Ranking of Minnesota 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 Minnesota counties, Hennepin County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (11.46%), followed by Ramsey County (11.08%), and Anoka County (6.43%).

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

Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Hennepin
Ramsey
Anoka
Stearns
Dakota
Olmsted
Rice
Blue Earth
Washington
Kandiyohi
Ranking of Minnesota 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 Hennepin County 11.46
2 Ramsey County 11.08
3 Anoka County 6.43
4 Stearns County 6.34
5 Dakota County 6.17
6 Olmsted County 5.56
7 Rice County 5.50
8 Blue Earth County 4.92
9 Washington County 4.55
10 Kandiyohi County 4.36
11 Scott County 4.34
12 Benton County 4.10
13 Nicollet County 4.01
14 Clay County 3.91
15 Nobles County 3.72
16 Mower County 3.21
16 Sherburne County 3.21
17 Lyon County 3.15
18 Steele County 2.70
19 Polk County 2.59
20 St. Louis County 1.97
21 Pine County 1.87
22 Carlton County 1.79
23 Carver County 1.66
23 Chisago County 1.66
24 Waseca County 1.62
25 Wright County 1.58
26 Winona County 1.54
27 Beltrami County 1.25
28 Pennington County 1.23
29 Goodhue County 1.20
30 Freeborn County 1.13
31 Otter Tail County 1.06
32 Cottonwood County 1.04
33 Stevens County 1.00
34 Jackson County 0.95
34 Pipestone County 0.95
35 Wadena County 0.77
36 Le Sueur County 0.76
37 Isanti County 0.67
38 Traverse County 0.65
39 McLeod County 0.58
40 Lac qui Parle County 0.55
41 Wilkin County 0.54
42 Swift County 0.53
42 Yellow Medicine County 0.53
43 Crow Wing County 0.52
44 Dodge County 0.51
45 Becker County 0.50
45 Douglas County 0.50
45 Red Lake County 0.50
46 Big Stone County 0.49
46 Chippewa County 0.49
46 Cook County 0.49
47 Renville County 0.48
47 Todd County 0.48
48 Fillmore County 0.47
49 Sibley County 0.46
50 Redwood County 0.45
51 Faribault County 0.44
51 Martin County 0.44
52 Roseau County 0.43
53 Koochiching County 0.42
54 Brown County 0.39
54 Wabasha County 0.39
55 Lake of the Woods County 0.36
55 Morrison County 0.36
55 Murray County 0.36
55 Norman County 0.36
55 Rock County 0.36
56 Houston County 0.35
56 Itasca County 0.35
57 Meeker County 0.34
57 Pope County 0.34
58 Hubbard County 0.33
58 Watonwan County 0.33
59 Kanabec County 0.30
60 Mille Lacs County 0.29
61 Aitkin County 0.24
61 Grant County 0.24
62 Lincoln County 0.23
63 Cass County 0.19
64 Clearwater County 0.17
65 Lake County 0.12
65 Marshall County 0.12
66 Mahnomen County 0.10
67 Kittson County 0.09