Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2021

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all California counties, Solano County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (13.26%), followed by Alameda County (9.85%), and Sacramento County (9.7%).

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 2021
Solano
Alameda
Sacramento
Contra Costa
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Lassen
San Joaquin
Riverside
Kings
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Solano County 13.26
2 Alameda County 9.85
3 Sacramento County 9.7
4 Contra Costa County 8.56
5 San Bernardino County 8.2
6 Los Angeles County 8.02
7 Lassen County 7.63
8 San Joaquin County 7.12
9 Riverside County 6.36
10 Kings County 6.06
11 San Francisco County 5.16
12 Kern County 5.13
13 San Diego County 4.72
14 Fresno County 4.67
15 Yuba County 3.98
16 Del Norte County 3.08
17 Madera County 2.98
18 Merced County 2.91
19 Stanislaus County 2.75
20 Amador County 2.61
21 Yolo County 2.59
22 Santa Clara County 2.37
23 Monterey County 2.31
24 Imperial County 2.3
25 Marin County 2.24
26 San Mateo County 2.18
27 Sutter County 2.12
28 Napa County 1.9
29 Placer County 1.84
30 Ventura County 1.8
31 Orange County 1.71
32 Lake County 1.66
33 Tuolumne County 1.64
34 Santa Barbara County 1.63
35 Butte County 1.62
35 Sonoma County 1.62
36 San Luis Obispo County 1.55
37 Tulare County 1.33
38 Siskiyou County 1.27
39 Humboldt County 1.21
40 Mariposa County 1.14
41 San Benito County 1.1
41 Shasta County 1.1
42 Colusa County 1.07
43 Santa Cruz County 0.98
44 Plumas County 0.95
45 Modoc County 0.93
46 El Dorado County 0.91
47 Alpine County 0.9
47 Calaveras County 0.9
48 Inyo County 0.87
49 Tehama County 0.85
50 Glenn County 0.82
51 Mono County 0.78
52 Mendocino County 0.76
53 Nevada County 0.54
54 Trinity County 0.5
55 Sierra County 0.4