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County rankings · Race

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 801 to 850.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
801Berkeley CountyWV3220,0062,03610.2%
802Chatham CountyNC2410,3741,05910.2%
803Clay CountyMN2611,4701,17110.2%
804Dane CountyWI16578,5257,97710.2%
805Howard CountyIN2812,7861,30410.2%
806Lawrence CountyAL124,67647810.2%
807Manassas cityVA107,99681310.2%
808Warren CountyNJ3915,4621,58310.2%
809Cumberland CountyME9138,2243,85910.1%
810Hampden CountyMA16368,5406,91510.1%
811Harrisonburg cityVA116,93470210.1%
812Geneva CountyAL124,04340410.0%
813Mercer CountyPA3412,8151,27810.0%
814Wilson CountyTN3225,3312,52410.0%
815Franklin CountyKY177,1217029.9%
816Lincoln CountyTN114,9794939.9%
817Fairfax CountyVA196174,47517,0429.8%
818Grant CountyIN2710,7431,0549.8%
819Kandiyohi CountyMN206,2136119.8%
820Madison CountyIN2818,2271,7879.8%
821Weakley CountyTN103,9933919.8%
822Hunt CountyTX4420,7712,0089.7%
823Middlesex CountyNJ209129,25512,5139.7%
824Randolph CountyIN1611,7721,1449.7%
825Adair CountyMO82,7242629.6%
826Burleson CountyTX93,1283019.6%
827Jackson CountyMI6221,6812,0809.6%
828Kenosha CountyWI5427,1142,6139.6%
829Lorain CountyOH8942,5164,0839.6%
830Wichita CountyTX4523,0472,2169.6%
831Ellsworth CountyKS61,7021629.5%
832Hot Spring CountyAR145,4105139.5%
833Jefferson CountyOH248,6358199.5%
834Somerset CountyNJ8451,2764,8549.5%
835Kanawha CountyWV6725,1732,3789.4%
836Oconee CountySC169,9789359.4%
837Sacramento CountyCA382259,34224,2559.4%
838Beauregard ParishLA135,9155519.3%
839Broome CountyNY5224,5942,2919.3%
840Delaware CountyIN3415,6831,4619.3%
841Floyd CountyIN1611,8491,1039.3%
842Glades CountyFL71,8521729.3%
843Gulf CountyFL51,9011779.3%
844Washington CountyMN9246,3134,2879.3%
845King CountyWA509278,49225,6729.2%
846Oneida CountyNY7232,2652,9549.2%
847Butler CountyMO196,4355859.1%
848Catawba CountyNC4422,3922,0449.1%
849Eaton CountyMI4617,0251,5439.1%
850Henry CountyTN94,4624049.1%

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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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