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List of majority-Black counties in the United States

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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 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.

County	State	Black %	Black alone %	Population	Black
population	Black alone
population
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 (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	61.43%	60.34%	6,425	3,947	3,877
Rockdale	Georgia (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	56.48%	54.58%	157,346	88,865	85,885
Taliaferro	Georgia (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	54.88%	53.65%	19,988	10,969	10,724
Talbot	Georgia (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	52.49%	51.05%	29,616	15,546	15,120
Early	Georgia (U.S. state)	52.40%	51.24%	10,854	5,688	5,562
Jefferson	Georgia (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	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 (U.S. state)	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
Saint Thomas	United States Virgin Islands	?	80%	42,261	?	33,808
Saint Croix	United States Virgin Islands	?	76.3%	50,601	?	38,608
Saint John	United States Virgin Islands	?	?	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/

References

"2020 Census". United States Census Bureau.

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