Ranking of Iowa Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on March 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Iowa counties, in April 2020, Polk County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (34.99K), followed by Linn County (16.20K), and Scott County (13.70K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Iowa counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Iowa.

You can also see similar ranking for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of Iowa Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Polk
Linn
Scott
Black Hawk
Johnson
Woodbury
Dubuque
Story
Dallas
Des Moines
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Population
1 Polk County 34990
2 Linn County 16200
3 Scott County 13701
4 Black Hawk County 13529
5 Johnson County 12643
6 Woodbury County 5076
7 Dubuque County 4035
8 Story County 2980
9 Dallas County 2657
10 Des Moines County 2501
11 Pottawattamie County 1836
12 Webster County 1773
13 Wapello County 1443
14 Clinton County 1392
15 Muscatine County 1086
16 Lee County 896
17 Cerro Gordo County 848
18 Marshall County 785
19 Jasper County 683
20 Buena Vista County 560
21 Henry County 501
22 Warren County 452
23 Jones County 437
24 Floyd County 415
25 Jefferson County 409
26 Mahaska County 384
27 Crawford County 383
28 Page County 365
29 Plymouth County 354
30 Poweshiek County 320
31 Boone County 289
32 Marion County 281
33 Carroll County 262
34 Bremer County 239
35 Winnebago County 204
36 Fayette County 200
37 Sioux County 184
38 Washington County 177
39 O'Brien County 159
40 Clayton County 158
41 Calhoun County 151
42 Allamakee County 146
43 Hardin County 144
44 Jackson County 140
45 Tama County 125
46 Delaware County 122
47 Winneshiek County 119
48 Union County 114
49 Benton County 112
50 Iowa County 111
51 Clay County 99
52 Decatur County 97
53 Emmet County 89
54 Hamilton County 88
55 Cherokee County 84
56 Cedar County 79
57 Mills County 77
58 Dickinson County 76
59 Hancock County 76
60 Appanoose County 75
61 Chickasaw County 75
62 Louisa County 73
63 Wright County 73
64 Kossuth County 71
65 Buchanan County 70
66 Pocahontas County 66
67 Worth County 60
68 Humboldt County 53
69 Shelby County 53
70 Palo Alto County 52
71 Keokuk County 47
72 Sac County 46
73 Adair County 45
74 Madison County 44
75 Clarke County 43
76 Grundy County 43
77 Mitchell County 42
78 Lyon County 38
79 Franklin County 32
80 Cass County 28
81 Ida County 28
82 Monona County 28
83 Osceola County 28
84 Guthrie County 27
85 Harrison County 27
86 Butler County 26
87 Van Buren County 26
88 Montgomery County 25
89 Howard County 23
90 Greene County 22
91 Lucas County 18
92 Monroe County 18
93 Audubon County 17
94 Adams County 12
95 Fremont County 10
96 Wayne County 10
97 Davis County 8
98 Ringgold County 2
99 Taylor County 1