Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Population that were Black or African American Alone 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, among all Missouri counties, St. Louis city had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (43.05%), followed by Pemiscot County (27.51%), and St. Louis County (24.56%).
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 Black or African American Alone.
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.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Missouri Counties By
Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone
from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Black Alone % of County Pop. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis city | 43.05 |
| 2 | Pemiscot County | 27.51 |
| 3 | St. Louis County | 24.56 |
| 4 | Mississippi County | 24.51 |
| 5 | Jackson County | 22.11 |
| 6 | New Madrid County | 16.68 |
| 7 | Scott County | 11.83 |
| 8 | Pulaski County | 11.72 |
| 9 | Dunklin County | 11.26 |
| 10 | Cole County | 10.51 |
| 11 | Boone County | 9.86 |
| 12 | Cape Girardeau County | 7.96 |
| 13 | Platte County | 7.77 |
| 14 | Clay County | 7.21 |
| 15 | DeKalb County | 6.09 |
| 16 | Butler County | 5.91 |
| 17 | Randolph County | 5.51 |
| 18 | Cooper County | 5.40 |
| 19 | Pike County | 5.37 |
| 20 | Howard County | 5.34 |
| 21 | Audrain County | 5.24 |
| 22 | Buchanan County | 5.22 |
| 23 | St. Charles County | 5.16 |
| 24 | Adair County | 5.05 |
| 25 | Saline County | 5.02 |
| 26 | Marion County | 4.82 |
| 27 | Cass County | 4.65 |
| 28 | Callaway County | 4.46 |
| 29 | Johnson County | 4.39 |
| 30 | St. Francois County | 3.97 |
| 31 | Sullivan County | 3.47 |
| 32 | Greene County | 3.42 |
| 33 | Pettis County | 3.23 |
| 34 | Texas County | 3.23 |
| 35 | Washington County | 2.59 |
| 36 | Phelps County | 2.34 |
| 37 | Livingston County | 2.17 |
| 38 | Monroe County | 2.09 |
| 39 | Lafayette County | 2.06 |
| 40 | Warren County | 2.06 |
| 41 | Macon County | 2.03 |
| 42 | Chariton County | 2.01 |
| 43 | Jasper County | 1.91 |
| 44 | McDonald County | 1.87 |
| 45 | Lewis County | 1.84 |
| 46 | Lincoln County | 1.84 |
| 47 | Moniteau County | 1.82 |
| 48 | Ste. Genevieve County | 1.73 |
| 49 | Nodaway County | 1.71 |
| 50 | Iron County | 1.54 |
| 51 | Taney County | 1.52 |
| 52 | Carroll County | 1.14 |
| 53 | Ralls County | 1.10 |
| 54 | Stoddard County | 1.06 |
| 55 | Jefferson County | 1.03 |
| 56 | Ray County | 1.01 |
| 57 | Clinton County | 0.99 |
| 58 | Bates County | 0.97 |
| 59 | Montgomery County | 0.94 |
| 60 | Newton County | 0.91 |
| 61 | Andrew County | 0.86 |
| 62 | Franklin County | 0.86 |
| 63 | Henry County | 0.85 |
| 64 | Caldwell County | 0.78 |
| 65 | Polk County | 0.78 |
| 66 | Laclede County | 0.74 |
| 67 | Christian County | 0.69 |
| 68 | Wright County | 0.65 |
| 69 | Crawford County | 0.64 |
| 70 | Camden County | 0.60 |
| 71 | Morgan County | 0.60 |
| 72 | Reynolds County | 0.59 |
| 73 | Grundy County | 0.57 |
| 74 | Linn County | 0.56 |
| 75 | Vernon County | 0.56 |
| 76 | Perry County | 0.54 |
| 77 | Knox County | 0.53 |
| 78 | Webster County | 0.52 |
| 79 | Dent County | 0.49 |
| 80 | Howell County | 0.49 |
| 81 | Dade County | 0.48 |
| 82 | Miller County | 0.47 |
| 83 | Wayne County | 0.46 |
| 84 | Cedar County | 0.45 |
| 85 | Harrison County | 0.45 |
| 86 | Madison County | 0.44 |
| 87 | Atchison County | 0.43 |
| 88 | Benton County | 0.39 |
| 89 | Daviess County | 0.39 |
| 90 | Shelby County | 0.39 |
| 91 | Bollinger County | 0.37 |
| 92 | Lawrence County | 0.36 |
| 93 | Clark County | 0.35 |
| 94 | Douglas County | 0.35 |
| 95 | Barry County | 0.31 |
| 96 | Oregon County | 0.29 |
| 97 | Ripley County | 0.29 |
| 98 | Barton County | 0.28 |
| 99 | St. Clair County | 0.28 |
| 100 | Dallas County | 0.27 |
| 101 | Maries County | 0.27 |
| 102 | Stone County | 0.27 |
| 103 | Putnam County | 0.26 |
| 104 | Carter County | 0.25 |
| 105 | Scotland County | 0.25 |
| 106 | Gentry County | 0.24 |
| 107 | Holt County | 0.24 |
| 108 | Hickory County | 0.22 |
| 109 | Ozark County | 0.22 |
| 110 | Osage County | 0.18 |
| 111 | Gasconade County | 0.16 |
| 112 | Shannon County | 0.10 |
| 113 | Mercer County | 0.03 |
| 114 | Schuyler County | 0.00 |
| 115 | Worth County | 0.00 |