Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all California counties, Solano County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (13.8%), followed by Alameda County (10.65%), and Sacramento County (9.76%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
Solano
Alameda
Sacramento
Contra Costa
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Lassen
San Joaquin
Kings
Riverside
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Solano County 13.8
2 Alameda County 10.65
3 Sacramento County 9.76
4 Contra Costa County 8.71
5 San Bernardino County 8.23
6 Los Angeles County 8.07
7 Lassen County 7.77
8 San Joaquin County 7
9 Kings County 6.13
10 Riverside County 6.12
11 Kern County 5.24
12 San Francisco County 5.06
13 San Diego County 4.72
14 Fresno County 4.7
15 Yuba County 3.32
16 Madera County 3.2
17 Del Norte County 3.09
18 Merced County 3
19 Stanislaus County 2.62
20 Monterey County 2.56
21 Imperial County 2.48
22 Marin County 2.45
23 Yolo County 2.35
24 Santa Clara County 2.33
25 San Mateo County 2.32
26 Sutter County 1.97
27 Napa County 1.96
28 Amador County 1.94
29 Tuolumne County 1.86
30 Santa Barbara County 1.77
31 Lake County 1.75
32 San Luis Obispo County 1.7
33 Ventura County 1.68
34 Orange County 1.6
35 Placer County 1.53
35 Sonoma County 1.53
36 Butte County 1.48
37 Siskiyou County 1.36
38 Tulare County 1.25
39 Humboldt County 1.16
40 Modoc County 0.98
40 Plumas County 0.98
41 Mariposa County 0.97
42 Santa Cruz County 0.94
43 Shasta County 0.92
44 Colusa County 0.9
45 San Benito County 0.86
46 El Dorado County 0.85
47 Inyo County 0.78
48 Glenn County 0.77
49 Calaveras County 0.75
50 Mendocino County 0.71
50 Mono County 0.71
51 Tehama County 0.7
52 Trinity County 0.54
53 Nevada County 0.43
54 Sierra County 0.24
55 Alpine County 0.1