Ranking of Iowa Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2023

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all Iowa counties, Polk County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (38.61K), followed by Linn County (15.57K), and Scott County (13.94K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Iowa counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2023
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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2023
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Polk County 38609
2 Linn County 15567
3 Scott County 13939
4 Johnson County 13325
5 Black Hawk County 12465
6 Woodbury County 5649
7 Dallas County 4054
8 Dubuque County 3633
9 Story County 2942
10 Des Moines County 2432
11 Pottawattamie County 1790
12 Webster County 1659
13 Clinton County 1437
14 Wapello County 1345
15 Muscatine County 1131
16 Lee County 875
17 Cerro Gordo County 856
18 Marshall County 842
19 Jasper County 820
20 Buena Vista County 754
21 Jones County 609
22 Warren County 602
23 Plymouth County 557
24 Henry County 478
25 Crawford County 457
26 Mahaska County 407
27 Floyd County 392
28 Page County 386
29 Bremer County 355
30 Boone County 325
31 Marion County 324
32 Jefferson County 313
33 Fayette County 284
34 Poweshiek County 279
35 Calhoun County 274
36 Carroll County 266
37 Hardin County 256
38 Allamakee County 236
39 Benton County 228
40 Washington County 226
41 Sioux County 203
42 Buchanan County 187
43 Delaware County 177
44 Jackson County 175
44 O'Brien County 175
44 Union County 175
45 Clay County 173
45 Louisa County 173
46 Cedar County 170
46 Tama County 170
47 Winnebago County 169
48 Winneshiek County 159
49 Dickinson County 157
50 Cherokee County 151
50 Hamilton County 151
51 Decatur County 139
52 Kossuth County 131
53 Palo Alto County 125
54 Clayton County 122
55 Clarke County 116
55 Iowa County 116
56 Emmet County 114
57 Wright County 99
58 Shelby County 97
59 Mills County 96
60 Guthrie County 93
61 Appanoose County 91
62 Hancock County 88
63 Humboldt County 87
64 Montgomery County 86
65 Harrison County 85
66 Madison County 83
67 Franklin County 82
67 Keokuk County 82
68 Grundy County 77
69 Cass County 74
69 Chickasaw County 74
70 Adair County 73
71 Howard County 72
71 Pocahontas County 72
71 Worth County 72
72 Monroe County 67
73 Osceola County 65
74 Mitchell County 64
75 Butler County 61
76 Greene County 59
76 Monona County 59
76 Sac County 59
77 Fremont County 58
78 Lucas County 47
79 Lyon County 46
80 Ida County 41
80 Wayne County 41
81 Audubon County 40
82 Adams County 35
83 Ringgold County 32
84 Taylor County 21
85 Van Buren County 20
86 Davis County 18