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 United States Virgin Islands, 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.

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). Of these, 25 were in Mississippi, 22 were in Georgia, and 11 were in Alabama. Moreover, there were nine counties in both 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, 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.

State %Black alone %PopulationpopulationBlack alonepopulationClaiborne88.60%87.45%9,1358,0947,989Jefferson86.72%85.28%7,2606,2966,191Holmes85.23%83.86%17,00014,48914,256Greene82.20%80.80%7,7306,3546,246Macon80.85%79.05%19,53215,79215,441Humphreys80.39%78.48%7,7856,2586,110Tunica78.36%77.27%9,7827,6657,559Coahoma77.56%76.12%21,39016,59016,281Petersburg77.19%74.16%33,45825,82624,811Leflore75.10%73.73%28,33921,28320,895Quitman75.08%73.61%6,1764,6374,546Sumter73.85%72.88%12,3459,1178,997Clayton72.70%69.89%297,595216,351207,981Washington72.57%71.33%44,92232,60132,042Sharkey72.34%70.76%3,8002,7492,689Bullock72.34%71.41%10,3577,4927,396Noxubee72.19%70.27%10,2857,4257,227Allendale71.76%70.36%8,0395,7695,656Wilcox71.68%70.59%10,6007,5987,483Dougherty71.64%69.92%85,79061,45759,988Dallas71.49%69.94%38,46227,49726,899Lowndes71.15%69.75%10,3117,3367,192Perry71.08%69.75%8,5116,0505,936Sunflower71.03%69.94%25,97118,44818,164Hinds70.86%69.43%227,742161,374158,112East Carroll70.68%69.55%7,4595,2725,188Hancock70.19%69.01%8,7356,1316,028Wilkinson69.08%67.39%8,5875,9325,787Emporia66.04%63.39%5,7663,8083,655Calhoun65.12%64.26%5,5733,6293,581Williamsburg64.68%63.39%31,02620,06819,666Loíza64.65%31.79%23,69315,3187,533Bolivar63.81%62.50%30,98519,77019,365Phillips63.74%62.43%16,56810,56010,343Madison63.52%62.13%10,0176,3636,224Prince George's63.03%59.83%967,201609,663578,703Kemper62.36%61.14%8,9885,6055,495Lee62.32%61.00%16,53110,30210,084Terrell62.13%60.59%9,1855,7075,565Orangeburg62.07%60.61%84,22352,27551,046Bertie61.54%59.77%17,93411,03610,720Randolph61.43%60.34%6,4253,9473,877Rockdale61.13%58.15%93,57057,20454,409Yazoo60.77%59.57%26,74316,25215,931Baltimore City60.42%57.79%585,708353,890338,478Macon60.39%59.29%12,0827,2967,164Jefferson Davis60.15%58.68%11,3216,8106,643Warren59.98%58.54%5,2153,1283,053Bamberg59.61%58.32%13,3117,9357,763Greensville59.49%58.44%11,3916,7766,657Tallahatchie59.42%58.62%12,7157,5557,454St. John the Baptist59.32%57.22%42,47725,19624,305Hertford59.31%57.50%21,55212,78312,393Franklin59.03%56.71%8,1804,8294,639Clay58.97%57.97%18,63610,98910,803Montgomery58.54%56.98%228,954134,029130,467Adams58.20%56.83%29,53817,19216,785Richmond58.07%55.27%206,607119,970114,201Marion57.92%56.21%29,18316,90216,403Edgecombe57.82%56.09%48,90028,27427,429Issaquena57.77%56.58%1,338773757Hale57.71%56.39%14,7858,5338,337Jefferson57.62%56.25%67,26038,75637,835Clay57.37%56.07%2,8481,6341,597Northampton57.21%55.46%17,4719,9959,689Orleans57.02%54.24%383,997218,969208,273Portsmouth56.75%53.33%97,91555,57052,214Bibb56.48%54.58%157,34688,86585,885Taliaferro56.19%53.43%1,559876833Lee56.13%54.22%8,6004,8274,663Brunswick55.89%54.31%15,8498,8588,607Tensas55.75%54.26%4,1472,3122,250St. Francis55.54%54.40%23,09012,82512,561Fairfield55.49%53.71%20,94811,62511,251Crittenden55.44%53.79%48,16326,70025,905St. Helena55.23%53.67%10,9206,0315,861Sussex55.10%53.38%10,8295,9675,781Washington54.88%53.65%19,98810,96910,724Talbot54.86%53.71%5,7333,1453,079Gadsden54.80%53.47%43,82624,01823,435Pike54.73%53.47%40,32422,06821,562Chicot54.31%53.07%10,2085,5445,417Marengo53.82%52.72%19,32310,40010,188Hampton53.65%49.52%137,14873,57967,915Charles53.59%49.24%166,61789,29582,035Danville53.38%51.37%42,59022,73421,879DeKalb53.30%50.89%764,382407,451388,963Shelby53.00%51.34%929,744492,757477,321Halifax52.98%51.10%48,62225,75924,846Hampton52.78%51.68%18,5619,7969,592Sumter52.49%51.05%29,61615,54615,120Early52.40%51.24%10,8545,6885,562Jefferson52.25%50.77%15,7098,2087,976Marlboro52.22%50.22%26,66713,92613,391Henry52.02%49.07%240,712125,211118,124Copiah51.98%50.56%28,36814,74714,342Jasper51.97%50.96%16,3678,5068,341Haywood51.84%50.56%17,8649,2609,032Vance51.71%49.88%42,57822,01721,237Douglas51.48%48.44%144,23774,26069,870Warren51.10%48.89%18,6429,5269,114Dooly50.43%49.62%11,2085,6525,561Washington50.36%48.85%11,0035,5415,375Caddo50.16%48.48%237,848119,304115,298Saint Thomas?80%42,261?33,808Saint Croix?76.3%50,601?38,608Saint John??3,881?? 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 African Americans List of U.S. states and territories by African-American population List of U.S. cities with large Black populations List of majority-Hispanic or Latino counties in the United States

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