Ranking of Nebraska 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 Nebraska counties, in April 2020, among all Nebraska counties, Douglas County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (11.07%), followed by Dakota County (7.47%), and Johnson County (5.96%).

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

Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Douglas
11.07%
Dakota
7.47%
Johnson
5.96%
Dawson
5.02%
Lancaster
4.26%
Sarpy
3.91%
Wayne
3.62%
Colfax
3.57%
Hall
3.05%
Dawes
2.00%
Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
Black Alone % of County Pop.
1 Douglas County 11.07
2 Dakota County 7.47
3 Johnson County 5.96
4 Dawson County 5.02
5 Lancaster County 4.26
6 Sarpy County 3.91
7 Wayne County 3.62
8 Colfax County 3.57
9 Hall County 3.05
10 Dawes County 2.00
11 Buffalo County 1.28
12 Lincoln County 1.23
13 York County 1.23
14 Madison County 1.16
15 Platte County 1.09
16 Red Willow County 1.06
17 Saline County 0.96
18 Nemaha County 0.93
19 Adams County 0.83
20 Grant County 0.82
21 Scotts Bluff County 0.80
22 Arthur County 0.69
23 Frontier County 0.68
24 Dodge County 0.67
25 Gage County 0.65
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