List of U.S. counties with African American majority populations

The following is a list of United States counties in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is African American or Black, according to data from the 2000 Census. The list below is organized by state and the percentage of each county's population that is African American is listed in parentheses next to the county's name.

County-equivalents, such as independent cities (e.g., St. Louis, Missouri and any municipality in Virginia incorporated as a "city"), are included in this list.

Alabama

*Bullock County (73.1%)
*Dallas County (63.3%)
*Greene County (80.3%)
*Hale County (59.0%)
*Lowndes County (73.4%)
*Macon County (84.6%)
*Marengo County (51.7%)
*Perry County (68.4%)
*Sumter County (73.2%)
*Wilcox County (71.9%)

Arkansas

*Chicot County (54.0%)
*Lee County (57.2%)
*Phillips County (59.0%)

Florida

*Gadsden County (57.1%)

Georgia

*Baker County (50.4%)
*Burke County (51.0%)
*Calhoun County (60.6%)
*Clay County (60.5%)
*Clayton County (51.6%)
*DeKalb County (54.2%)
*Dougherty County (60.1%)
*Hancock County (77.8%)
*Jefferson County (56.3%)
*Macon County (59.5%)
*Randolph County (59.5%)
*Stewart County (61.5%)
*Talbot County (61.6%)
*Taliaferro County (60.3%)
*Terrell County (60.7%)
*Warren County (59.5%)
*Washington County (53.2%)

Louisiana

*East Carroll Parish (67.3%)
*Madison Parish (60.3%)
*Orleans Parish (67.3%)
*St. Helena Parish (52.4%)
*Tensas Parish (55.4%)
*West Feliciana Parish (50.5%)

Maryland

*Baltimore City (64.3%)
*Prince George's County (62.7%)

Mississippi

*Adams County (52.8%)
*Bolivar County (65.1%)
*Claiborne County (84.1%)
*Clay County (56.3%)
*Coahoma County (69.2%)
*Copiah County (51.0%)
*Hinds County (61.1%)
*Holmes County (78.7%)
*Humphreys County (71.5%)
*Issaquena County (62.8%)
*Jasper County (52.9%)
*Jefferson County (86.5%)
*Jefferson Davis County (57.4%)
*Kemper County (58.1%)
*Leflore County (67.7%)
*Marshall County (50.4%)
*Noxubee County (69.3%)
*Quitman County (68.6%)
*Sharkey County (69.3%)
*Sunflower County (69.9%)
*Tallahatchie County (59.4%)
*Tunica County (70.2%)
*Washington County (64.6%)
*Wilkinson County (68.2%)
*Yazoo County (54.0%)

Missouri

*Saint Louis City (51.2%)

North Carolina

*Bertie County (62.3%)
*Edgecombe County (57.5%)
*Halifax County (52.6%)
*Hertford County (59.6%)
*Northampton County (59.4%)
*Warren County (54.5%)

outh Carolina

*Allendale County (71.0%)
*Bamberg County (62.5%)
*Clarendon County (53.1%)
*Fairfield County (59.1%)
*Hampton County (55.7%)
*Jasper County (52.7%)
*Lee County (63.6%)
*McCormick County (53.9%)
*Marion County (53.4%)
*Marlboro County (50.7%)
*Orangeburg County (60.9%)
*Williamsburg County (66.3%)

Tennessee

*Haywood County (51.1%)

Virginia

*Brunswick County (56.9%)
*Charles City County (54.9%)
*Emporia City (56.2%)
*Franklin City (52.3%)
*Greensville County (59.8%)
*Petersburg City (79.0%)
*Portsmouth City (50.6%)
*Richmond City (57.2%)
*Surry County (51.6%)
*Sussex County (62.1%)

National Rankings

*Jefferson County, Mississippi (86.49%)
*Macon County, Alabama (84.64%)
*Claiborne County, Mississippi (84.11%)
*Greene County, Alabama (80.34%)
*Petersburg City, Virginia (78.97%)
*Holmes County, Mississippi (78.66%)
*Hancock County, Georgia (77.76%)
*Lowndes County, Alabama (73.37%)
*Sumter County, Alabama (73.17%)
*Bullock County, Alabama (73.11%)
*Wilcox County, Alabama (71.90%)
*Humphreys County, Mississippi (71.51%)
*Allendale County, South Carolina (71.00%)
*Tunica County, Mississippi (70.15%)

ee also

*List of U.S. cities with African American majority populations
*Lists of U.S. cities with non-white majority populations
*List of U.S. cities with large African-American populations - over 30% African-American cities ranked by percentage
*List of U.S. counties with Hispanic majority populations