The graph below ranks each Kentucky County by total of Black residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
Kentucky total of Black population by county
| County | Black Population |
| Jefferson |  159,923 |
| Fayette | 45,483 |
| Christian | 16,233 |
| Hardin | 13,501 |
| Warren | 10,757 |
| Kenton | 7,752 |
| McCracken | 7,220 |
| Franklin | 5,544 |
| Daviess | 4,789 |
| Madison | 3,814 |
| Henderson | 3,718 |
| Boone | 3,574 |
| Shelby | 3,314 |
| Hopkins | 3,177 |
| Scott | 2,792 |
| Oldham | 2,763 |
| Campbell | 2,454 |
| Nelson | 2,307 |
| Boyle | 2,140 |
| Logan | 1,868 |
| Union | 1,840 |
| Clark | 1,823 |
| Graves | 1,765 |
| Barren | 1,751 |
| Simpson | 1,738 |
| Marion | 1,663 |
| Fulton | 1,639 |
| Jessamine | 1,587 |
| Calloway | 1,467 |
| Muhlenberg | 1,441 |
| Boyd | 1,427 |
| Woodford | 1,353 |
| Taylor | 1,259 |
| Bourbon | 1,221 |
| Mason | 1,170 |
| Trigg | 1,150 |
| Meade | 1,140 |
| McCreary | 1,065 |
| Todd | 1,064 |
| Clay | 948 |
| Martin | 906 |
| Hart | 866 |
| Pulaski | 827 |
| Mercer | 811 |
| Montgomery | 806 |
| Washington | 759 |
| Caldwell | 699 |
| Bullitt | 683 |
| Harlan | 658 |
| Bell | 648 |
| Morgan | 607 |
| Lincoln | 586 |
| Webster | 581 |
| Adair | 504 |
| Laurel | 476 |
| Hickman | 459 |
| Anderson | 456 |
| Perry | 453 |
| Lyon | 448 |
| Henry | 445 |
| Breckinridge | 441 |
| Larue | 437 |
| Rowan | 422 |
| Harrison | 390 |
| Pike | 384 |
| Knox | 380 |
| Garrard | 372 |
| Wayne | 353 |
| Greenup | 331 |
| Floyd | 313 |
| Spencer | 296 |
| Whitley | 285 |
| Grayson | 285 |
| Elliott | 271 |
| Monroe | 260 |
| Ballard | 242 |
| Ohio | 240 |
| Green | 237 |
| Grant | 221 |
| Fleming | 203 |
| Allen | 203 |
| Edmonson | 194 |
| Cumberland | 192 |
| Carroll | 186 |
| Lee | 176 |
| Metcalfe | 170 |
| Bath | 165 |
| Carter | 164 |
| Knott | 144 |
| Menifee | 139 |
| Letcher | 120 |
| Gallatin | 118 |
| Casey | 112 |
| Russell | 106 |
| Powell | 100 |
| Owen | 97 |
| Marshall | 94 |
| Johnson | 94 |
| Trimble | 88 |
| Hancock | 87 |
| Butler | 77 |
| Crittenden | 74 |
| Pendleton | 73 |
| McLean | 67 |
| Breathitt | 55 |
| Clinton | 51 |
| Rockcastle | 51 |
| Carlisle | 51 |
| Nicholas | 49 |
| Lawrence | 47 |
| Estill | 43 |
| Bracken | 42 |
| Lewis | 42 |
| Livingston | 38 |
| Leslie | 33 |
| Jackson | 27 |
| Magoffin | 26 |
| Owsley | 24 |
| Wolfe | 14 |
| Robertson | 11 |