Ranking of Alabama Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Alabama counties, Jefferson County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (286.06K), followed by Mobile County (148.60K), and Montgomery County (131.79K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Alabama counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Alabama Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2016
Jefferson
Mobile
Montgomery
Madison
Tuscaloosa
Lee
Dallas
Houston
Talladega
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Ranking of Alabama Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2016
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Jefferson County 286058
2 Mobile County 148602
3 Montgomery County 131785
4 Madison County 88476
5 Tuscaloosa County 65630
6 Lee County 37271
7 Dallas County 28221
8 Houston County 28066
9 Talladega County 26258
10 Russell County 26199
11 Shelby County 26021
12 Calhoun County 24201
13 Baldwin County 19058
14 Elmore County 17220
15 Etowah County 16104
16 Macon County 15522
17 Morgan County 15234
18 Chambers County 13434
19 Pike County 12637
20 Limestone County 12598
21 Barbour County 12394
22 Escambia County 12120
23 Tallapoosa County 10985
24 Clarke County 10808
25 Autauga County 10619
26 Marengo County 10105
27 Dale County 10048
28 Sumter County 9394
29 Lauderdale County 9326
30 Coffee County 9060
31 Butler County 8918
32 Monroe County 8880
33 Colbert County 8715
34 Hale County 8636
35 Pickens County 8247
36 St. Clair County 8012
37 Wilcox County 7739
38 Lowndes County 7551
39 Bullock County 7348
40 Greene County 6865
41 Perry County 6485
42 Conecuh County 5888
43 Choctaw County 5450
44 Bibb County 4892
45 Covington County 4760
46 Henry County 4584
47 Chilton County 4522
48 Randolph County 4433
49 Washington County 3988
50 Walker County 3976
51 Lawrence County 3615
52 Coosa County 3368
53 Crenshaw County 3302
54 Marshall County 2668
55 Geneva County 2511
56 Fayette County 1962
57 Clay County 1907
58 Jackson County 1757
59 Lamar County 1473
60 Franklin County 1462
61 DeKalb County 1253
62 Marion County 1148
63 Cherokee County 1113
64 Cullman County 1032
65 Blount County 899
66 Cleburne County 485
67 Winston County 188