Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all California counties, Solano County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (14.77%), followed by Alameda County (10.95%), and Sacramento County (10.81%).

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 2019
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 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Solano County 14.77
2 Alameda County 10.95
3 Sacramento County 10.81
4 Contra Costa County 9.49
5 San Bernardino County 9.45
6 Los Angeles County 9
7 Lassen County 8.41
8 San Joaquin County 8.31
9 Kings County 7.5
10 Riverside County 7.32
11 Kern County 6.32
12 Fresno County 5.88
13 San Diego County 5.54
14 San Francisco County 5.53
15 Yuba County 4.43
16 Madera County 4.23
17 Merced County 3.98
18 Stanislaus County 3.57
19 Del Norte County 3.5
20 Monterey County 3.43
21 Imperial County 3.36
22 Yolo County 3
23 Marin County 2.83
24 Santa Clara County 2.82
25 San Mateo County 2.77
26 Sutter County 2.72
27 Amador County 2.7
28 Napa County 2.44
29 Santa Barbara County 2.42
30 Ventura County 2.38
31 Tulare County 2.22
32 Orange County 2.15
33 Lake County 2.11
34 Sonoma County 2.06
35 San Luis Obispo County 2.02
36 Tuolumne County 2
37 Placer County 1.96
38 Butte County 1.92
39 San Benito County 1.7
40 Siskiyou County 1.51
41 Humboldt County 1.47
42 Santa Cruz County 1.45
43 Modoc County 1.44
44 Colusa County 1.33
45 Glenn County 1.31
46 Mariposa County 1.24
47 Shasta County 1.2
48 Inyo County 1.17
49 Mendocino County 1.11
50 Tehama County 1.08
51 Calaveras County 1.07
51 Plumas County 1.07
52 El Dorado County 1.04
53 Mono County 0.94
54 Trinity County 0.77
55 Sierra County 0.71
56 Nevada County 0.6
57 Alpine County 0.36