List of U.S. counties with African-American majority populations

The following is a list of United States counties in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is Black, according to data from the 2000 Census.[1] The list below is organized by state and the percentage of each county's population that is black is listed in parentheses next to the county's name.

County-equivalents, such as independent cities (e.g., St. Louis, Missouri and any municipality in Virginia incorporated as a city), are included in this list. The map associated with the independent City of Richmond, Virginia below is the wrong map. The highlighted municipality is Richmond County.

List
State County 2000 % 2010 % Map
Alabama Bullock County 69.50% 70.20%
Alabama Dallas County 69.40% 69.40%
Alabama Greene County 80.40% 81.50%
Alabama Hale County 58.30% 59.00%
Alabama Lowndes County 72.80% 73.50%
Alabama Macon County 81.50% 82.60%
Alabama Marengo County 51.70% 51.70%
Alabama Montgomery County <50% 54.70%
Alabama Perry County 68.00% 68.70%
Alabama Sumter County 73.60% 75.00%
Alabama Wilcox County 72.20% 72.50%
Arkansas Chicot County 53.96% 54.10%
Arkansas Crittenden County 51% 51.20%
Arkansas Jefferson County <50% 55.1%[2]
Arkansas Lee County 57.24% 55.30%
Arkansas Phillips County 59.04% 63.10%
Arkansas St. Francis County 52% 51.90%
Florida Gadsden County 57.10% 56.00%
Georgia Baker County 50.40% 61.30%
Georgia Burke County 51.00% <50%
Georgia Calhoun County 60.60% <50%
Georgia Clay County 60.50% 60.40%
Georgia Clayton County 51.60% 66.10%
Georgia DeKalb County 54.20% 54.30%
Georgia Dougherty County 60.10% 67.10%
Georgia Hancock County 77.80% 74.10%
Georgia Jefferson County 56.30% 54.40%
Georgia Macon County 59.50% 60.60%
Georgia Randolph County 59.50% 61.80%
Georgia Stewart County 61.50% <50%
Georgia Talbot County 61.60% 59.20%
Georgia Taliaferro County 60.30% 59.60%
Georgia Terrell County 60.70% 61.20%
Georgia Warren County 59.50% 61.70%
Georgia Washington County 53.20% 52.70%
District of Columbia District of Columbia 60.00% 50.70%
Louisiana East Carroll Parish 67.30% 69.00%
Louisiana Madison Parish 60.30% 61.00%
Louisiana Orleans Parish 67.30% 60.20%
Louisiana St. Helena Parish 52.40% 53.30%
Louisiana St. James Parish <50% 50.60%
Louisiana St. John the Baptist Parish <50% 53.50%
Louisiana Tensas Parish 55.40% 56.50%
Louisiana West Feliciana Parish 50.50% <50%
Maryland Baltimore City (city) 64.30% 63.70%
Maryland Prince George's County 62.70% 64.50%
Mississippi Adams County 52.80% 53.50%
Mississippi Bolivar County 65.10% 64.50%
Mississippi Claiborne County 84.10% 84.40%
Mississippi Clay County 56.30% 58.20%
Mississippi Coahoma County 69.20% 75.50%
Mississippi Copiah County 51.00% 50.90%
Mississippi Hinds County 61.10% 69.10%
Mississippi Holmes County 78.70% 83.40%
Mississippi Humphreys County 71.50% 74.50%
Mississippi Issaquena County 62.80% 64.40%
Mississippi Jasper County 52.90% 52.60%
Mississippi Jefferson County 86.50% 85.70%
Mississippi Jefferson Davis County 57.40% 59.90%
Mississippi Kemper County 58.10% 60.10%
Mississippi Leflore County 67.70% 72.20%
Mississippi Marshall County 50.40% 71.60%
Mississippi Noxubee County 69.30% 51.50%
Mississippi Quitman County 68.60% 69.60%
Mississippi Sharkey County 69.30% 71.00%
Mississippi Sunflower County 69.90% 72.90%
Mississippi Tallahatchie County 59.40% 56.40%
Mississippi Tunica County 70.20% 73.50%
Mississippi Washington County 64.60% 71.30%
Mississippi Wilkinson County 68.20% 70.80%
Mississippi Yazoo County 54.00% 57.10%
Missouri St. Louis City 51.20% <50%
North Carolina Anson County 51.60% <50%
North Carolina Bertie County 62.30% 62.50%
North Carolina Edgecombe County 57.50% 57.40%
North Carolina Halifax County 52.60% 53.20%
North Carolina Hertford County 59.60% 60.50%
North Carolina Northampton County 59.40% 58.40%
North Carolina Warren County 54.50% 52.30%
South Carolina Allendale County 71.00% 73.60%
South Carolina Bamberg County 62.50% 61.50%
South Carolina Clarendon County 53.10% 50.10%
South Carolina Fairfield County 59.10% 59.10%
South Carolina Hampton County 55.70% 53.90%
South Carolina Jasper County 52.70% <50%
South Carolina Lee County 63.60% 64.30%
South Carolina McCormick County 53.90% <50%
South Carolina Marion County 53.40% 55.90%
South Carolina Marlboro County 50.70% 50.90%
South Carolina Orangeburg County 60.90% 62.20%
South Carolina Williamsburg County 66.30% 65.80%
Tennessee Haywood County 51.10% 50.40%
Tennessee Shelby County <50% 52.10%
Virginia Brunswick County 56.90% 57.30%
Virginia Charles City County 54.90% <50%
Virginia Emporia City 56.20% 62.50%
Virginia Franklin City 52.30% 56.90%
Virginia Greensville County 59.80% 59.80%
Virginia Petersburg City 79.00% 79.10%
Virginia Portsmouth City 50.60% 53.30%
Virginia Richmond City 57.20% 50.60%
Virginia Surry County 51.60% <50%
Virginia Sussex County 62.10% 58.10%

See also

References
  1. https://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
  2. 2010 census report for Jefferson County, Arkansas
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