Ranking of Missouri 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 Missouri counties, St. Louis city had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (42.77%), followed by Pemiscot County (27.44%), and St. Louis County (24.42%).

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

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

Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
St. Louis city
Pemiscot
St. Louis
Mississippi
Jackson
New Madrid
Scott
Dunklin
Pulaski
Cole
Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 St. Louis city 42.77
2 Pemiscot County 27.44
3 St. Louis County 24.42
4 Mississippi County 24.33
5 Jackson County 21.83
6 New Madrid County 16.62
7 Scott County 11.76
8 Dunklin County 11.23
9 Pulaski County 11.19
10 Cole County 10.41
11 Boone County 9.74
12 Cape Girardeau County 7.91
13 Platte County 7.62
14 Clay County 7.05
15 DeKalb County 6.09
16 Butler County 5.85
17 Randolph County 5.47
18 Cooper County 5.38
19 Pike County 5.36
20 Howard County 5.34
21 Audrain County 5.22
22 St. Charles County 5.10
23 Buchanan County 5.08
24 Adair County 5.00
25 Saline County 4.92
26 Marion County 4.78
27 Cass County 4.55
28 Callaway County 4.39
29 Johnson County 4.28
30 St. Francois County 3.95
31 Sullivan County 3.47
32 Greene County 3.34
33 Texas County 3.19
34 Pettis County 3.15
35 Washington County 2.59
36 Phelps County 2.30
37 Livingston County 2.16
38 Monroe County 2.04
39 Lafayette County 2.03
40 Warren County 2.02
41 Macon County 1.97
42 Chariton County 1.94
43 Jasper County 1.84
44 Lewis County 1.84
45 Moniteau County 1.82
46 McDonald County 1.81
47 Lincoln County 1.80
48 Ste. Genevieve County 1.73
49 Nodaway County 1.71
50 Taney County 1.49
51 Iron County 1.43
52 Carroll County 1.14
53 Ralls County 1.10
54 Stoddard County 1.04
55 Jefferson County 1.01
56 Ray County 0.98
57 Bates County 0.97
58 Clinton County 0.95
59 Montgomery County 0.89
60 Newton County 0.89
61 Franklin County 0.84
62 Henry County 0.81
63 Polk County 0.77
64 Andrew County 0.76
65 Caldwell County 0.74
66 Laclede County 0.73
67 Christian County 0.67
68 Crawford County 0.64
69 Wright County 0.61
70 Morgan County 0.60
71 Camden County 0.58
72 Linn County 0.56
73 Vernon County 0.56
74 Perry County 0.54
75 Reynolds County 0.54
76 Knox County 0.53
77 Grundy County 0.51
78 Webster County 0.50
79 Miller County 0.47
80 Wayne County 0.46
81 Dade County 0.45
82 Howell County 0.45
83 Madison County 0.43
84 Atchison County 0.42
85 Cedar County 0.40
86 Benton County 0.39
87 Harrison County 0.39
88 Daviess County 0.37
89 Dent County 0.36
90 Lawrence County 0.35
91 Bollinger County 0.33
92 Shelby County 0.33
93 Clark County 0.32
94 Barry County 0.30
95 Douglas County 0.30
96 Oregon County 0.29
97 Ripley County 0.29
98 St. Clair County 0.28
99 Maries County 0.27
100 Dallas County 0.26
101 Stone County 0.25
102 Gentry County 0.24
103 Putnam County 0.24
104 Barton County 0.23
105 Ozark County 0.22
106 Carter County 0.21
107 Osage County 0.18
108 Hickory County 0.13
109 Scotland County 0.13
110 Gasconade County 0.12
111 Holt County 0.10
112 Shannon County 0.04
113 Mercer County 0.00
114 Schuyler County 0.00
115 Worth County 0.00