AkashicThe most Black places in America
Of the 100 counties most defined by black, 14 voted Republican and 86 Democratic in 2024 — a median of D+20.5, and as a group they shifted −5.1 points toward Republicans from 2020 to 2024.
Does black move the vote?
Every U.S. county, plotted by how much of the community lives there against its 2024 presidential margin — the demographic dial on one axis, the political one on the other.
Across every county, the more black a county is, the more Democratic it votes — a moderate relationship (r = +0.41).
| Black range | Counties | Median margin |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1% – 3.6% | 1576 | R+45.1 |
| 3.6% – 7.0% | 342 | R+39.9 |
| 7.0% – 10.5% | 188 | R+34.7 |
| 10.5% – 13.9% | 124 | R+31.7 |
| 13.9% – 17.4% | 84 | R+39.6 |
| 17.4% – 20.9% | 68 | R+30.1 |
| 20.9% – 24.3% | 76 | R+33.3 |
| 24.3% – 27.8% | 54 | R+33.3 |
| 27.8% – 31.3% | 61 | R+31.9 |
| 31.3% – 34.7% | 36 | R+25.4 |
| 34.7% – 38.2% | 36 | R+24.3 |
| 38.2% – 41.6% | 41 | R+14.7 |
| 41.6% – 45.1% | 27 | R+13.9 |
| 45.1% – 48.6% | 18 | D+3.6 |
| 48.6% – 52.0% | 19 | D+2.3 |
| 52.0% – 55.5% | 75 | D+24.6 |
Where black concentrates
Every county shaded by black — deep where the community clusters, pale at the other end. Counties below 5,000 population are suppressed.
The leaderboard
Ranked most to least by black. Filter by region or state, switch the column lens, cap the list, and sort on any figure.
| # | 2008–24 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claiborne County, MS | 85.9% | D D+67.6 | −3.7 | 3,541 | |
| 2 | Jefferson County, MS | 82.9% | D D+66.3 | −5.3 | 3,299 | |
| 3 | Greene County, AL | 81.2% | D D+55.7 | −7.4 | 4,039 | |
| 4 | Holmes County, MS | 81.0% | D D+62.1 | −2.2 | 6,730 | |
| 5 | Tunica County, MS | 79.9% | D D+38.9 | −10.3 | 2,668 | |
| 6 | Humphreys County, MS | 78.2% | D D+41.9 | −3.4 | 3,468 | |
| 7 | Macon County, AL | 77.5% | D D+56.2 | −7.6 | 7,834 | |
| 8 | Coahoma County, MS | 74.4% | D D+39.8 | −3.1 | 6,790 | |
| 9 | Leflore County, MS | 74.3% | D D+38.4 | −3.0 | 9,421 | |
| 10 | Petersburg city, VA | 74.2% | D D+72.5 | −4.0 | 13,119 | |
| 11 | Lowndes County, AL | 73.8% | D D+37.3 | −8.6 | 5,655 | |
| 12 | Noxubee County, MS | 73.6% | D D+47.6 | −4.8 | 4,449 | |
| 13 | Quitman County, MS | 73.5% | D D+30.7 | −4.1 | 2,677 | |
| 14 | Sunflower County, MS | 72.7% | D D+35.5 | −5.6 | 7,876 | |
| 15 | Hinds County, MS | 71.7% | D D+46.1 | −2.2 | 86,830 | |
| 16 | Washington County, MS | 71.4% | D D+35.0 | −5.0 | 14,540 | |
| 17 | Perry County, AL | 71.2% | D D+42.7 | −5.5 | 4,465 | |
| 18 | Dougherty County, GA | 70.2% | D D+41.1 | +1.1 | 33,850 | |
| 19 | Wilcox County, AL | 70.0% | D D+31.5 | −6.1 | 5,263 | |
| 20 | Dallas County, AL | 69.9% | D D+32.5 | −5.1 | 15,547 | |
| 21 | Hancock County, GA | 69.7% | D D+35.4 | −8.5 | 4,240 | |
| 22 | Bullock County, AL | 69.5% | D D+45.8 | −4.1 | 4,111 | |
| 23 | Clayton County, GA | 68.5% | D D+69.2 | −1.7 | 111,729 | |
| 24 | Sumter County, AL | 68.1% | D D+41.1 | −7.3 | 5,307 | |
| 25 | Randolph County, GA | 67.4% | D D+7.6 | −1.5 | 2,990 | |
| 26 | Wilkinson County, MS | 67.2% | D D+25.3 | −9.2 | 2,931 | |
| 27 | Allendale County, SC | 66.3% | D D+44.7 | −7.7 | 3,023 | |
| 28 | Emporia city, VA | 64.3% | D D+31.0 | −5.1 | 2,179 | |
| 29 | Bolivar County, MS | 63.2% | D D+23.7 | −7.1 | 10,435 | |
| 30 | Williamsburg County, SC | 63.1% | D D+21.7 | −8.1 | 14,330 | |
| 31 | Lee County, SC | 62.2% | D D+17.7 | −9.9 | 8,076 | |
| 32 | East Carroll Parish, LA | 62.0% | D D+17.6 | −9.4 | 2,306 | |
| 33 | Madison Parish, LA | 61.9% | D D+6.2 | −9.3 | 3,992 | |
| 34 | Tallahatchie County, MS | 60.8% | D D+5.9 | −4.9 | 5,012 | |
| 35 | Orangeburg County, SC | 60.7% | D D+24.6 | −8.7 | 36,970 | |
| 36 | Phillips County, AR | 60.2% | D D+13.3 | −6.0 | 4,938 | |
| 37 | Clay County, MS | 60.2% | D D+10.4 | −5.9 | 9,057 | |
| 38 | Terrell County, GA | 59.9% | D D+4.1 | −4.3 | 4,341 | |
| 39 | Bertie County, NC | 59.6% | D D+15.7 | −6.0 | 9,186 | |
| 40 | Jefferson Davis County, MS | 59.5% | D D+13.7 | −3.4 | 5,378 | |
| 41 | Kemper County, MS | 59.4% | D D+16.9 | −6.4 | 4,086 | |
| 42 | Bamberg County, SC | 59.4% | D D+15.3 | −9.3 | 5,694 | |
| 43 | Montgomery County, AL | 58.8% | D D+30.6 | −0.9 | 89,798 | |
| 44 | Baltimore city, MD | 58.5% | D D+72.4 | −4.2 | 230,754 | |
| 45 | Calhoun County, GA | 58.4% | D D+12.3 | −3.1 | 2,056 | |
| 46 | Macon County, GA | 58.4% | D D+17.9 | −5.1 | 4,686 | |
| 47 | Prince George's County, MD | 58.2% | D D+74.8 | −5.8 | 404,009 | |
| 48 | Rockdale County, GA | 57.5% | D D+47.5 | +6.7 | 45,160 | |
| 49 | Yazoo County, MS | 57.1% | R R+2.4 | −8.8 | 8,971 | |
| 50 | St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | 56.8% | D D+29.1 | +0.9 | 18,827 | |
| 51 | Jefferson County, AR | 56.3% | D D+20.1 | −1.6 | 21,608 | |
| 52 | Warren County, GA | 56.0% | D D+4.7 | −6.7 | 2,592 | |
| 53 | Adams County, MS | 56.0% | D D+13.9 | −2.2 | 11,928 | |
| 54 | Greensville County, VA | 55.9% | D D+9.2 | −6.3 | 4,303 | |
| 55 | Richmond County, GA | 55.7% | D D+36.1 | −1.1 | 83,578 | |
| 56 | Hertford County, NC | 55.6% | D D+26.6 | −7.4 | 9,818 | |
| 57 | Edgecombe County, NC | 55.5% | D D+22.7 | −4.3 | 24,451 | |
| 58 | Marion County, SC | 54.8% | D D+10.5 | −11.0 | 13,388 | |
| 59 | Franklin city, VA | 54.8% | D D+22.7 | −2.9 | 3,887 | |
| 60 | Bibb County, GA | 54.7% | D D+22.4 | −1.4 | 69,181 | |
| 61 | Hale County, AL | 54.6% | D D+6.8 | −11.8 | 7,305 | |
| 62 | Lee County, AR | 54.5% | D D+3.5 | −1.3 | 2,520 | |
| 63 | Fairfield County, SC | 54.5% | D D+13.2 | −9.5 | 11,215 | |
| 64 | St. Francis County, AR | 54.4% | D D+0.7 | −4.4 | 5,979 | |
| 65 | Northampton County, NC | 54.4% | D D+14.5 | −6.1 | 9,215 | |
| 66 | Sussex County, VA | 54.1% | D D+4.4 | −7.5 | 4,900 | |
| 67 | Orleans Parish, LA | 53.9% | D D+67.0 | −1.1 | 159,130 | |
| 68 | Talbot County, GA | 53.7% | D D+12.0 | −8.5 | 3,379 | |
| 69 | Pike County, MS | 53.6% | R R+3.5 | −4.5 | 15,485 | |
| 70 | Chicot County, AR | 53.3% | D D+4.0 | −8.4 | 3,490 | |
| 71 | Early County, GA | 53.2% | R R+11.5 | −6.0 | 4,879 | |
| 72 | Washington County, GA | 53.1% | R R+1.9 | −2.6 | 9,493 | |
| 73 | Jefferson County, GA | 52.7% | R R+1.2 | −8.1 | 7,463 | |
| 74 | Shelby County, TN | 52.3% | D D+25.4 | −5.1 | 326,497 | |
| 75 | Gadsden County, FL | 52.2% | D D+30.7 | −5.9 | 21,868 | |
| 76 | Jasper County, MS | 52.0% | R R+5.0 | −5.5 | 7,890 | |
| 77 | Hampton County, SC | 51.9% | D D+6.4 | −8.8 | 8,233 | |
| 78 | Halifax County, NC | 51.5% | D D+17.7 | −3.5 | 23,965 | |
| 79 | Brunswick County, VA | 51.5% | D D+8.5 | −5.4 | 7,751 | |
| 80 | Henry County, GA | 51.2% | D D+29.7 | +9.2 | 129,034 | |
| 81 | Crittenden County, AR | 50.9% | D D+2.3 | −4.9 | 14,681 | |
| 82 | Marengo County, AL | 50.8% | R R+3.8 | −5.1 | 9,682 | |
| 83 | St. Helena Parish, LA | 50.7% | D D+0.8 | −9.5 | 5,745 | |
| 84 | Copiah County, MS | 50.5% | R R+6.1 | −7.8 | 11,665 | |
| 85 | Danville city, VA | 50.5% | D D+21.0 | −1.1 | 17,712 | |
| 86 | DeKalb County, GA | 50.4% | D D+64.8 | −2.6 | 366,008 | |
| 87 | Claiborne Parish, LA | 50.3% | R R+22.1 | −6.3 | 5,816 | |
| 88 | Portsmouth city, VA | 50.2% | D D+38.5 | −2.3 | 41,353 | |
| 89 | Sumter County, GA | 49.8% | D D+2.2 | −2.6 | 12,049 | |
| 90 | Douglas County, GA | 49.2% | D D+31.5 | +6.3 | 70,721 | |
| 91 | Desha County, AR | 49.0% | R R+4.8 | −7.0 | 3,505 | |
| 92 | Haywood County, TN | 48.8% | D D+0.4 | −8.6 | 6,652 | |
| 93 | Caddo Parish, LA | 48.7% | D D+4.6 | −2.1 | 94,699 | |
| 94 | Warren County, MS | 48.6% | R R+4.0 | −4.3 | 18,298 | |
| 95 | Charles County, MD | 48.4% | D D+40.5 | −0.4 | 92,097 | |
| 96 | Morehouse Parish, LA | 48.3% | R R+19.3 | −5.8 | 10,097 | |
| 97 | Panola County, MS | 48.2% | R R+14.8 | −10.6 | 14,422 | |
| 98 | Hampton city, VA | 48.1% | D D+39.8 | −2.4 | 62,823 | |
| 99 | Chickasaw County, MS | 47.7% | R R+13.7 | −9.2 | 7,234 | |
| 100 | Washington County, NC | 47.7% | D D+6.2 | −3.7 | 5,944 |
Source. Demographics — U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year (ancestry B04006, language C16001, income B19013/B19001, education S1501, poverty S1701); adherence — 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB); density — Census TIGER land area · counties and cities ≥ 5,000 population, ranked by black; the medians are taken across the 100 top counties; the correlation is over all 2,825 eligible counties. Presidential results are two-party margins (MIT Election Lab); city results are precinct-derived for 2008–2024. A place can be demographically homogeneous and politically split — which is exactly what these tables are built to show. Real returns — nothing estimated.