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 51 to 100.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
51	Richmond County	GA	56	31,674	22,075	69.7%
52	Baltimore city	MD	153	77,341	53,812	69.6%
53	Orleans Parish	LA	77	48,238	33,495	69.4%
54	Portsmouth city	VA	22	12,905	8,961	69.4%
55	St. Croix Island	VI	10	5,145	3,569	69.4%
56	Washington County	GA	4	2,661	1,840	69.1%
57	Jefferson County	AR	21	8,520	5,871	68.9%
58	Claiborne Parish	LA	6	1,616	1,105	68.4%
59	Danville city	VA	13	5,564	3,788	68.1%
60	Jefferson County	GA	5	2,017	1,373	68.1%
61	Rockdale County	GA	19	15,355	10,396	67.7%
62	Turner County	GA	3	1,107	748	67.6%
63	Haywood County	TN	7	2,422	1,630	67.3%
64	Franklin city	VA	3	1,279	858	67.1%
65	Sumter County	GA	6	4,145	2,772	66.9%
66	Iberville Parish	LA	9	4,589	3,050	66.5%
67	Sussex County	VA	3	1,047	695	66.4%
68	Jefferson Davis County	MS	4	1,217	799	65.7%
69	Baldwin County	GA	7	4,520	2,943	65.1%
70	Dooly County	GA	4	1,067	693	64.9%
71	Hampton County	SC	9	2,272	1,472	64.8%
72	Henry County	GA	54	43,102	27,792	64.5%
73	Morehouse Parish	LA	5	3,082	1,988	64.5%
74	Oktibbeha County	MS	7	4,880	3,145	64.4%
75	Caddo Parish	LA	59	33,851	21,718	64.2%
76	Clayton County	GA	73	63,156	40,477	64.1%
77	Warren County	NC	7	1,687	1,074	63.7%
78	Bamberg County	SC	6	1,817	1,152	63.4%
79	Clarke County	AL	10	3,143	1,990	63.3%
80	Sumter County	SC	26	14,608	9,206	63.0%
81	Newton County	GA	22	18,672	11,703	62.7%
82	Burke County	GA	5	3,841	2,404	62.6%
83	Warren County	MS	14	6,610	4,124	62.4%
84	Butler County	AL	6	2,699	1,679	62.2%
85	Randolph County	GA	4	1,157	714	61.7%
86	Winston County	MS	6	2,413	1,489	61.7%
87	District of Columbia	DC	246	94,385	58,187	61.6%
88	Panola County	MS	10	5,323	3,264	61.3%
89	East Baton Rouge Parish	LA	125	66,892	40,735	60.9%
90	St. James Parish	LA	6	3,194	1,934	60.6%
91	Copiah County	MS	7	3,397	2,028	59.7%
92	Crisp County	GA	6	3,327	1,975	59.4%
93	Red River Parish	LA	5	1,243	735	59.1%
94	Hampton city	VA	30	19,472	11,486	59.0%
95	Pickens County	AL	6	2,210	1,301	58.9%
96	Marengo County	AL	10	3,270	1,916	58.6%
97	McDuffie County	GA	6	3,088	1,811	58.6%
98	Richland County	SC	98	60,410	35,399	58.6%
99	Douglas County	GA	37	26,121	15,217	58.3%
100	Shelby County	TN	270	154,209	89,932	58.3%

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

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