Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all California counties, Solano County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (14.05%), followed by Alameda County (11.82%), and Sacramento County (9.85%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all California counties.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solano County | 14.05 |
| 2 | Alameda County | 11.82 |
| 3 | Sacramento County | 9.85 |
| 4 | Contra Costa County | 8.87 |
| 5 | Lassen County | 8.63 |
| 6 | San Bernardino County | 8.41 |
| 7 | Los Angeles County | 8.3 |
| 8 | San Joaquin County | 7.04 |
| 9 | Kings County | 6.45 |
| 10 | Riverside County | 6.04 |
| 11 | San Francisco County | 5.47 |
| 12 | Kern County | 5.33 |
| 13 | Fresno County | 4.79 |
| 14 | San Diego County | 4.76 |
| 15 | Del Norte County | 3.66 |
| 16 | Merced County | 3.33 |
| 17 | Madera County | 3.12 |
| 18 | Yuba County | 3.04 |
| 19 | Imperial County | 2.8 |
| 20 | Monterey County | 2.74 |
| 21 | Marin County | 2.58 |
| 22 | San Mateo County | 2.52 |
| 23 | Stanislaus County | 2.5 |
| 24 | Yolo County | 2.4 |
| 25 | Santa Clara County | 2.37 |
| 26 | Amador County | 2.17 |
| 27 | Tuolumne County | 2.03 |
| 28 | San Luis Obispo County | 1.97 |
| 29 | Napa County | 1.86 |
| 30 | Sutter County | 1.81 |
| 31 | Lake County | 1.74 |
| 31 | Santa Barbara County | 1.74 |
| 32 | Ventura County | 1.61 |
| 33 | Orange County | 1.53 |
| 34 | Sonoma County | 1.44 |
| 35 | Butte County | 1.4 |
| 36 | Siskiyou County | 1.38 |
| 37 | Placer County | 1.36 |
| 38 | Tulare County | 1.26 |
| 39 | Humboldt County | 1.09 |
| 40 | Colusa County | 0.95 |
| 41 | Santa Cruz County | 0.92 |
| 42 | Mariposa County | 0.88 |
| 43 | Modoc County | 0.87 |
| 43 | Plumas County | 0.87 |
| 44 | Shasta County | 0.84 |
| 45 | Calaveras County | 0.82 |
| 46 | El Dorado County | 0.76 |
| 47 | San Benito County | 0.75 |
| 48 | Glenn County | 0.74 |
| 49 | Tehama County | 0.66 |
| 50 | Inyo County | 0.64 |
| 50 | Mendocino County | 0.64 |
| 51 | Alpine County | 0.63 |
| 52 | Mono County | 0.52 |
| 53 | Trinity County | 0.4 |
| 54 | Nevada County | 0.38 |
| 55 | Sierra County | 0.26 |