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
10.30%
Johnson
7.28%
Dakota
6.61%
Wayne
4.38%
Dawson
4.33%
Lancaster
3.88%
Sarpy
3.83%
Colfax
3.65%
Hall
2.64%
Dawes
2.36%
Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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
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