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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 201 to 250.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
201Lawrence CountyMS51,67470942.4%
202Columbia CountyAR93,4721,46842.3%
203Leon CountyFL5535,24614,90842.3%
204Ben Hill CountyGA52,9101,22742.2%
205Johnson CountyGA31,02643342.2%
206Thomas CountyGA138,4513,56942.2%
207Jasper CountyMS72,11088441.9%
208Guilford CountyNC13779,53933,26241.8%
209Taylor CountyGA41,17649241.8%
210Mississippi CountyAR216,9302,89141.7%
211Houston CountyGA3830,93912,82041.4%
212Lauderdale CountyTN73,2771,35741.4%
213Wayne CountyMI543259,786107,52041.4%
214Chowan CountyNC41,76773041.3%
215Halifax CountyVA104,4961,85641.3%
216Mecklenburg CountyVA63,9071,60641.1%
217Georgetown CountySC198,2083,36641.0%
218Lee CountyMS3014,8086,05040.9%
219Avoyelles ParishLA135,7262,33640.8%
220Rapides ParishLA4621,4818,76940.8%
221Pasquotank CountyNC145,7742,34240.6%
222Lafayette ParishLA4835,90314,45940.3%
223Houston CountyAL3015,1276,07240.1%
224Emanuel CountyGA63,9391,57239.9%
225Pulaski CountyGA31,32052739.9%
226St. Clair CountyIL8540,87916,27039.8%
227Marion CountyMS113,6671,45639.7%
228Cuyahoga CountyOH341155,92461,68239.6%
229Greene CountyGA52,5971,02939.6%
230Assumption ParishLA92,7011,06739.5%
231Baltimore CountyMD177110,87243,36639.1%
232Dorchester CountyMD114,5861,79139.1%
233Wicomico CountyMD2515,5826,09739.1%
234Duval CountyFL211141,20954,93238.9%
235Southampton CountyVA62,36391938.9%
236Northampton CountyVA41,30050438.8%
237Barnwell CountySC144,3001,65438.5%
238De Soto ParishLA94,9231,89538.5%
239Talladega CountyAL2610,9734,22138.5%
240Telfair CountyGA41,54359238.4%
241Evangeline ParishLA135,3262,04138.3%
242Washington ParishLA146,3262,41238.1%
243Broward CountyFL327244,50292,99138.0%
244Bulloch CountyGA1611,1944,25438.0%
245Lincoln CountyMS105,3272,02238.0%
246McIntosh CountyGA31,39452937.9%
247Evans CountyGA51,75266237.8%
248Ware CountyGA105,9272,24037.8%
249Clarke CountyMS72,37789537.7%
250Union CountyAR146,9332,61737.7%

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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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