Ranking of Missouri Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on February 25, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Missouri counties, in April 2020, St. Louis County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (246.64K), followed by Jackson County (158.56K), and St. Louis city (129.81K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Missouri counties based on Black or African American Alone population.

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

Ranking of Missouri Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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Ranking of Missouri Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Black Alone Population
1 St. Louis County 246642
2 Jackson County 158559
3 St. Louis city 129814
4 St. Charles County 20894
5 Clay County 18271
6 Boone County 18100
7 Greene County 10233
8 Platte County 8296
9 Cole County 8123
10 Cape Girardeau County 6503
11 Pulaski County 6322
12 Cass County 5018
13 Scott County 4502
14 Buchanan County 4423
15 Pemiscot County 4308
16 Dunklin County 3184
17 Mississippi County 3083
18 New Madrid County 2741
19 St. Francois County 2658
20 Butler County 2488
21 Johnson County 2369
22 Jefferson County 2344
23 Jasper County 2342
24 Callaway County 1974
25 Pettis County 1390
26 Marion County 1374
27 Randolph County 1361
28 Audrain County 1307
29 Adair County 1279
30 Saline County 1172
31 Lincoln County 1097
32 Phelps County 1044
33 Pike County 944
34 Cooper County 924
35 Franklin County 904
36 Taney County 851
37 Texas County 790
38 Warren County 731
39 Lafayette County 679
40 DeKalb County 672
41 Christian County 616
42 Washington County 610
43 Howard County 542
44 Newton County 532
45 McDonald County 435
46 Nodaway County 363
47 Ste. Genevieve County 320
48 Livingston County 316
49 Macon County 309
50 Stoddard County 305
51 Moniteau County 282
52 Laclede County 268
53 Camden County 258
54 Polk County 247
55 Ray County 233
56 Clinton County 209
57 Sullivan County 208
58 Webster County 203
59 Howell County 194
60 Henry County 187
61 Lewis County 185
62 Monroe County 181
63 Andrew County 156
64 Bates County 155
65 Chariton County 149
66 Crawford County 148
67 Iron County 147
68 Lawrence County 135
69 Morgan County 126
70 Wright County 118
71 Miller County 117
72 Ralls County 114
73 Vernon County 110
74 Barry County 106
75 Montgomery County 106
76 Perry County 102
77 Carroll County 97
78 Stone County 85
79 Benton County 76
80 Dent County 70
81 Caldwell County 69
82 Linn County 67
83 Cedar County 64
84 Grundy County 56
85 Madison County 56
86 Wayne County 50
87 Dallas County 46
88 Douglas County 40
89 Bollinger County 39
90 Harrison County 37
91 Dade County 36
92 Reynolds County 36
93 Daviess County 33
94 Barton County 32
95 Ripley County 31
96 St. Clair County 26
97 Oregon County 25
98 Osage County 24
99 Shelby County 24
100 Atchison County 23
101 Clark County 23
102 Gasconade County 23
103 Maries County 23
104 Knox County 20
105 Ozark County 19
106 Hickory County 18
107 Gentry County 15
108 Carter County 13
109 Putnam County 12
110 Scotland County 12
111 Holt County 10
112 Shannon County 7
113 Mercer County 1
114 Schuyler County 0
115 Worth County 0