Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all New York counties, Bronx County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (43.86%), followed by Kings County (33.82%), and Queens County (20.66%).

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

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2018
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Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Bronx County 43.86
2 Kings County 33.82
3 Queens County 20.66
4 New York County 17.91
5 Westchester County 16.62
6 Monroe County 16.26
7 Albany County 14.06
8 Erie County 13.98
9 Rockland County 12.98
10 Nassau County 12.95
11 Orange County 12.86
12 Schenectady County 12.34
13 Onondaga County 11.94
14 Dutchess County 11.86
15 Richmond County 11.71
16 Sullivan County 9.89
17 Suffolk County 8.71
18 Rensselaer County 7.87
19 Niagara County 7.36
20 Ulster County 7.21
21 Oneida County 7.1
22 Jefferson County 7.01
23 Chemung County 6.53
24 Orleans County 6.48
25 Franklin County 6.41
26 Greene County 6.31
27 Broome County 6.27
28 Wyoming County 5.66
29 Seneca County 5.35
30 Columbia County 5.16
31 Clinton County 4.47
31 Tompkins County 4.47
32 Cayuga County 4.42
33 Putnam County 3.77
34 Washington County 3.41
35 Genesee County 3.2
36 Montgomery County 3.17
37 Wayne County 3.09
38 Livingston County 2.93
39 Ontario County 2.76
40 Chautauqua County 2.73
41 Essex County 2.7
42 St. Lawrence County 2.59
43 Otsego County 2.4
44 Fulton County 2.25
45 Delaware County 2.1
46 Cortland County 1.99
47 Saratoga County 1.94
48 Madison County 1.91
49 Steuben County 1.58
50 Schoharie County 1.52
51 Cattaraugus County 1.49
52 Herkimer County 1.47
53 Allegany County 1.38
54 Warren County 1.32
55 Oswego County 1.12
56 Chenango County 1.03
56 Hamilton County 1.03
56 Schuyler County 1.03
57 Tioga County 1
58 Yates County 0.94
59 Lewis County 0.76