Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2022

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all California counties, Solano County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (14.34%), followed by Sacramento County (10.83%), and Alameda County (10.63%).

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 2022
Solano
Sacramento
Alameda
San Bernardino
Contra Costa
Los Angeles
San Joaquin
Riverside
Kings
Lassen
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2022
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Solano County 14.34
2 Sacramento County 10.83
3 Alameda County 10.63
4 San Bernardino County 9.48
5 Contra Costa County 9.4
6 Los Angeles County 9.05
7 San Joaquin County 8.31
8 Riverside County 7.52
9 Kings County 7.25
10 Lassen County 7.24
11 Kern County 6.24
12 Fresno County 5.96
13 San Francisco County 5.71
14 San Diego County 5.56
15 Yuba County 5.03
16 Madera County 4.05
17 Merced County 4
18 Stanislaus County 3.71
19 Yolo County 3.27
20 Del Norte County 3.25
20 Imperial County 3.25
21 Monterey County 3.21
22 Santa Clara County 2.91
23 Amador County 2.9
24 Sutter County 2.76
25 Marin County 2.7
25 San Mateo County 2.7
26 Ventura County 2.44
27 Napa County 2.4
28 Santa Barbara County 2.32
28 Tulare County 2.32
29 Orange County 2.26
30 Placer County 2.22
31 Sonoma County 2.16
32 Lake County 2.1
33 Butte County 2.06
34 San Luis Obispo County 1.91
35 San Benito County 1.89
36 Tuolumne County 1.8
37 Siskiyou County 1.52
38 Humboldt County 1.51
39 Santa Cruz County 1.49
40 Colusa County 1.47
41 Modoc County 1.38
42 Mariposa County 1.35
43 Glenn County 1.32
44 Shasta County 1.3
45 Alpine County 1.18
45 Mono County 1.18
46 Inyo County 1.17
47 Tehama County 1.12
48 El Dorado County 1.11
49 Mendocino County 1.08
50 Calaveras County 1.07
51 Plumas County 1.04
52 Nevada County 0.69
53 Trinity County 0.65
54 Sierra County 0.5