Ranking of California Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all California counties, Los Angeles County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (797.18K), followed by San Bernardino County (176.77K), and Alameda County (168.28K).

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 2019
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Ranking of California Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2019
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Los Angeles County 797181
2 San Bernardino County 176772
3 Alameda County 168284
4 San Diego County 156592
5 Riverside County 153580
6 Sacramento County 150149
7 Contra Costa County 100078
8 Solano County 61070
9 San Joaquin County 54119
10 Orange County 52501
11 Kern County 47417
12 Fresno County 46415
13 Santa Clara County 45148
14 San Francisco County 43933
15 San Mateo County 17318
16 Ventura County 14954
17 Stanislaus County 14918
18 Monterey County 10772
19 Kings County 9683
20 Merced County 8175
21 Santa Barbara County 7918
22 Sonoma County 7845
23 Placer County 6808
24 Marin County 6584
25 Tulare County 5885
26 Yolo County 5399
27 Madera County 4955
28 San Luis Obispo County 4893
29 Imperial County 4400
30 Butte County 3480
31 Napa County 2834
32 Yuba County 2803
33 Santa Cruz County 2659
34 Lassen County 2441
35 Sutter County 2066
36 Shasta County 1876
37 El Dorado County 1697
38 Humboldt County 1658
39 Lake County 1151
40 Amador County 996
41 Tuolumne County 993
42 Del Norte County 913
43 Mendocino County 689
44 San Benito County 653
45 Siskiyou County 606
46 Tehama County 520
47 Nevada County 489
48 Calaveras County 409
49 Glenn County 234
50 Colusa County 225
51 Mariposa County 192
52 Plumas County 191
53 Inyo County 176
54 Mono County 105
55 Modoc County 98
56 Trinity County 70
57 Sierra County 12
58 Alpine County 4