Ranking of Nebraska 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 Nebraska counties, Douglas County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (10.30%), followed by Johnson County (7.28%), and Dakota County (6.61%).

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 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 Nebraska.

Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Douglas
Johnson
Dakota
Wayne
Dawson
Lancaster
Sarpy
Colfax
Hall
Dawes
Ranking of Nebraska 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 Douglas County 10.30
2 Johnson County 7.28
3 Dakota County 6.61
4 Wayne County 4.38
5 Dawson County 4.33
6 Lancaster County 3.88
7 Sarpy County 3.83
8 Colfax County 3.65
9 Hall County 2.64
10 Dawes County 2.36
11 York County 1.27
12 Buffalo County 1.19
13 Red Willow County 1.16
14 Madison County 1.12
15 Nemaha County 1.08
16 Grant County 1.06
16 Lincoln County 1.06
17 Platte County 0.99
18 Arthur County 0.95
19 Saline County 0.94
20 Adams County 0.83
21 Scotts Bluff County 0.73
22 Hooker County 0.70
23 Box Butte County 0.64
23 Dodge County 0.64
24 Seward County 0.57
25 Cheyenne County 0.55
26 Thurston County 0.53
26 Webster County 0.53
27 Otoe County 0.51
28 Gage County 0.49
29 Valley County 0.48
30 Chase County 0.44
31 Holt County 0.39
31 Stanton County 0.39
32 Merrick County 0.38
33 Washington County 0.35
34 Richardson County 0.34
35 Phelps County 0.32
36 Cass County 0.30
36 Cedar County 0.30
36 Custer County 0.30
36 Jefferson County 0.30
36 Rock County 0.30
37 Burt County 0.29
38 Butler County 0.28
38 Saunders County 0.28
39 Boone County 0.27
39 Gosper County 0.27
39 Pierce County 0.27
40 Cherry County 0.26
40 Franklin County 0.26
40 Garden County 0.26
40 Sherman County 0.26
41 Antelope County 0.25
41 Frontier County 0.25
41 Morrill County 0.25
42 Dixon County 0.24
42 Knox County 0.24
42 Perkins County 0.24
43 Dundy County 0.23
44 Garfield County 0.21
45 Cuming County 0.19
46 Thayer County 0.18
47 Howard County 0.16
48 Sheridan County 0.15
49 Fillmore County 0.14
49 Furnas County 0.14
50 Clay County 0.13
50 Hamilton County 0.13
51 Keith County 0.12
51 Nance County 0.12
51 Nuckolls County 0.12
51 Polk County 0.12
52 Greeley County 0.06
52 Kearney County 0.06
53 Hitchcock County 0.05
53 Pawnee County 0.05
54 Kimball County 0.04
55 Banner County 0.00
55 Blaine County 0.00
55 Boyd County 0.00
55 Brown County 0.00
55 Deuel County 0.00
55 Harlan County 0.00
55 Hayes County 0.00
55 Keya Paha County 0.00
55 Logan County 0.00
55 Loup County 0.00
55 McPherson County 0.00
55 Sioux County 0.00
55 Thomas County 0.00
55 Wheeler County 0.00