Population By Race and Ethnicity in Polk County, MO in 2019

Updated on January 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, the 32,228 population of Polk County, Missouri comprised of 829 people who identified as Hispanic (2.57%), and 31,399 people who identified as Non-Hispanic (97.43%).

Race: The White Alone population was the largest racial group in Polk County, Missouri with a population of 30,779 (95.5%); Two Or More Races population was the second largest racial group with a population of 604 (1.87%); and Black or African American Alone was the third largest racial group with a population of 314 (0.97%).

Ethnicity: The White Alone - Non Hispanic population was the largest ethnic group in Polk County, Missouri in 2019, with a population of 30,082 (93.34%); the second largest ethnic group was White Alone - Hispanic with a population of 697 (2.16%); and the third largest ethnic group was Two Or More Races - Non Hispanic with a population of 546 (1.69%).

The charts and tables below shows the population and percentage of each racial and ethnicity group in Polk, Missouri.

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Hispanics and Non Hispanics in Polk County, MO in 2019
Total Population:32,228
97.43%
Non Hispanic (97.43%)
Hispanic (2.57%)
Race in Polk County, MO in 2019
Total Population:32,228
95.5%
White Alone (95.5%)
Two or more races (1.87%)
Black or African American Alone (0.97%)
Asian Alone (0.84%)
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (0.77%)
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone (0.03%)
Ethnicity in Polk County, MO in 2019
Total Population:32,228
93.34%
Non-Hispanic White Alone (93.34%)
Hispanic White Alone (2.16%)
Non-Hispanic Two or more races (1.69%)
All Other Ethnicities (1.12%)
Non-Hispanic Black or African American Alone (0.89%)
Non-Hispanic Asian Alone (0.79%)
Population By Race in Polk , MO in 2019
Race
Population
Percentage
White Alone 30,779 95.5%
Two Or More Races 604 1.87%
Black or African American Alone 314 0.97%
Asian Alone 272 0.84%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 249 0.77%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 10 0.03%
Population By Ethnicity in Polk , MO in 2019
Ethnicity
Population
Percentage
White Alone - Non Hispanic 30,082 93.34%
White Alone - Hispanic 697 2.16%
Two Or More Races - Non Hispanic 546 1.69%
Black or African American Alone - Non Hispanic 288 0.89%
Asian Alone - Non Hispanic 255 0.79%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Non Hispanic 218 0.68%
Two Or More Races - Hispanic 58 0.18%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Hispanic 31 0.1%
Black or African American Alone - Hispanic 26 0.08%
Asian Alone - Hispanic 17 0.05%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Non Hispanic 10 0.03%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Hispanic 0 0%