Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2023

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all Alabama counties, Greene County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (79.65%), followed by Macon County (79.12%), and Lowndes County (72.44%).

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 2023
Greene
Macon
Lowndes
Dallas
Bullock
Perry
Sumter
Wilcox
Montgomery
Hale
Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Greene County 79.65
2 Macon County 79.12
3 Lowndes County 72.44
4 Dallas County 70.96
5 Bullock County 70.73
6 Perry County 69.68
7 Sumter County 69.56
8 Wilcox County 69.35
9 Montgomery County 60.94
10 Hale County 57.97
11 Marengo County 51.59
12 Barbour County 47.11
13 Russell County 46.45
14 Clarke County 45.5
15 Conecuh County 45.2
16 Butler County 45.13
17 Jefferson County 43.36
18 Monroe County 41.92
19 Choctaw County 40.74
20 Chambers County 39.73
21 Pickens County 39.24
22 Pike County 38.43
23 Mobile County 36.71
24 Talladega County 32.65
24 Tuscaloosa County 32.65
25 Escambia County 31.1
26 Coosa County 28.73
27 Houston County 27.68
28 Tallapoosa County 26.83
29 Madison County 25.2
30 Henry County 24.33
31 Crenshaw County 23.36
32 Washington County 22.85
33 Lee County 22.79
34 Calhoun County 22.35
35 Elmore County 22.02
36 Dale County 21.84
37 Autauga County 21.41
38 Bibb County 20.62
39 Randolph County 18.08
40 Coffee County 17.1
41 Colbert County 15.74
42 Etowah County 15.26
43 Shelby County 14.67
44 Limestone County 14.52
45 Clay County 13.84
46 Morgan County 13.41
47 Covington County 12.56
48 St. Clair County 11.43
49 Fayette County 11.38
50 Chilton County 10.32
51 Lamar County 10.27
52 Lauderdale County 10.2
53 Lawrence County 10.09
54 Geneva County 9.02
55 Baldwin County 8.44
56 Walker County 6.3
57 Franklin County 4.39
58 Cherokee County 4.27
59 Marion County 4.22
60 Jackson County 3.47
61 Marshall County 3.35
62 Cleburne County 3.1
63 Blount County 2.04
64 DeKalb County 2.01
65 Cullman County 1.39
66 Winston County 1.23