Michigan: the counties with the highest share of Black students

73 counties

Michigan 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.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Wayne County	MI	543	259,786	107,520	41.4%
2	Saginaw County	MI	73	25,621	6,842	26.7%
3	Genesee County	MI	150	58,534	15,136	25.9%
4	Macomb County	MI	226	115,743	25,722	22.2%
5	Kalamazoo County	MI	83	34,151	6,442	18.9%
6	Berrien County	MI	74	21,027	3,942	18.7%
7	Oakland County	MI	331	169,926	31,637	18.6%
8	Muskegon County	MI	68	25,245	4,611	18.3%
9	Ingham County	MI	93	37,914	6,667	17.6%
10	Manistee County	MI	13	6,511	1,044	16.0%
11	Washtenaw County	MI	101	42,861	6,605	15.4%
12	Calhoun County	MI	55	18,982	2,851	15.0%
13	Kent County	MI	230	97,253	14,351	14.8%
14	Wexford County	MI	14	8,553	1,107	12.9%
15	Jackson County	MI	62	21,681	2,080	9.6%
16	Eaton County	MI	46	17,025	1,543	9.1%
17	Cass County	MI	23	6,258	318	5.1%
18	Van Buren County	MI	44	14,850	667	4.5%
19	Monroe County	MI	50	20,286	839	4.1%
20	Montcalm County	MI	29	11,168	462	4.1%
21	St. Clair County	MI	54	20,511	795	3.9%
22	Menominee County	MI	16	3,979	140	3.5%
23	St. Joseph County	MI	31	9,517	332	3.5%
24	Ionia County	MI	28	10,506	354	3.4%
25	Bay County	MI	34	12,525	375	3.0%
26	Isabella County	MI	19	6,493	193	3.0%
27	Clinton County	MI	26	9,640	281	2.9%
28	Ottawa County	MI	99	42,894	1,095	2.6%
29	Grand Traverse County	MI	30	12,069	286	2.4%
30	Mecosta County	MI	17	5,219	111	2.1%
31	Branch County	MI	16	6,546	123	1.9%
32	Crawford County	MI	5	1,659	28	1.7%
33	Lenawee County	MI	45	14,256	249	1.7%
34	Midland County	MI	26	11,324	195	1.7%
35	Allegan County	MI	54	17,174	255	1.5%
36	Osceola County	MI	13	3,573	52	1.5%
37	Mason County	MI	12	3,846	52	1.4%
38	Tuscola County	MI	25	6,459	93	1.4%
39	Iosco County	MI	10	3,497	45	1.3%
40	Chippewa County	MI	19	4,835	59	1.2%
41	Kalkaska County	MI	7	1,728	19	1.1%
42	Newaygo County	MI	21	6,782	74	1.1%
43	Gratiot County	MI	24	5,245	50	1.0%
44	Mackinac County	MI	9	1,091	11	1.0%
45	Barry County	MI	21	8,041	75	0.9%
46	Benzie County	MI	7	1,493	13	0.9%
47	Delta County	MI	14	4,382	41	0.9%
48	Houghton County	MI	17	5,267	45	0.9%
49	Iron County	MI	3	1,241	11	0.9%
50	Lapeer County	MI	27	10,962	94	0.9%

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