Ranking of Alabama Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (284.02K), followed by Mobile County (147.37K), and Montgomery County (130.79K).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2016
Jefferson
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Montgomery
Madison
Tuscaloosa
Lee
Dallas
Houston
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Ranking of Alabama Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2016
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Jefferson County 284024
2 Mobile County 147374
3 Montgomery County 130786
4 Madison County 86859
5 Tuscaloosa County 65164
6 Lee County 36787
7 Dallas County 28081
8 Houston County 27788
9 Talladega County 26065
10 Shelby County 25674
11 Russell County 25606
12 Calhoun County 23845
13 Baldwin County 18714
14 Elmore County 17058
15 Etowah County 15885
16 Macon County 15399
17 Morgan County 14825
18 Chambers County 13299
19 Pike County 12520
20 Limestone County 12308
21 Barbour County 12297
22 Escambia County 12031
23 Tallapoosa County 10828
24 Clarke County 10739
25 Autauga County 10483
26 Marengo County 10040
27 Dale County 9801
28 Sumter County 9351
29 Lauderdale County 9187
30 Butler County 8847
31 Monroe County 8827
32 Coffee County 8825
33 Colbert County 8599
34 Hale County 8580
35 Pickens County 8170
36 St. Clair County 7903
37 Wilcox County 7683
38 Lowndes County 7486
39 Bullock County 7230
40 Greene County 6837
41 Perry County 6448
42 Conecuh County 5825
43 Choctaw County 5427
44 Bibb County 4858
45 Covington County 4690
46 Henry County 4517
47 Randolph County 4403
48 Chilton County 4356
49 Washington County 3964
50 Walker County 3909
51 Lawrence County 3580
52 Coosa County 3331
53 Crenshaw County 3274
54 Geneva County 2467
55 Marshall County 2135
56 Fayette County 1940
57 Clay County 1876
58 Jackson County 1691
59 Lamar County 1451
60 Franklin County 1198
61 Marion County 1114
62 Cherokee County 1106
63 DeKalb County 997
64 Cullman County 936
65 Blount County 807
66 Cleburne County 472
67 Winston County 176