Ranking of Maine Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on February 22, 2026.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among all Maine counties, Androscoggin County had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (5.79%), followed by Cumberland County (3.94%), and Penobscot County (0.95%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Maine counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Maine.

You can also see similar ranking for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of Maine Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Androscoggin
Cumberland
Penobscot
York
Sagadahoc
Kennebec
Aroostook
Hancock
Knox
Franklin
Ranking of Maine Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Androscoggin County 5.79
2 Cumberland County 3.94
3 Penobscot County 0.95
4 York County 0.95
5 Sagadahoc County 0.80
6 Kennebec County 0.69
7 Aroostook County 0.63
8 Hancock County 0.63
9 Knox County 0.63
10 Franklin County 0.56
11 Washington County 0.50
12 Somerset County 0.49
13 Lincoln County 0.44
14 Oxford County 0.36
15 Piscataquis County 0.34
16 Waldo County 0.34