# 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). 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).

## 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 | 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 |
| 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/