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California: the counties with the highest share of Black students

55 counties

California public school districts 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.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
1Solano CountyCA10460,7656,98511.5%
2Sacramento CountyCA382259,34224,2559.4%
3Alameda CountyCA373210,51116,6157.9%
4Contra Costa CountyCA273167,42313,0557.8%
5San Bernardino CountyCA563393,64829,1187.4%
6San Francisco CountyCA12456,5054,1747.4%
7San Joaquin CountyCA243153,02610,2616.7%
8Los Angeles CountyCA2,1741,265,90783,5206.6%
9Riverside CountyCA513424,87223,6445.6%
10Kern CountyCA271197,4319,4214.8%
11Fresno CountyCA352206,0728,8614.3%
12San Diego CountyCA749467,43718,8184.0%
13Yuba CountyCA4116,0455283.3%
14Ventura CountyCA228147,8414,7083.2%
15Kings CountyCA6328,7428793.1%
16Yolo CountyCA6229,8208322.8%
17Merced CountyCA10759,4561,4052.4%
18Napa CountyCA4018,5574052.2%
19Stanislaus CountyCA184106,4772,1922.1%
20Placer CountyCA11870,5901,4272.0%
21Butte CountyCA8729,7305751.9%
22Santa Clara CountyCA401230,0593,8521.7%
23Marin CountyCA7129,8674841.6%
24Shasta CountyCA9026,6394121.5%
25Sonoma CountyCA17063,3899251.5%
26Sutter CountyCA4323,7843521.5%
27Orange CountyCA630430,4585,6721.3%
28Lake CountyCA3810,1671191.2%
29Madera CountyCA7632,2513861.2%
30Siskiyou CountyCA436,059671.1%
31El Dorado CountyCA6734,7063591.0%
32Humboldt CountyCA9117,3191651.0%
33Lassen CountyCA223,757361.0%
34San Mateo CountyCA16982,4038301.0%
35Tulare CountyCA192101,4941,0001.0%
36Monterey CountyCA14073,8456980.9%
37Nevada CountyCA4113,5611230.9%
38Mariposa CountyCA151,893150.8%
39San Benito CountyCA2611,633970.8%
40Trinity CountyCA171,461120.8%
41Tuolumne CountyCA255,724460.8%
42Colusa CountyCA214,732340.7%
43San Luis Obispo CountyCA8233,3392320.7%
44Santa Barbara CountyCA12066,1914480.7%
45Tehama CountyCA4010,948820.7%
46Calaveras CountyCA225,261310.6%
47Santa Cruz CountyCA7936,3162180.6%
48Amador CountyCA144,050200.5%
49Glenn CountyCA216,252330.5%
50Imperial CountyCA7236,5131950.5%

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