Ranking of Iowa Counties By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all Iowa counties, Polk County had the highest voting-age population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (23.24K), followed by Linn County (10.77K), and Black Hawk County (9.51K).

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

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings for other racial groups in Iowa.

Ranking of Iowa Counties By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020
Polk
Linn
Black Hawk
Scott
Johnson
Woodbury
Dubuque
Story
Des Moines
Dallas
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Black Alone Voting-age Population
1 Polk County 23241
2 Linn County 10773
3 Black Hawk County 9510
4 Scott County 9486
5 Johnson County 8339
6 Woodbury County 3351
7 Dubuque County 2645
8 Story County 2318
9 Des Moines County 1668
10 Dallas County 1663
11 Webster County 1455
12 Pottawattamie County 1350
13 Clinton County 943
14 Wapello County 939
15 Lee County 761
16 Muscatine County 699
17 Cerro Gordo County 595
18 Marshall County 552
19 Jasper County 513
20 Henry County 427
21 Buena Vista County 384
22 Jones County 376
23 Jefferson County 361
24 Page County 331
25 Warren County 299
26 Mahaska County 281
27 Poweshiek County 275
28 Crawford County 259
29 Floyd County 232
30 Plymouth County 218
31 Bremer County 198
32 Marion County 175
33 Winnebago County 174
34 Fayette County 161
35 Boone County 155
36 Carroll County 153
37 Calhoun County 142
38 Washington County 121
39 Winneshiek County 103
40 O'Brien County 99
41 Sioux County 92
42 Tama County 90
42 Union County 90
43 Allamakee County 89
44 Decatur County 87
45 Clayton County 86
45 Jackson County 86
46 Iowa County 79
47 Hardin County 78
48 Benton County 77
49 Clay County 75
50 Delaware County 72
51 Emmet County 66
51 Hamilton County 66
52 Cherokee County 64
53 Louisa County 60
54 Buchanan County 58
55 Kossuth County 57
56 Dickinson County 53
57 Appanoose County 52
58 Wright County 51
59 Cedar County 47
59 Mills County 47
60 Pocahontas County 40
61 Hancock County 39
62 Adair County 35
62 Chickasaw County 35
63 Palo Alto County 34
64 Humboldt County 32
64 Sac County 32
64 Worth County 32
65 Madison County 31
66 Keokuk County 29
67 Clarke County 27
67 Shelby County 27
68 Cass County 26
69 Montgomery County 25
70 Guthrie County 24
70 Mitchell County 24
71 Ida County 23
72 Harrison County 22
73 Butler County 21
74 Grundy County 19
74 Osceola County 19
75 Lucas County 18
76 Franklin County 17
76 Howard County 17
76 Monona County 17
76 Monroe County 17
77 Lyon County 16
78 Van Buren County 14
79 Audubon County 9
80 Adams County 8
80 Fremont County 8
81 Greene County 7
82 Davis County 6
83 Wayne County 3
84 Ringgold County 1
85 Taylor County 0