Ranking of Alabama Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Alabama counties, Jefferson County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (286.37K), followed by Mobile County (148.90K), and Montgomery County (133.09K).

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 2017
Jefferson
Mobile
Montgomery
Madison
Tuscaloosa
Lee
Houston
Dallas
Shelby
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Ranking of Alabama Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Jefferson County 286368
2 Mobile County 148895
3 Montgomery County 133093
4 Madison County 90504
5 Tuscaloosa County 66609
6 Lee County 37697
7 Houston County 28187
8 Dallas County 27668
9 Shelby County 27000
10 Talladega County 26258
11 Russell County 26119
12 Calhoun County 24286
13 Baldwin County 19229
14 Elmore County 17175
15 Etowah County 16199
16 Morgan County 15324
17 Macon County 15282
18 Chambers County 13457
19 Limestone County 12756
20 Pike County 12581
21 Barbour County 12119
22 Escambia County 11741
23 Tallapoosa County 10995
24 Autauga County 10816
25 Clarke County 10695
26 Dale County 10275
27 Marengo County 9964
28 Lauderdale County 9305
29 Coffee County 9207
30 Sumter County 9191
31 Butler County 8926
32 Colbert County 8855
33 Monroe County 8800
34 Hale County 8611
35 St. Clair County 8190
36 Pickens County 8166
37 Wilcox County 7599
38 Lowndes County 7371
39 Bullock County 7214
40 Greene County 6665
41 Perry County 6263
42 Conecuh County 5813
43 Choctaw County 5409
44 Bibb County 4849
45 Covington County 4633
46 Chilton County 4593
47 Henry County 4532
48 Randolph County 4459
49 Walker County 3928
50 Washington County 3925
51 Lawrence County 3560
52 Coosa County 3311
53 Crenshaw County 3269
54 Marshall County 2733
55 Geneva County 2477
56 Fayette County 1925
57 Clay County 1868
58 Jackson County 1777
59 Lamar County 1478
60 Franklin County 1468
61 DeKalb County 1298
62 Marion County 1131
63 Cullman County 1082
64 Cherokee County 1081
65 Blount County 931
66 Cleburne County 465
67 Winston County 201