Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone 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, Black Hawk County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (9.28%), followed by Scott County (7.09%), and Johnson County (6.83%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Iowa counties based on the percentage of the voting-age 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 in Iowa.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Iowa Counties By
Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone
from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Black Alone % of County Voting-age Pop. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Hawk County | 9.28 |
| 2 | Scott County | 7.09 |
| 3 | Johnson County | 6.83 |
| 4 | Polk County | 6.25 |
| 5 | Linn County | 6.09 |
| 6 | Des Moines County | 5.48 |
| 7 | Webster County | 4.98 |
| 8 | Woodbury County | 4.28 |
| 9 | Wapello County | 3.49 |
| 10 | Dubuque County | 3.44 |
| 11 | Lee County | 2.88 |
| 12 | Jefferson County | 2.84 |
| 13 | Story County | 2.83 |
| 14 | Page County | 2.75 |
| 15 | Henry County | 2.64 |
| 16 | Clinton County | 2.63 |
| 17 | Buena Vista County | 2.51 |
| 18 | Jones County | 2.32 |
| 19 | Dallas County | 2.31 |
| 20 | Crawford County | 2.14 |
| 21 | Muscatine County | 2.13 |
| 22 | Winnebago County | 2.05 |
| 23 | Floyd County | 1.94 |
| 24 | Pottawattamie County | 1.88 |
| 25 | Marshall County | 1.84 |
| 26 | Poweshiek County | 1.83 |
| 27 | Calhoun County | 1.82 |
| 28 | Jasper County | 1.74 |
| 29 | Cerro Gordo County | 1.73 |
| 30 | Mahaska County | 1.66 |
| 31 | Decatur County | 1.48 |
| 32 | Plymouth County | 1.14 |
| 33 | Fayette County | 1.05 |
| 34 | Bremer County | 1.03 |
| 35 | Carroll County | 0.97 |
| 36 | Union County | 0.96 |
| 37 | O'Brien County | 0.91 |
| 38 | Emmet County | 0.90 |
| 39 | Allamakee County | 0.83 |
| 40 | Warren County | 0.77 |
| 41 | Boone County | 0.76 |
| 42 | Pocahontas County | 0.73 |
| 43 | Louisa County | 0.72 |
| 44 | Washington County | 0.71 |
| 45 | Cherokee County | 0.70 |
| 46 | Tama County | 0.69 |
| 47 | Marion County | 0.68 |
| 48 | Clayton County | 0.65 |
| 49 | Winneshiek County | 0.64 |
| 50 | Iowa County | 0.62 |
| 51 | Adair County | 0.60 |
| 51 | Hardin County | 0.60 |
| 52 | Clay County | 0.59 |
| 53 | Hamilton County | 0.57 |
| 54 | Jackson County | 0.56 |
| 54 | Worth County | 0.56 |
| 55 | Appanoose County | 0.54 |
| 55 | Delaware County | 0.54 |
| 56 | Wright County | 0.52 |
| 57 | Kossuth County | 0.49 |
| 57 | Palo Alto County | 0.49 |
| 58 | Hancock County | 0.46 |
| 59 | Humboldt County | 0.44 |
| 60 | Ida County | 0.43 |
| 60 | Mills County | 0.43 |
| 61 | Sac County | 0.42 |
| 62 | Benton County | 0.40 |
| 62 | Osceola County | 0.40 |
| 63 | Buchanan County | 0.38 |
| 63 | Chickasaw County | 0.38 |
| 63 | Keokuk County | 0.38 |
| 64 | Clarke County | 0.37 |
| 64 | Dickinson County | 0.37 |
| 65 | Sioux County | 0.36 |
| 66 | Cedar County | 0.33 |
| 67 | Montgomery County | 0.31 |
| 68 | Mitchell County | 0.30 |
| 68 | Shelby County | 0.30 |
| 69 | Guthrie County | 0.29 |
| 69 | Monroe County | 0.29 |
| 70 | Adams County | 0.28 |
| 71 | Lucas County | 0.27 |
| 72 | Van Buren County | 0.26 |
| 73 | Cass County | 0.25 |
| 73 | Madison County | 0.25 |
| 73 | Monona County | 0.25 |
| 74 | Howard County | 0.24 |
| 75 | Franklin County | 0.22 |
| 76 | Audubon County | 0.20 |
| 76 | Grundy County | 0.20 |
| 76 | Harrison County | 0.20 |
| 77 | Butler County | 0.19 |
| 77 | Lyon County | 0.19 |
| 78 | Fremont County | 0.16 |
| 79 | Greene County | 0.10 |
| 80 | Davis County | 0.09 |
| 81 | Wayne County | 0.06 |
| 82 | Ringgold County | 0.03 |
| 83 | Taylor County | 0.00 |