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

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Alabama counties, Macon County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (80.64%), followed by Greene County (80.6%), and Lowndes County (72.74%).

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

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Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2018
Macon
Greene
Lowndes
Sumter
Wilcox
Bullock
Dallas
Perry
Montgomery
Hale
Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Macon County 80.64
2 Greene County 80.6
3 Lowndes County 72.74
4 Sumter County 71.92
5 Wilcox County 71.23
6 Bullock County 70.63
7 Dallas County 70.46
8 Perry County 68.28
9 Montgomery County 59.05
10 Hale County 58.17
11 Marengo County 51.25
12 Barbour County 48.54
13 Conecuh County 46.15
14 Russell County 45.88
15 Butler County 44.92
16 Clarke County 44.5
17 Jefferson County 43.42
18 Choctaw County 41.67
19 Monroe County 41.44
20 Pickens County 40.25
21 Chambers County 40.16
22 Pike County 37.81
23 Mobile County 36.12
24 Talladega County 32.99
25 Tuscaloosa County 32.22
26 Escambia County 31.68
27 Coosa County 30.92
28 Houston County 27.28
29 Tallapoosa County 27.22
30 Henry County 26.28
31 Madison County 25.02
32 Washington County 23.54
33 Crenshaw County 23.45
34 Lee County 23.11
35 Calhoun County 21.33
36 Bibb County 21.23
37 Elmore County 21
38 Dale County 20.85
39 Autauga County 19.6
40 Randolph County 19.41
41 Coffee County 17.72
42 Colbert County 16.11
43 Etowah County 15.76
44 Clay County 13.99
45 Limestone County 13.83
46 Morgan County 13.01
47 Shelby County 12.93
48 Covington County 12.59
49 Fayette County 11.94
50 Lawrence County 10.82
51 Lamar County 10.48
52 Chilton County 10.34
53 Lauderdale County 10.06
54 Geneva County 9.42
55 St. Clair County 9.4
56 Baldwin County 8.91
57 Walker County 6.11
58 Franklin County 4.54
59 Cherokee County 4.28
60 Marion County 3.88
61 Jackson County 3.47
62 Marshall County 2.94
63 Cleburne County 2.92
64 DeKalb County 1.81
65 Blount County 1.6
66 Cullman County 1.32
67 Winston County 0.89