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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 851 to 900.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
851Jackson CountyGA2017,3541,5779.1%
852Franklin CountyFL51,2341119.0%
853Giles CountyVA63,5753239.0%
854Licking CountyOH6129,8152,6839.0%
855Nantucket CountyMA41,7191559.0%
856Cambria CountyPA3715,7891,4038.9%
857Dakota CountyNE114,4373948.9%
858Lubbock CountyTX10152,3014,6438.9%
859Passaic CountyNJ15083,2377,3758.9%
860Shawnee CountyKS5226,2942,3528.9%
861St. Charles CountyMO8659,3145,2768.9%
862Mercer CountyWV258,3107328.8%
863Multnomah CountyOR16781,0967,1438.8%
864Titus CountyTX156,9726158.8%
865Trinity CountyTX82,2571998.8%
866Charlotte CountyFL2416,9971,4738.7%
867Milam CountyTX174,3373778.7%
868Winchester cityVA85,2354578.7%
869Carroll CountyTN144,3643748.6%
870Hanover CountyVA2417,4341,4938.6%
871Montgomery CountyTX143134,59511,5278.6%
872Roanoke CountyVA2513,1541,1368.6%
873Buncombe CountyNC6129,9082,5428.5%
874Todd CountyKY71,8861608.5%
875Travis CountyTX312191,70616,2038.5%
876Hardin CountyTX2110,5418878.4%
877Pasco CountyFL10586,8737,2768.4%
878Pierce CountyGA53,6473088.4%
879San Jacinto CountyTX83,5532998.4%
880Lake CountyOH5527,8992,3158.3%
881Richland CountyOH4818,7721,5548.3%
882Suffolk CountyNY343222,43918,4428.3%
883Fairfax cityVA45,3344368.2%
884Matagorda CountyTX167,1995888.2%
885Northampton CountyPA6038,3163,1278.2%
886Chester CountyPA11083,4686,7678.1%
887Hernando CountyFL2923,7341,9148.1%
888Morgan CountyIL194,4463598.1%
889Pierce CountyWA269138,46211,1898.1%
890Simpson CountyKY63,0802488.1%
891Woodbury CountyIA3618,2101,4828.1%
892Chemung CountyNY2410,7888638.0%
893Cherokee CountyGA3842,6423,4078.0%
894Columbia CountyWA61,144918.0%
895LaSalle ParishLA92,5202028.0%
896Lehigh CountyPA8356,9844,5548.0%
897Polk CountyTX187,0455638.0%
898Alameda CountyCA373210,51116,6157.9%
899Muskogee CountyOK3611,9119457.9%
900Portage CountyOH4619,6381,5437.9%

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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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