Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all California counties, Solano County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (15.04%), followed by Alameda County (12.73%), and Sacramento County (10.91%).

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 2012
Solano
Alameda
Sacramento
San Bernardino
Contra Costa
Los Angeles
Lassen
San Joaquin
Kings
Riverside
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Solano County 15.04
2 Alameda County 12.73
3 Sacramento County 10.91
4 San Bernardino County 9.63
5 Contra Costa County 9.6
6 Los Angeles County 9.29
7 Lassen County 8.93
8 San Joaquin County 8.17
9 Kings County 7.51
10 Riverside County 7.01
11 Kern County 6.29
12 San Francisco County 6.01
13 Fresno County 5.9
14 San Diego County 5.56
15 Merced County 4.27
16 Madera County 4.03
17 Del Norte County 3.83
18 Yuba County 3.76
19 Imperial County 3.67
20 Monterey County 3.63
21 Stanislaus County 3.24
22 San Mateo County 3.03
23 Yolo County 2.9
24 Marin County 2.88
25 Santa Clara County 2.87
26 Santa Barbara County 2.37
27 Amador County 2.33
28 Sutter County 2.32
29 San Luis Obispo County 2.26
30 Napa County 2.22
31 Ventura County 2.18
32 Tulare County 2.17
33 Tuolumne County 2.15
34 Orange County 2.02
35 Lake County 1.95
36 Sonoma County 1.85
37 Butte County 1.69
38 Placer County 1.55
39 Siskiyou County 1.46
40 Santa Cruz County 1.37
41 San Benito County 1.28
42 Humboldt County 1.27
43 Colusa County 1.24
44 Glenn County 1.1
45 Modoc County 0.98
46 Mariposa County 0.97
47 Calaveras County 0.94
47 Shasta County 0.94
48 Mendocino County 0.92
49 Plumas County 0.91
50 El Dorado County 0.88
51 Tehama County 0.86
52 Inyo County 0.79
53 Alpine County 0.63
53 Mono County 0.63
54 Trinity County 0.53
55 Nevada County 0.47
56 Sierra County 0.33