Ranking of California Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all California counties, Los Angeles County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (820.47K), followed by Alameda County (178.65K), and San Bernardino County (175.19K).

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

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

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Ranking of California Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2015
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Ranking of California Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2015
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Los Angeles County 820466
2 Alameda County 178648
3 San Bernardino County 175194
4 San Diego County 155105
5 Sacramento County 145661
6 Riverside County 142435
7 Contra Costa County 98419
8 Solano County 59986
9 San Joaquin County 50404
10 Orange County 49850
11 Kern County 45935
12 Fresno County 45869
13 Santa Clara County 44753
14 San Francisco County 44360
15 San Mateo County 18061
16 Ventura County 14047
17 Stanislaus County 13664
18 Monterey County 10999
19 Kings County 9271
20 Merced County 8295
21 Santa Barbara County 7889
22 Sonoma County 7500
23 Marin County 6563
24 Tulare County 5783
25 Placer County 5508
26 Madera County 5030
27 Yolo County 4964
28 San Luis Obispo County 4822
29 Imperial County 4526
30 Butte County 3251
31 Napa County 2674
32 Santa Cruz County 2612
33 Lassen County 2544
34 Yuba County 2285
35 Sutter County 1888
36 Shasta County 1589
37 Humboldt County 1553
38 El Dorado County 1477
39 Lake County 1120
40 Tuolumne County 960
41 Del Norte County 894
42 Amador County 703
43 Mendocino County 606
44 Siskiyou County 576
45 San Benito County 463
46 Nevada County 433
47 Tehama County 422
48 Calaveras County 352
49 Glenn County 214
50 Colusa County 194
51 Mariposa County 167
52 Plumas County 166
53 Inyo County 149
54 Mono County 99
55 Modoc County 87
56 Trinity County 67
57 Sierra County 7
58 Alpine County 5