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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 county is at 2.4%. Showing ranks 601 to 650.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
601Maury CountyTN2413,0982,11016.1%
602Cole CountyMO2310,3121,64516.0%
603King George CountyVA54,59173516.0%
604Manistee CountyMI136,5111,04416.0%
605McCracken CountyKY209,8831,58416.0%
606Pamlico CountyNC51,62826016.0%
607Pontotoc CountyMS125,86593816.0%
608Union CountyMS75,13582016.0%
609Washington CountyMD4323,3203,73816.0%
610Horry CountySC5849,6397,91415.9%
611Jackson CountyAR51,79028415.9%
612Onslow CountyNC4027,5014,35915.9%
613Clay CountyAL41,72927115.7%
614Harris CountyGA75,66388815.7%
615Webster CountyMS41,71727015.7%
616Geary CountyKS146,8801,07015.6%
617Greene CountyMS51,62125315.6%
618Queens CountyNY392268,20541,84015.6%
619Stephenson CountyIL206,09295015.6%
620Barrow CountyGA1715,3132,38115.5%
621Brazos CountyTX5332,4305,04115.5%
622Brevard CountyFL10973,58711,39815.5%
623Clark CountyNV447360,22555,85715.5%
624Anderson CountyTX258,0711,24515.4%
625Jeff Davis CountyGA43,07447215.4%
626Washtenaw CountyMI10142,8616,60515.4%
627Amelia CountyVA31,60024515.3%
628Lamar CountyTX208,5161,30615.3%
629Clark CountyOH4220,5153,11515.2%
630Oklahoma CountyOK220161,56924,38915.1%
631Radford cityVA53,32150315.1%
632Calhoun CountyMI5518,9822,85115.0%
633Pearl River CountyMS158,4561,25714.9%
634Talbot CountyMD84,48566914.9%
635Tippah CountyMS83,62354014.9%
636Bay CountyFL4827,6724,10114.8%
637Cape Girardeau CountyMO2511,0251,63714.8%
638Covington CountyAL146,17391114.8%
639Frederick CountyMD6748,0547,10614.8%
640Iredell CountyNC5131,9064,73114.8%
641Kent CountyMI23097,25314,35114.8%
642Saline CountyAR3120,0222,95814.8%
643Caldwell ParishLA51,31019314.7%
644Capitol Planning RegionCT279137,04720,09314.7%
645Comanche CountyOK4420,7863,04914.7%
646Gloucester CountyNJ8146,0806,71914.6%
647Allen CountyOH3514,5792,11614.5%
648Bryan CountyGA1010,6771,54314.5%
649Camp CountyTX52,24532614.5%
650Cass CountyND6627,8264,04814.5%

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

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