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

Updated on March 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among all Iowa counties, Black Hawk County had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (10.32%), followed by Johnson County (8.27%), and Scott County (7.84%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Iowa counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

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 Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Black Hawk
10.32%
Johnson
8.27%
Scott
7.84%
Polk
7.11%
Linn
7.03%
Des Moines
6.43%
Webster
4.79%
Woodbury
4.79%
Dubuque
4.07%
Wapello
4.07%
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
% of County Population
1 Black Hawk County 10.32
2 Johnson County 8.27
3 Scott County 7.84
4 Polk County 7.11
5 Linn County 7.03
6 Des Moines County 6.43
7 Webster County 4.79
8 Woodbury County 4.79
9 Dubuque County 4.07
10 Wapello County 4.07
11 Story County 3.02
12 Clinton County 3.00
13 Buena Vista County 2.69
14 Dallas County 2.67
15 Lee County 2.67
16 Floyd County 2.66
17 Jefferson County 2.61
18 Muscatine County 2.51
19 Henry County 2.45
20 Page County 2.40
21 Crawford County 2.32
22 Jones County 2.12
23 Cerro Gordo County 1.97
24 Marshall County 1.96
25 Pottawattamie County 1.96
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