Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all California counties, Solano County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (13.65%), followed by Alameda County (10.09%), and Sacramento County (9.68%).

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 2019
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 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Solano County 13.65
2 Alameda County 10.09
3 Sacramento County 9.68
4 Contra Costa County 8.68
5 San Bernardino County 8.12
6 Los Angeles County 7.96
7 Lassen County 7.95
8 San Joaquin County 7.11
9 Kings County 6.34
10 Riverside County 6.23
11 Kern County 5.28
12 San Francisco County 5
13 San Diego County 4.7
14 Fresno County 4.65
15 Yuba County 3.57
16 Del Norte County 3.27
17 Madera County 3.16
18 Merced County 2.95
19 Stanislaus County 2.71
20 Marin County 2.54
21 Amador County 2.51
22 Monterey County 2.49
23 Yolo County 2.45
24 Imperial County 2.44
25 Santa Clara County 2.35
26 San Mateo County 2.26
27 Sutter County 2.13
28 Napa County 2.06
29 Tuolumne County 1.83
30 Lake County 1.79
31 Santa Barbara County 1.78
32 Ventura County 1.77
33 San Luis Obispo County 1.73
34 Placer County 1.71
35 Orange County 1.66
36 Butte County 1.59
36 Sonoma County 1.59
37 Siskiyou County 1.39
38 Tulare County 1.26
39 Humboldt County 1.22
40 Mariposa County 1.12
41 Modoc County 1.11
42 Colusa County 1.05
43 San Benito County 1.04
43 Shasta County 1.04
44 Plumas County 1
45 Inyo County 0.98
46 Santa Cruz County 0.97
47 Calaveras County 0.89
48 El Dorado County 0.88
49 Glenn County 0.82
50 Tehama County 0.8
51 Mendocino County 0.79
52 Mono County 0.73
53 Trinity County 0.57
54 Nevada County 0.49
55 Sierra County 0.41
56 Alpine County 0.36