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 101 to 150.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
101	Hopewell city	VA	6	3,949	2,284	57.8%
102	Calhoun County	SC	3	1,465	846	57.7%
103	Charles County	MD	38	28,162	16,210	57.6%
104	Marlboro County	SC	7	3,380	1,947	57.6%
105	Martinsville city	VA	5	1,793	1,031	57.5%
106	East Feliciana Parish	LA	7	1,649	945	57.3%
107	St. Landry Parish	LA	34	11,731	6,713	57.2%
108	Calhoun County	GA	4	1,021	583	57.1%
109	Lauderdale County	MS	20	10,325	5,893	57.1%
110	Vance County	NC	18	7,495	4,282	57.1%
111	Fayette County	TN	8	2,941	1,672	56.9%
112	Lowndes County	MS	16	8,512	4,783	56.2%
113	Pike County	AL	8	3,951	2,214	56.0%
114	Meriwether County	GA	7	2,245	1,254	55.9%
115	Walthall County	MS	5	1,698	949	55.9%
116	Muscogee County	GA	55	30,110	16,783	55.7%
117	Halifax County	NC	23	6,803	3,769	55.4%
118	Mitchell County	GA	8	3,390	1,877	55.4%
119	Pointe Coupee Parish	LA	5	2,293	1,270	55.4%
120	Norfolk city	VA	44	26,807	14,797	55.2%
121	Prince Edward County	VA	3	1,845	1,019	55.2%
122	Richmond city	VA	46	20,253	11,189	55.2%
123	Anson County	NC	9	2,924	1,605	54.9%
124	Wilkinson County	GA	4	1,036	568	54.8%
125	Suffolk city	VA	19	14,565	7,967	54.7%
126	Chatham County	GA	59	36,380	19,820	54.5%
127	Wayne County	MS	6	2,977	1,623	54.5%
128	Liberty County	GA	12	10,925	5,941	54.4%
129	Russell County	AL	16	10,127	5,506	54.4%
130	Leake County	MS	7	2,644	1,435	54.3%
131	Marshall County	MS	12	3,762	2,041	54.3%
132	Essex County	VA	3	1,092	592	54.2%
133	Attala County	MS	9	2,925	1,582	54.1%
134	Natchitoches Parish	LA	14	5,064	2,741	54.1%
135	Washington County	NC	6	1,586	853	53.8%
136	Hardeman County	TN	9	3,157	1,689	53.5%
137	West Baton Rouge Parish	LA	10	4,153	2,221	53.5%
138	Franklin Parish	LA	6	2,454	1,308	53.3%
139	Madison County	TN	26	13,050	6,951	53.3%
140	Spalding County	GA	18	9,350	4,986	53.3%
141	Clarendon County	SC	11	4,423	2,344	53.0%
142	DeKalb County	GA	154	102,960	54,401	52.8%
143	Newport News city	VA	40	25,882	13,618	52.6%
144	Edgecombe County	NC	24	8,573	4,494	52.4%
145	Fulton County	GA	202	138,270	72,352	52.3%
146	Florence County	SC	37	21,641	11,263	52.0%
147	Lancaster County	VA	3	1,018	522	51.3%
148	Richland Parish	LA	12	3,312	1,695	51.2%
149	Brooks County	GA	6	2,179	1,113	51.1%
150	Bienville Parish	LA	7	1,799	916	50.9%

By state

54 states

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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