Ranking of Missouri 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 Missouri counties, St. Louis city had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (40.01%), followed by Pemiscot County (24.93%), and Mississippi County (24.02%).
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 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 Missouri.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Missouri 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 | St. Louis city | 40.01 |
| 2 | Pemiscot County | 24.93 |
| 3 | Mississippi County | 24.02 |
| 4 | St. Louis County | 23.13 |
| 5 | Jackson County | 20.99 |
| 6 | New Madrid County | 15.57 |
| 7 | Pulaski County | 12.19 |
| 8 | Scott County | 10.47 |
| 9 | Dunklin County | 10.06 |
| 10 | Cole County | 9.75 |
| 11 | Boone County | 9.00 |
| 12 | DeKalb County | 7.44 |
| 13 | Platte County | 7.19 |
| 14 | Cape Girardeau County | 6.92 |
| 15 | Clay County | 6.61 |
| 16 | Randolph County | 6.20 |
| 17 | Pike County | 6.19 |
| 18 | Cooper County | 5.87 |
| 19 | Howard County | 5.72 |
| 20 | Butler County | 5.56 |
| 21 | Saline County | 5.52 |
| 22 | Audrain County | 5.37 |
| 23 | Buchanan County | 5.07 |
| 24 | St. Charles County | 4.90 |
| 25 | St. Francois County | 4.75 |
| 26 | Johnson County | 4.65 |
| 27 | Marion County | 4.57 |
| 28 | Adair County | 4.53 |
| 29 | Callaway County | 4.46 |
| 30 | Cass County | 4.30 |
| 31 | Texas County | 3.93 |
| 32 | Greene County | 3.24 |
| 33 | Washington County | 3.14 |
| 34 | Pettis County | 3.13 |
| 35 | Sullivan County | 2.81 |
| 36 | Livingston County | 2.47 |
| 37 | Phelps County | 2.30 |
| 38 | Moniteau County | 2.29 |
| 39 | Lafayette County | 2.18 |
| 40 | Chariton County | 2.14 |
| 41 | Monroe County | 2.04 |
| 42 | Macon County | 2.00 |
| 43 | Warren County | 1.97 |
| 44 | Nodaway County | 1.96 |
| 44 | Ste. Genevieve County | 1.96 |
| 45 | Lewis County | 1.90 |
| 46 | Jasper County | 1.89 |
| 47 | Lincoln County | 1.83 |
| 48 | McDonald County | 1.76 |
| 49 | Taney County | 1.50 |
| 50 | Iron County | 1.43 |
| 51 | Carroll County | 1.28 |
| 52 | Montgomery County | 1.10 |
| 53 | Ralls County | 1.04 |
| 54 | Ray County | 1.03 |
| 55 | Bates County | 1.02 |
| 55 | Stoddard County | 1.02 |
| 56 | Clinton County | 1.00 |
| 57 | Caldwell County | 0.96 |
| 58 | Jefferson County | 0.95 |
| 59 | Henry County | 0.88 |
| 60 | Newton County | 0.86 |
| 61 | Franklin County | 0.85 |
| 62 | Polk County | 0.82 |
| 63 | Andrew County | 0.80 |
| 64 | Laclede County | 0.69 |
| 65 | Christian County | 0.64 |
| 65 | Crawford County | 0.64 |
| 65 | Morgan County | 0.64 |
| 66 | Grundy County | 0.60 |
| 67 | Vernon County | 0.57 |
| 68 | Webster County | 0.56 |
| 69 | Wright County | 0.55 |
| 70 | Camden County | 0.50 |
| 70 | Perry County | 0.50 |
| 71 | Linn County | 0.49 |
| 72 | Harrison County | 0.47 |
| 73 | Knox County | 0.46 |
| 73 | Madison County | 0.46 |
| 74 | Miller County | 0.44 |
| 74 | Reynolds County | 0.44 |
| 75 | Howell County | 0.43 |
| 76 | Dent County | 0.39 |
| 77 | Bollinger County | 0.36 |
| 77 | Wayne County | 0.36 |
| 78 | Dade County | 0.35 |
| 79 | Putnam County | 0.33 |
| 79 | St. Clair County | 0.33 |
| 80 | Lawrence County | 0.32 |
| 81 | Barry County | 0.31 |
| 81 | Cedar County | 0.31 |
| 82 | Holt County | 0.30 |
| 83 | Benton County | 0.29 |
| 83 | Daviess County | 0.29 |
| 84 | Ozark County | 0.27 |
| 85 | Carter County | 0.25 |
| 85 | Douglas County | 0.25 |
| 86 | Barton County | 0.24 |
| 86 | Ripley County | 0.24 |
| 87 | Oregon County | 0.21 |
| 88 | Stone County | 0.20 |
| 89 | Gasconade County | 0.18 |
| 89 | Osage County | 0.18 |
| 90 | Dallas County | 0.17 |
| 90 | Hickory County | 0.17 |
| 90 | Maries County | 0.17 |
| 91 | Shelby County | 0.15 |
| 92 | Atchison County | 0.14 |
| 93 | Gentry County | 0.11 |
| 94 | Clark County | 0.10 |
| 95 | Shannon County | 0.07 |
| 96 | Scotland County | 0.06 |
| 97 | Mercer County | 0.00 |
| 97 | Schuyler County | 0.00 |
| 97 | Worth County | 0.00 |