Ranking of Iowa Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Iowa counties, in April 2020, among all of Iowa's cities and places with a voting-age population of at least 10K, Waterloo city had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (16.10%), followed by Coralville city (11.78%), and Davenport city (10.47%).

The chart and table below shows the ranking of all of Iowa cities and places with a voting-age population of at least 10K, based on the percentage of the voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of cities and places for other racial groups, in Iowa.

Ranking of Iowa Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Waterloo
Coralville
Davenport
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Iowa City
Fort Dodge
North Liberty
Sioux City
Ranking of Iowa Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place Percent of City Voting-age Population
1 Waterloo city 16.10
2 Coralville city 11.78
3 Davenport city 10.47
4 Des Moines city 10.00
5 Cedar Rapids city 8.80
6 Burlington city 7.94
7 Iowa City city 7.87
8 Fort Dodge city 7.12
9 North Liberty city 5.81
10 Sioux City city 5.13
11 Dubuque city 5.12
12 Ottumwa city 4.75
13 West Des Moines city 4.67
14 Johnston city 4.44
15 Clinton city 4.30
16 Ames city 3.73
17 Clive city 3.61
18 Muscatine city 3.60
19 Urbandale city 3.40
20 Bettendorf city 3.19
21 Altoona city 3.17
22 Waukee city 3.12
23 Cedar Falls city 3.09
24 Marion city 2.70
25 Council Bluffs city 2.61
26 Grimes city 2.51
27 Marshalltown city 2.46
28 Mason City city 2.33
29 Ankeny city 2.31
30 Newton city 2.27
31 Indianola city 0.93