Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all California counties, Solano County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (14.86%), followed by Alameda County (11.52%), and Sacramento County (10.86%).

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 2016
Solano
Alameda
Sacramento
San Bernardino
Contra Costa
Los Angeles
San Joaquin
Lassen
Kings
Riverside
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Solano County 14.86
2 Alameda County 11.52
3 Sacramento County 10.86
4 San Bernardino County 9.51
5 Contra Costa County 9.49
6 Los Angeles County 9.08
7 San Joaquin County 8.17
8 Lassen County 8.13
9 Kings County 7.19
10 Riverside County 7.17
11 Kern County 6.25
12 Fresno County 5.88
13 San Francisco County 5.58
14 San Diego County 5.53
15 Madera County 4.2
16 Yuba County 4.14
17 Merced County 4
18 Monterey County 3.48
19 Stanislaus County 3.41
20 Imperial County 3.37
21 Del Norte County 3.31
22 Yolo County 2.86
23 San Mateo County 2.81
23 Santa Clara County 2.81
24 Marin County 2.74
25 Sutter County 2.51
26 Santa Barbara County 2.39
27 Napa County 2.35
28 Ventura County 2.26
29 Tulare County 2.17
30 Amador County 2.12
31 Orange County 2.09
32 Lake County 2.03
33 Tuolumne County 2.02
34 San Luis Obispo County 2
35 Sonoma County 1.97
36 Butte County 1.77
37 Placer County 1.75
38 Siskiyou County 1.48
39 San Benito County 1.43
40 Santa Cruz County 1.37
41 Humboldt County 1.35
42 Modoc County 1.33
43 Glenn County 1.27
44 Colusa County 1.21
45 Shasta County 1.06
46 Mariposa County 1.05
47 Plumas County 1.03
48 Mendocino County 1.01
49 El Dorado County 1
50 Inyo County 0.97
51 Tehama County 0.94
52 Calaveras County 0.88
53 Mono County 0.82
54 Trinity County 0.69
55 Nevada County 0.53
56 Sierra County 0.34
57 Alpine County 0.1