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Majority-Black Counties in the U.S. as of the 2020 United States Census

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).

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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 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)

  1. Charles, Maryland 107,808
  2. Prince George's, Maryland 91,124
  3. Henry, Georgia 73,491
  4. DeKalb, Georgia 69,423
  5. Douglas, Georgia 67,731
  6. Rockdale, Georgia 64,230
  7. St John the Baptist, Louisiana 60,743
  8. Hampton, Virginia 59,380
  9. Lee, South Carolina 57,191
  10. Sussex, Virginia 56,968
  11. Shelby, Tennessee 55,015
  12. Baltimore, Maryland 54,124
  13. Portsmouth, Virginia 54,020
  14. Greensville, Virginia 53,063
  15. Montgomery, Alabama 52,511
  16. Clayton, Georgia 51,945
  17. Brunswick, Virginia 49,597
  18. Franklin, Virginia 49,424
  19. Copiah, Mississippi 46,530
  20. Crittenden, Arkansas 46,452
  21. Richmond, Georgia 46,237
  22. Hinds, Mississippi 46,179
  23. Orleans, Louisiana 45,594
  24. Vance, North Carolina 45,243
  25. Petersburg, Virginia 44,890
  26. Bamberg, South Carolina 44,408
  27. Bibb, Georgia 43,862
  28. Jefferson, Arkansas 43,720
  29. Hertford, North Carolina 43,523
  30. Caddo, Louisiana 43,153
  31. Gadsden, Florida 42,661
  32. Jefferson, Georgia 42,238
  33. Dougherty, Georgia 42,225
  34. Edgecombe, North Carolina 41,974
  35. Fairfield, South Carolina 41,755
  36. Tunica, Mississippi 41,176
  37. St Helena, Louisiana 40,857
  38. Talbot, Georgia 40,719
  39. Williamsburg, South Carolina 40,124
  40. Yazoo, Mississippi 40,037
  41. Jasper, Mississippi 39,992
  42. Haywood, Tennessee 39,952
  43. Northampton, North Carolina 39,764
  44. Taliaferro, Georgia 39,670
  45. Early, Georgia 39,665
  46. Dooly, Georgia 39,641
  47. Warren, North Carolina 39,588
  48. Calhoun, Georgia 39,578
  49. Washington, Georgia 39,350
  50. Macon, Alabama 39,303
  51. Noxubee, Mississippi 38,999
  52. Sharkey, Mississippi 38,977
  53. Danville, Virginia 38,904
  54. Terrell, Georgia 38,879
  55. Washington, North Carolina 38,843
  56. Hampton, South Carolina 38,298
  57. Orangeburg, South Carolina 38,052
  58. Halifax, North Carolina 37,832
  59. Kemper, Mississippi 37,667
  60. Bertie, North Carolina 37,571
  61. Warren, Georgia 37,309
  62. Madison, Louisiana 36,875
  63. Sumter, Georgia 36,687
  64. Wilcox, Alabama 36,385
  65. Pike, Mississippi 36,308
  66. Emporia, Virginia 36,111
  67. Clay, Georgia 35,893
  68. Clay, Mississippi 35,638
  69. Marengo, Alabama 35,379
  70. St Francis, Arkansas 34,981
  71. Dallas, Alabama 34,957
  72. Jefferson Davis, Mississippi 34,771
  73. Marion, South Carolina 34,465
  74. Washington, Mississippi 34,399
  75. Adams, Mississippi 33,860
  76. Chicot, Arkansas 33,770
  77. Bolivar, Mississippi 33,729
  78. Hancock, Georgia 33,496
  79. Macon, Georgia 33,163
  80. Tensas, Louisiana 32,962
  81. Sunflower, Mississippi 32,608
  82. Hale, Alabama 32,294
  83. Phillips, Arkansas 32,235
  84. Marlboro, South Carolina 32,136
  85. Lowndes, Alabama 31,961
  86. Allendale, South Carolina 31,800
  87. Tallahatchie, Mississippi 31,484
  88. Wilkinson, Mississippi 31,412
  89. Coahoma, Mississippi 31,312
  90. Claiborne, Mississippi 31,305
  91. Humphreys, Mississippi 30,327
  92. Leflore, Mississippi 30,182
  93. Jefferson, Mississippi 29,205
  94. Lee, Arkansas 29,082
  95. Bullock, Alabama 29,063
  96. Randolph, Georgia 28,870
  97. Greene, Alabama 28,826
  98. Sumter, Alabama 27,099
  99. Perry, Alabama 27,057
  100. Quitman, Mississippi 25,783
  101. East Carroll, Louisiana 25,049
  102. Holmes, Mississippi 24,958
  103. Loiza, Puerto Rico 19,541
  104. Issaquena, Mississippi 17,109

Source: United States Census Bureau, 2023 https://www.census.gov/

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References

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  1. ^ "2020 Census". 2020 Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 24 September 2021.


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