Ranking of New York 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 New York counties, Kings County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (30.19%), followed by Bronx County (29.61%), and Queens County (17.96%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all New York 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 York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kings County | 30.19 |
| 2 | Bronx County | 29.61 |
| 3 | Queens County | 17.96 |
| 4 | Monroe County | 14.62 |
| 5 | Westchester County | 13.71 |
| 6 | Erie County | 13.08 |
| 7 | New York County | 12.53 |
| 8 | Albany County | 12.45 |
| 9 | Nassau County | 11.39 |
| 10 | Rockland County | 11.25 |
| 11 | Onondaga County | 10.8 |
| 12 | Schenectady County | 10.22 |
| 13 | Dutchess County | 10.07 |
| 14 | Orange County | 9.81 |
| 15 | Richmond County | 9.6 |
| 16 | Sullivan County | 8.03 |
| 17 | Suffolk County | 7.2 |
| 18 | Niagara County | 6.92 |
| 19 | Rensselaer County | 6.55 |
| 20 | Franklin County | 6.13 |
| 21 | Oneida County | 6.01 |
| 22 | Orleans County | 6 |
| 23 | Chemung County | 5.97 |
| 23 | Jefferson County | 5.97 |
| 24 | Ulster County | 5.79 |
| 25 | Greene County | 5.53 |
| 26 | Wyoming County | 5.22 |
| 27 | Broome County | 5.17 |
| 28 | Seneca County | 4.79 |
| 29 | Columbia County | 4.39 |
| 30 | Tompkins County | 3.86 |
| 31 | Cayuga County | 3.83 |
| 32 | Clinton County | 3.82 |
| 33 | Washington County | 2.93 |
| 34 | Wayne County | 2.82 |
| 35 | Genesee County | 2.73 |
| 36 | Putnam County | 2.53 |
| 37 | Livingston County | 2.52 |
| 38 | Essex County | 2.44 |
| 39 | St. Lawrence County | 2.24 |
| 40 | Ontario County | 2.16 |
| 41 | Chautauqua County | 2.08 |
| 42 | Montgomery County | 1.87 |
| 43 | Otsego County | 1.86 |
| 44 | Fulton County | 1.76 |
| 45 | Madison County | 1.62 |
| 46 | Cortland County | 1.58 |
| 46 | Saratoga County | 1.58 |
| 47 | Delaware County | 1.53 |
| 48 | Steuben County | 1.43 |
| 49 | Cattaraugus County | 1.3 |
| 50 | Allegany County | 1.23 |
| 51 | Schoharie County | 1.2 |
| 52 | Herkimer County | 1.11 |
| 53 | Warren County | 1.08 |
| 54 | Hamilton County | 0.9 |
| 55 | Yates County | 0.89 |
| 56 | Oswego County | 0.84 |
| 56 | Schuyler County | 0.84 |
| 57 | Tioga County | 0.83 |
| 58 | Chenango County | 0.82 |
| 59 | Lewis County | 0.74 |