The counties with the highest share of Black students

2,745 counties

US counties ranked by the share of public school students who are Black or African American. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked district is at 2.4%.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Holmes County	MS	7	2,300	2,255	98.0%
2	Wilcox County	AL	5	1,147	1,112	96.9%
3	Lowndes County	AL	7	1,109	1,055	95.1%
4	Madison Parish	LA	5	1,133	1,069	94.4%
5	Sunflower County	MS	11	2,807	2,624	93.5%
6	Tallahatchie County	MS	5	1,345	1,202	89.4%
7	Lee County	SC	7	1,485	1,321	89.0%
8	Adams County	MS	7	2,714	2,403	88.5%
9	Perry County	AL	3	1,190	1,043	87.6%
10	Dallas County	AL	19	4,584	4,003	87.3%
11	Dougherty County	GA	22	13,241	11,548	87.2%
12	Tunica County	MS	5	1,598	1,394	87.2%
13	Williamsburg County	SC	10	2,794	2,415	86.4%
14	Claiborne County	MS	3	1,135	954	84.1%
15	Chicot County	AR	7	1,147	959	83.6%
16	St. Thomas Island	VI	9	5,027	4,190	83.3%
17	Leflore County	MS	13	3,921	3,241	82.7%
18	Jefferson County	MS	3	1,083	886	81.8%
19	Petersburg city	VA	7	4,582	3,744	81.7%
20	Macon County	AL	6	1,907	1,544	81.0%
21	Northampton County	NC	6	2,246	1,818	80.9%
22	Early County	GA	3	1,482	1,198	80.8%
23	Clay County	MS	6	2,528	2,011	79.5%
24	Phillips County	AR	9	2,669	2,110	79.1%
25	Bullock County	AL	3	1,327	1,037	78.1%
26	Hinds County	MS	69	32,870	25,620	77.9%
27	Bertie County	NC	7	1,819	1,412	77.6%
28	Fairfield County	SC	8	2,409	1,868	77.5%
29	Hertford County	NC	7	2,367	1,820	76.9%
30	Yazoo County	MS	7	3,040	2,336	76.8%
31	Marion County	SC	9	3,633	2,760	76.0%
32	Bolivar County	MS	15	4,415	3,342	75.7%
33	Coahoma County	MS	13	3,518	2,663	75.7%
34	Macon County	GA	3	1,047	784	74.9%
35	Brunswick County	VA	5	1,369	1,018	74.4%
36	Washington County	MS	21	6,329	4,655	73.6%
37	Choctaw County	AL	4	1,025	748	73.0%
38	Orangeburg County	SC	30	11,507	8,354	72.6%
39	St. John the Baptist Parish	LA	10	5,039	3,646	72.4%
40	Bibb County	GA	40	23,725	17,104	72.1%
41	Sumter County	AL	6	1,682	1,212	72.1%
42	Humphreys County	MS	3	1,130	811	71.8%
43	Crittenden County	AR	17	8,770	6,287	71.7%
44	St. Louis city	MO	101	29,941	21,443	71.6%
45	Pike County	MS	15	5,717	4,081	71.4%
46	Montgomery County	AL	58	31,131	22,180	71.2%
47	Conecuh County	AL	7	1,344	956	71.1%
48	Hale County	AL	6	2,193	1,551	70.7%
49	St. Francis County	AR	7	2,904	2,047	70.5%
50	Gadsden County	FL	16	4,633	3,253	70.2%

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Alaska 19 Alabama 65 Arkansas 68 Arizona 15 California 55 Colorado 41 Connecticut 9 District of Columbia 1 Delaware 3 Florida 65 Georgia 137 Guam 1 Hawaii 4 Iowa 90 Idaho 35 Illinois 89 Indiana 91 Kansas 61 Kentucky 110 Louisiana 60 Massachusetts 14 Maryland 24 Maine 16 Michigan 73 Minnesota 80 Missouri 101 Mississippi 73 Montana 29 North Carolina 98 North Dakota 19 Nebraska 47 New Hampshire 10 New Jersey 21 New Mexico 26 Nevada 11 New York 61 Ohio 88 Oklahoma 66 Oregon 33 Pennsylvania 64 Puerto Rico 72 Rhode Island 5 South Carolina 44 South Dakota 31 Tennessee 90 Texas 196 Utah 25 Virginia 118 US Virgin Islands 2 Vermont 12 Washington 37 Wisconsin 70 West Virginia 49 Wyoming 21

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