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.
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.
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/