Missouri Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020

Updated on August 25, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all the Missouri voting-age population (18 years and over), there were 518,166 people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone, which is 10.85% of the total voting-age population of Missouri.

St. Louis County had the highest number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population (181,411), followed by Jackson County (116,314), and St. Louis city (99,043).

On the other hand, the three counties with low number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population were: Worth County (0), Schuyler County (0), and Mercer County (0).

In terms of the percentage of each county's voting-age population, St. Louis city had the highest percentage, with 40.01% of its voting-age population identifying their race as Black or African American Alone, followed by Pemiscot County (24.93%), and Mississippi County (24.02%).

You can see similar information for other states and also for the United States by state. You can also see similar information for other racial groups as well as the different ethnicities in Missouri.

Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's voting-age population that identified as Black or African American Alone. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

Missouri Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020
Missouri Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020
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County Black Alone Voting-age Population % of County Voting-age Population
Adair County 926 4.53
Andrew County 109 0.80
Atchison County 6 0.14
Audrain County 1024 5.37
Barry County 82 0.31
Barton County 21 0.24
Bates County 126 1.02
Benton County 46 0.29
Bollinger County 30 0.36
Boone County 13078 9.00
Buchanan County 3353 5.07
Butler County 1796 5.56
Caldwell County 65 0.96
Callaway County 1550 4.46
Camden County 176 0.50
Cape Girardeau County 4452 6.92
Carroll County 85 1.28
Carter County 10 0.25
Cass County 3509 4.30
Cedar County 33 0.31
Chariton County 123 2.14
Christian County 419 0.64
Clark County 5 0.10
Clay County 12655 6.61
Clinton County 162 1.00
Cole County 5868 9.75
Cooper County 781 5.87
Crawford County 114 0.64
Dade County 21 0.35
Dallas County 22 0.17
Daviess County 18 0.29
DeKalb County 664 7.44
Dent County 44 0.39
Douglas County 23 0.25
Dunklin County 2145 10.06
Franklin County 689 0.85
Gasconade County 21 0.18
Gentry County 5 0.11
Greene County 7685 3.24
Grundy County 44 0.60
Harrison County 29 0.47
Henry County 150 0.88
Hickory County 12 0.17
Holt County 10 0.30
Howard County 452 5.72
Howell County 131 0.43
Iron County 108 1.43
Jackson County 116314 20.99
Jasper County 1740 1.89
Jefferson County 1655 0.95
Johnson County 1946 4.65
Knox County 13 0.46
Laclede County 189 0.69
Lafayette County 553 2.18
Lawrence County 91 0.32
Lewis County 150 1.90
Lincoln County 810 1.83
Linn County 45 0.49
Livingston County 283 2.47
McDonald County 303 1.76
Macon County 233 2.00
Madison County 45 0.46
Maries County 11 0.17
Marion County 1001 4.57
Mercer County 0 0.00
Miller County 83 0.44
Mississippi County 2388 24.02
Moniteau County 264 2.29
Monroe County 137 2.04
Montgomery County 97 1.10
Morgan County 104 0.64
New Madrid County 1952 15.57
Newton County 386 0.86
Nodaway County 333 1.96
Oregon County 14 0.21
Osage County 18 0.18
Ozark County 19 0.27
Pemiscot County 2899 24.93
Perry County 73 0.50
Pettis County 1008 3.13
Phelps County 815 2.30
Pike County 837 6.19
Platte County 5838 7.19
Polk County 197 0.82
Pulaski County 5090 12.19
Putnam County 12 0.33
Ralls County 84 1.04
Randolph County 1204 6.20
Ray County 184 1.03
Reynolds County 21 0.44
Ripley County 20 0.24
St. Charles County 15221 4.90
St. Clair County 24 0.33
Ste. Genevieve County 284 1.96
St. Francois County 2511 4.75
St. Louis County 181411 23.13
Saline County 1000 5.52
Schuyler County 0 0.00
Scotland County 2 0.06
Scott County 3031 10.47
Shannon County 4 0.07
Shelby County 7 0.15
Stoddard County 228 1.02
Stone County 52 0.20
Sullivan County 129 2.81
Taney County 669 1.50
Texas County 752 3.93
Vernon County 85 0.57
Warren County 538 1.97
Washington County 574 3.14
Wayne County 32 0.36
Webster County 159 0.56
Worth County 0 0.00
Wright County 74 0.55
St. Louis city 99043 40.01