The graph below ranks each New York County by total of Black residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
New York total of Black population by county
| County | Black Population |
| Kings |  919,500 |
| Bronx | 611,046 |
| Queens | 475,661 |
| New York | 298,323 |
| Nassau | 164,491 |
| Westchester | 151,855 |
| Erie | 126,811 |
| Suffolk | 122,833 |
| Monroe | 119,689 |
| Richmond | 54,614 |
| Onondaga | 53,709 |
| Orange | 42,651 |
| Albany | 41,006 |
| Rockland | 40,666 |
| Dutchess | 31,796 |
| Schenectady | 16,746 |
| Oneida | 15,434 |
| Niagara | 15,039 |
| Ulster | 11,996 |
| Rensselaer | 11,177 |
| Broome | 10,315 |
| Sullivan | 7,528 |
| Jefferson | 7,377 |
| Chemung | 5,973 |
| Tompkins | 4,417 |
| Saratoga | 3,780 |
| Chautauqua | 3,602 |
| Clinton | 3,429 |
| Cayuga | 3,422 |
| Franklin | 3,422 |
| Columbia | 2,999 |
| Wayne | 2,976 |
| Greene | 2,970 |
| Orleans | 2,849 |
| St. Lawrence | 2,808 |
| Putnam | 2,790 |
| Ontario | 2,715 |
| Wyoming | 2,551 |
| Washington | 2,027 |
| Seneca | 1,807 |
| Genesee | 1,797 |
| Livingston | 1,753 |
| Steuben | 1,583 |
| Madison | 1,374 |
| Montgomery | 1,248 |
| Otsego | 1,238 |
| Oswego | 1,216 |
| Cattaraugus | 1,110 |
| Fulton | 1,100 |
| Essex | 1,091 |
| Cortland | 886 |
| Delaware | 848 |
| Herkimer | 774 |
| Warren | 721 |
| Allegany | 627 |
| Tioga | 454 |
| Schoharie | 417 |
| Chenango | 399 |
| Yates | 253 |
| Lewis | 218 |
| Schuyler | 204 |
| Hamilton | 43 |