Distribution of Black Only People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Black Only

KEY
4.7%
9.4%
14.1%
18.8%
28.2%
37.6%
47%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Claiborne County, Mississippi	87.41%
2	Jefferson County, Mississippi	85.9%
3	Holmes County, Mississippi	83.76%
4	Macon County, Alabama	82.61%
5	Greene County, Alabama	79.67%
6	Tunica County, Mississippi	78.51%
7	Coahoma County, Mississippi	77.46%
8	Petersburg city, Virginia	77.21%
9	Bullock County, Alabama	76.25%
10	Humphreys County, Mississippi	75.99%
11	Allendale County, South Carolina	75.69%
12	Lowndes County, Alabama	74.26%
13	Sharkey County, Mississippi	73.97%
14	Sunflower County, Mississippi	73.96%
15	Leflore County, Mississippi	73.34%
16	Maunabo Municipio, Puerto Rico	72.93%
17	Hancock County, Georgia	72.38%
18	Patillas Municipio, Puerto Rico	72.35%
19	Hinds County, Mississippi	72.26%
20	Noxubee County, Mississippi	72.22%

Top Counties by Population of Black Only

#	County	Population
1	Cook County, Illinois	1,230,494
2	Harris County, Texas	875,347
3	Kings County, New York	847,116
4	Los Angeles County, California	823,987
5	Wayne County, Michigan	685,098
6	Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania	666,047
7	Dallas County, Texas	582,158
8	Prince George's County, Maryland	570,494
9	Broward County, Florida	543,471
10	Shelby County, Tennessee	501,627
11	Bronx County, New York	490,823
12	Miami-Dade County, Florida	481,976
13	Fulton County, Georgia	451,053
14	Queens County, New York	421,038
15	DeKalb County, Georgia	401,085
16	Baltimore city, Maryland	383,918
17	Cuyahoga County, Ohio	371,298
18	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina	330,161
19	Tarrant County, Texas	327,437
20	District of Columbia, District of Columbia	321,317

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	District of Columbia	46.94%	321,317
2	Mississippi	37.67%	1,125,834
3	Louisiana	32.23%	1,502,916
4	Georgia	31.46%	3,239,300
5	Maryland	29.78%	1,788,090
6	South Carolina	27.03%	1,339,360
7	Alabama	26.58%	1,293,186
8	Delaware	22.11%	209,892
9	North Carolina	21.46%	2,179,622
10	Virginia	19.17%	1,613,285
11	Tennessee	16.8%	1,117,489
12	Florida	16.1%	3,316,376
13	New York	15.64%	3,068,099
14	Arkansas	15.41%	460,970
15	Illinois	14.23%	1,824,125
16	Michigan	13.81%	1,375,424
17	New Jersey	13.47%	1,196,764
18	Ohio	12.35%	1,438,271
19	Texas	12.07%	3,365,783
20	Missouri	11.57%	704,896
21	Pennsylvania	11.13%	1,423,319
22	Puerto Rico	10.78%	365,010
23	Connecticut	10.56%	378,262
24	Indiana	9.33%	619,472
25	Nevada	8.93%	261,123
26	Kentucky	7.98%	354,112
27	Massachusetts	7.48%	510,558
28	Oklahoma	7.35%	287,959
29	Rhode Island	6.55%	69,254
30	Wisconsin	6.38%	368,744
31	Minnesota	6.19%	342,186
32	Kansas	5.84%	169,801
33	California	5.79%	2,267,875
34	Nebraska	4.77%	90,860
35	Arizona	4.39%	305,259
36	Colorado	4.12%	227,938
37	Washington	3.7%	269,854
38	West Virginia	3.65%	66,728
39	Iowa	3.51%	109,911
40	Alaska	3.27%	24,129
41	North Dakota	2.72%	20,445
42	New Mexico	2.06%	43,006
43	Oregon	1.91%	77,789
44	South Dakota	1.88%	16,241
45	Hawaii	1.85%	26,266
46	New Hampshire	1.53%	20,516
47	Maine	1.34%	17,881
48	Vermont	1.29%	8,058
49	Utah	1.18%	35,862
50	Wyoming	0.95%	5,540
51	Idaho	0.68%	11,536
52	Montana	0.44%	4,630

Top States and Territories by Population of Black Only

#	State	Population
1	Texas	3,365,783
2	Florida	3,316,376
3	Georgia	3,239,300
4	New York	3,068,099
5	California	2,267,875
6	North Carolina	2,179,622
7	Illinois	1,824,125
8	Maryland	1,788,090
9	Virginia	1,613,285
10	Louisiana	1,502,916
11	Ohio	1,438,271
12	Pennsylvania	1,423,319
13	Michigan	1,375,424
14	South Carolina	1,339,360
15	Alabama	1,293,186
16	New Jersey	1,196,764
17	Mississippi	1,125,834
18	Tennessee	1,117,489
19	Missouri	704,896
20	Indiana	619,472
21	Massachusetts	510,558
22	Arkansas	460,970
23	Connecticut	378,262
24	Wisconsin	368,744
25	Puerto Rico	365,010
26	Kentucky	354,112
27	Minnesota	342,186
28	District of Columbia	321,317
29	Arizona	305,259
30	Oklahoma	287,959
31	Washington	269,854
32	Nevada	261,123
33	Colorado	227,938
34	Delaware	209,892
35	Kansas	169,801
36	Iowa	109,911
37	Nebraska	90,860
38	Oregon	77,789
39	Rhode Island	69,254
40	West Virginia	66,728
41	New Mexico	43,006
42	Utah	35,862
43	Hawaii	26,266
44	Alaska	24,129
45	New Hampshire	20,516
46	North Dakota	20,445
47	Maine	17,881
48	South Dakota	16,241
49	Idaho	11,536
50	Vermont	8,058
51	Wyoming	5,540
52	Montana	4,630

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.