Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2020

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all New York counties, Bronx County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (30.21%), followed by Kings County (29.25%), and Queens County (17.91%).

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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Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2020
Bronx
Kings
Queens
Monroe
Westchester
Erie
New York
Albany
Nassau
Schenectady
Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Bronx County 30.21
2 Kings County 29.25
3 Queens County 17.91
4 Monroe County 14.57
5 Westchester County 13.44
6 Erie County 12.94
7 New York County 12.88
8 Albany County 12.78
9 Nassau County 11.54
10 Schenectady County 11.27
11 Onondaga County 10.89
12 Rockland County 10.81
13 Orange County 10.68
14 Dutchess County 10.26
15 Richmond County 9.24
16 Sullivan County 8.69
17 Suffolk County 7.43
18 Rensselaer County 7.12
19 Niagara County 7
20 Oneida County 5.92
21 Ulster County 5.85
22 Chemung County 5.65
23 Broome County 5.61
24 Jefferson County 5.57
25 Orleans County 5.09
26 Greene County 4.86
27 Wyoming County 4.54
28 Columbia County 4.4
29 Tompkins County 3.92
30 Seneca County 3.68
31 Cayuga County 3.61
32 Franklin County 3.57
33 Clinton County 3.47
34 Putnam County 3.09
35 Wayne County 2.79
36 Washington County 2.68
37 Genesee County 2.49
38 Otsego County 2.36
39 Ontario County 2.33
40 Montgomery County 2.3
41 Chautauqua County 1.99
42 St. Lawrence County 1.95
43 Fulton County 1.89
44 Saratoga County 1.84
45 Cortland County 1.82
46 Madison County 1.81
47 Livingston County 1.77
48 Essex County 1.72
49 Delaware County 1.56
50 Steuben County 1.52
51 Allegany County 1.4
52 Cattaraugus County 1.34
52 Schoharie County 1.34
53 Warren County 1.28
54 Herkimer County 1.27
55 Hamilton County 1.06
56 Yates County 1.03
57 Oswego County 0.99
57 Schuyler County 0.99
58 Tioga County 0.95
59 Chenango County 0.85
60 Lewis County 0.63