Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Alabama counties, Macon County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (80.5%), followed by Greene County (79.79%), and Lowndes County (72.4%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Alabama counties.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macon County | 80.5 |
| 2 | Greene County | 79.79 |
| 3 | Lowndes County | 72.4 |
| 4 | Sumter County | 71.68 |
| 5 | Wilcox County | 70.45 |
| 6 | Dallas County | 70.11 |
| 7 | Bullock County | 69.67 |
| 8 | Perry County | 66.94 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 58.06 |
| 10 | Hale County | 57.74 |
| 11 | Marengo County | 51.03 |
| 12 | Barbour County | 47.75 |
| 13 | Conecuh County | 46.25 |
| 14 | Russell County | 44.7 |
| 15 | Butler County | 44.47 |
| 16 | Clarke County | 44.12 |
| 17 | Jefferson County | 43.1 |
| 18 | Choctaw County | 41.68 |
| 19 | Monroe County | 41.09 |
| 20 | Pickens County | 39.99 |
| 21 | Chambers County | 39.5 |
| 22 | Pike County | 37.26 |
| 23 | Mobile County | 35.66 |
| 24 | Talladega County | 32.5 |
| 25 | Tuscaloosa County | 31.82 |
| 26 | Escambia County | 31.46 |
| 27 | Coosa County | 30.48 |
| 28 | Houston County | 26.71 |
| 29 | Tallapoosa County | 26.68 |
| 30 | Henry County | 26.09 |
| 31 | Madison County | 24.53 |
| 32 | Washington County | 23.64 |
| 33 | Crenshaw County | 23.33 |
| 34 | Lee County | 23.01 |
| 35 | Bibb County | 21.35 |
| 36 | Calhoun County | 20.86 |
| 37 | Elmore County | 20.85 |
| 38 | Dale County | 20.24 |
| 39 | Randolph County | 19.5 |
| 40 | Autauga County | 19.25 |
| 41 | Coffee County | 17.19 |
| 42 | Colbert County | 15.99 |
| 43 | Etowah County | 15.48 |
| 44 | Clay County | 13.78 |
| 45 | Limestone County | 13.21 |
| 46 | Morgan County | 12.52 |
| 47 | Shelby County | 12.46 |
| 48 | Covington County | 12.3 |
| 49 | Fayette County | 11.56 |
| 50 | Lawrence County | 10.68 |
| 51 | Lamar County | 10.49 |
| 52 | Chilton County | 10.01 |
| 53 | Lauderdale County | 9.88 |
| 54 | Geneva County | 9.22 |
| 55 | St. Clair County | 9.18 |
| 56 | Baldwin County | 8.87 |
| 57 | Walker County | 6.04 |
| 58 | Cherokee County | 4.16 |
| 59 | Franklin County | 3.84 |
| 60 | Marion County | 3.68 |
| 61 | Jackson County | 3.29 |
| 62 | Cleburne County | 3.04 |
| 63 | Marshall County | 2.31 |
| 64 | Blount County | 1.44 |
| 65 | DeKalb County | 1.42 |
| 66 | Cullman County | 1.19 |
| 67 | Winston County | 0.78 |