
51.71%
49.88%
42,578
22,017
21,237
Douglas
Georgia
51.48%
48.44%
144,237
74,260
69,870
Warren
North Carolina
51.10%
48.89%
18,642
9,526
9,114
Dooly
Georgia
50.43%
49.62%
11,208
5,652
5,561
Washington
North Carolina
50.36%
48.85%
11,003
5,541
5,375
Caddo
Louisiana
50.16%
48.48%
237,848
119,304
115,298
African American Majority Counties Median Income (US Dollars)
Charles, Maryland 107,808
Prince George's, Maryland 91,124
Henry, Georgia 73,491
DeKalb, Georgia 69,423
Douglas, Georgia 67,731
Rockdale, Georgia 64,230
St John the Baptist, Louisiana 60,743
Hampton, Virginia 59,380
Lee, South Carolina 57,191
Sussex, Virginia 56,968
Shelby, Tennessee 55,015
Baltimore, Maryland 54,124
Portsmouth, Virginia 54,020
Greensville, Virginia 53,063
Montgomery, Alabama 52,511
Clayton, Georgia 51,945
Brunswick, Virginia 49,597
Franklin, Virginia 49,424
Copiah, Mississippi 46,530
Crittenden, Arkansas 46,452
Richmond, Georgia 46,237
Hinds, Mississippi 46,179
Orleans, Louisiana 45,594
Vance, North Carolina 45,243
Petersburg, Virginia 44,890
Bamberg, South Carolina 44,408
Bibb, Georgia 43,862
Jefferson, Arkansas 43,720
Hertford, North Carolina 43,523
Caddo, Louisiana 43,153
Gadsden, Florida 42,661
Jefferson, Georgia 42,238
Dougherty, Georgia 42,225
Edgecombe, North Carolina 41,974
Fairfield, South Carolina 41,755
Tunica, Mississippi 41,176
St Helena, Louisiana 40,857
Talbot, Georgia 40,719
Williamsburg, South Carolina 40,124
Yazoo, Mississippi 40,037
Jasper, Mississippi 39,992
Haywood, Tennessee 39,952
Northampton, North Carolina 39,764
Taliaferro, Georgia 39,670
Early, Georgia 39,665
Dooly, Georgia 39,641
Warren, North Carolina 39,588
Calhoun, Georgia 39,578
Washington, Georgia 39,350
Macon, Alabama 39,303
Noxubee, Mississippi 38,999
Sharkey, Mississippi 38,977
Danville, Virginia 38,904
Terrell, Georgia 38,879
Washington, North Carolina 38,843
Hampton, South Carolina 38,298
Orangeburg, South Carolina 38,052
Halifax, North Carolina 37,832
Kemper, Mississippi 37,667
Bertie, North Carolina 37,571
Warren, Georgia 37,309
Madison, Louisiana 36,875
Sumter, Georgia 36,687
Wilcox, Alabama 36,385
Pike, Mississippi 36,308
Emporia, Virginia 36,111
Clay, Georgia 35,893
Clay, Mississippi 35,638
Marengo, Alabama 35,379
St Francis, Arkansas 34,981
Dallas, Alabama 34,957
Jefferson Davis, Mississippi 34,771
Marion, South Carolina 34,465
Washington, Mississippi 34,399
Adams, Mississippi 33,860
Chicot, Arkansas 33,770
Bolivar, Mississippi 33,729
Hancock, Georgia 33,496
Macon, Georgia 33,163
Tensas, Louisiana 32,962
Sunflower, Mississippi 32,608
Hale, Alabama 32,294
Phillips, Arkansas 32,235
Marlboro, South Carolina 32,136
Lowndes, Alabama 31,961
Allendale, South Carolina 31,800
Tallahatchie, Mississippi 31,484
Wilkinson, Mississippi 31,412
Coahoma, Mississippi 31,312
Claiborne, Mississippi 31,305
Humphreys, Mississippi 30,327
Leflore, Mississippi 30,182
Jefferson, Mississippi 29,205
Lee, Arkansas 29,082
Bullock, Alabama 29,063
Randolph, Georgia 28,870
Greene, Alabama 28,826
Sumter, Alabama 27,099
Perry, Alabama 27,057
Quitman, Mississippi 25,783
East Carroll, Louisiana 25,049
Holmes, Mississippi 24,958
Loiza, Puerto Rico 19,541
Issaquena, Mississippi 17,109
Source: United States Census Bureau, 2023 https://www.census.gov/
See also
References
^ "2020 Census" . 2020 Census . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 24 September 2021 .
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