Ranking of Maine Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2023

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all Maine counties, Androscoggin County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (5.72%), followed by Cumberland County (3.87%), and York County (1.39%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Maine counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Maine Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2023
Androscoggin
Cumberland
York
Hancock
Penobscot
Aroostook
Sagadahoc
Knox
Kennebec
Lincoln
Ranking of Maine Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Androscoggin County 5.72
2 Cumberland County 3.87
3 York County 1.39
4 Hancock County 1.19
5 Penobscot County 1.09
6 Aroostook County 1.02
7 Sagadahoc County 0.98
8 Knox County 0.87
9 Kennebec County 0.86
10 Lincoln County 0.8
11 Washington County 0.74
12 Franklin County 0.67
13 Piscataquis County 0.66
14 Somerset County 0.65
15 Oxford County 0.6
16 Waldo County 0.56