Ranking of Alabama Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Alabama counties, Jefferson County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (286.43K), followed by Mobile County (149.62K), and Montgomery County (133.82K).

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 2018
Jefferson
Mobile
Montgomery
Madison
Tuscaloosa
Lee
Houston
Shelby
Dallas
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Ranking of Alabama Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2018
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Jefferson County 286432
2 Mobile County 149624
3 Montgomery County 133820
4 Madison County 91911
5 Tuscaloosa County 67215
6 Lee County 37939
7 Houston County 28631
8 Shelby County 27917
9 Dallas County 26966
10 Russell County 26582
11 Talladega County 26467
12 Calhoun County 24383
13 Baldwin County 19436
14 Elmore County 17051
15 Etowah County 16192
16 Morgan County 15505
17 Macon County 14774
18 Chambers County 13482
19 Limestone County 13305
20 Pike County 12623
21 Barbour County 12079
22 Escambia County 11567
23 Tallapoosa County 11039
24 Autauga County 10883
25 Clarke County 10664
26 Dale County 10272
27 Marengo County 9785
28 Lauderdale County 9333
29 Coffee County 9231
30 Sumter County 9106
31 Colbert County 8855
32 Butler County 8837
33 Monroe County 8716
34 Hale County 8593
35 St. Clair County 8347
36 Pickens County 8030
37 Wilcox County 7545
38 Lowndes County 7251
39 Bullock County 7179
40 Greene County 6619
41 Perry County 6179
42 Conecuh County 5660
43 Choctaw County 5338
44 Bibb County 4735
45 Covington County 4656
46 Chilton County 4557
47 Henry County 4494
48 Randolph County 4413
49 Walker County 3894
50 Washington County 3846
51 Lawrence County 3561
52 Coosa County 3283
53 Crenshaw County 3249
54 Marshall County 2832
55 Geneva County 2476
56 Fayette County 1964
57 Clay County 1861
58 Jackson County 1794
59 Lamar County 1454
60 Franklin County 1429
61 DeKalb County 1295
62 Marion County 1154
63 Cherokee County 1115
64 Cullman County 1095
65 Blount County 923
66 Cleburne County 439
67 Winston County 211