Ranking of New Jersey Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2014
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2014, among all New Jersey counties, Essex County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (39.25%), followed by Union County (21.23%), and Mercer County (19.66%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all New Jersey 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 New Jersey Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2014
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Essex County | 39.25 |
| 2 | Union County | 21.23 |
| 3 | Mercer County | 19.66 |
| 4 | Cumberland County | 18.96 |
| 5 | Camden County | 18.55 |
| 6 | Burlington County | 16.29 |
| 7 | Atlantic County | 14.84 |
| 8 | Salem County | 13.53 |
| 9 | Hudson County | 11.17 |
| 10 | Passaic County | 10.72 |
| 11 | Gloucester County | 10.04 |
| 12 | Middlesex County | 9.34 |
| 13 | Somerset County | 8.94 |
| 14 | Monmouth County | 6.95 |
| 15 | Bergen County | 5.37 |
| 16 | Cape May County | 4.23 |
| 17 | Warren County | 3.87 |
| 18 | Morris County | 3.08 |
| 19 | Ocean County | 2.93 |
| 20 | Hunterdon County | 2.32 |
| 21 | Sussex County | 1.82 |