Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all California counties, Solano County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (15.23%), followed by Alameda County (12.97%), and Sacramento County (10.96%).

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

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Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2011
Solano
Alameda
Sacramento
Contra Costa
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Lassen
San Joaquin
Kings
Riverside
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2011
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Solano County 15.23
2 Alameda County 12.97
3 Sacramento County 10.96
4 Contra Costa County 9.7
5 San Bernardino County 9.66
6 Los Angeles County 9.32
7 Lassen County 8.92
8 San Joaquin County 8.22
9 Kings County 7.68
10 Riverside County 6.98
11 Kern County 6.37
12 San Francisco County 6.19
13 Fresno County 5.91
14 San Diego County 5.56
15 Madera County 4.3
16 Merced County 4.29
17 Del Norte County 3.79
18 Imperial County 3.71
19 Yuba County 3.7
20 Monterey County 3.64
21 Stanislaus County 3.24
22 San Mateo County 3.09
23 Marin County 3.03
24 Santa Clara County 2.88
25 Yolo County 2.84
26 Amador County 2.5
27 Santa Barbara County 2.35
28 Sutter County 2.34
29 San Luis Obispo County 2.27
30 Tuolumne County 2.22
31 Tulare County 2.18
31 Ventura County 2.18
32 Napa County 2.17
33 Orange County 2
34 Lake County 1.98
35 Sonoma County 1.82
36 Butte County 1.71
37 Placer County 1.51
38 Santa Cruz County 1.37
39 Siskiyou County 1.36
40 Humboldt County 1.24
41 San Benito County 1.19
42 Colusa County 1.17
43 Glenn County 1.08
44 Modoc County 1.01
45 Plumas County 0.99
46 Shasta County 0.92
47 Mendocino County 0.91
48 Calaveras County 0.9
49 El Dorado County 0.87
50 Mariposa County 0.86
51 Tehama County 0.79
52 Inyo County 0.73
53 Mono County 0.53
53 Trinity County 0.53
54 Nevada County 0.47
55 Sierra County 0.29
56 Alpine County 0.09