Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2022

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all Iowa counties, Black Hawk County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (9.8%), followed by Johnson County (8.45%), and Scott County (8.3%).

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

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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2022
Black Hawk
Johnson
Scott
Polk
Linn
Des Moines
Woodbury
Webster
Buena Vista
Wapello
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2022
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Black Hawk County 9.8
2 Johnson County 8.45
3 Scott County 8.3
4 Polk County 7.77
5 Linn County 6.76
6 Des Moines County 6.41
7 Woodbury County 5.58
8 Webster County 4.95
9 Buena Vista County 4.2
10 Wapello County 4.13
11 Dubuque County 3.75
12 Crawford County 3.54
13 Dallas County 3.5
14 Muscatine County 3.38
15 Clinton County 3.24
16 Story County 3.21
17 Henry County 3.11
18 Lee County 2.92
19 Jones County 2.89
20 Calhoun County 2.68
21 Page County 2.67
22 Floyd County 2.52
22 Marshall County 2.52
23 Jasper County 2.45
24 Jefferson County 2.41
25 Plymouth County 2.32
26 Cerro Gordo County 2.17
27 Decatur County 2.08
28 Pottawattamie County 2.04
29 Winnebago County 1.82
30 Mahaska County 1.79
31 O'Brien County 1.71
32 Allamakee County 1.67
33 Hardin County 1.63
34 Poweshiek County 1.6
35 Clarke County 1.57
36 Fayette County 1.55
36 Union County 1.55
37 Louisa County 1.52
38 Palo Alto County 1.47
39 Bremer County 1.43
40 Carroll County 1.39
40 Franklin County 1.39
41 Hamilton County 1.35
42 Cherokee County 1.32
43 Emmet County 1.26
43 Tama County 1.26
44 Wright County 1.24
45 Boone County 1.23
46 Washington County 1.21
47 Warren County 1.17
48 Clay County 1.13
48 Pocahontas County 1.13
49 Kossuth County 1.1
49 Shelby County 1.1
50 Osceola County 1.05
51 Chickasaw County 1.04
52 Humboldt County 1.03
53 Fremont County 1
54 Jackson County 0.97
55 Marion County 0.96
55 Worth County 0.96
56 Delaware County 0.95
57 Winneshiek County 0.94
58 Guthrie County 0.93
59 Hancock County 0.92
60 Howard County 0.9
61 Adair County 0.89
61 Monroe County 0.89
61 Sioux County 0.89
62 Audubon County 0.88
62 Cedar County 0.88
63 Appanoose County 0.87
64 Buchanan County 0.86
65 Benton County 0.85
66 Keokuk County 0.84
67 Clayton County 0.83
67 Greene County 0.83
68 Mills County 0.81
69 Montgomery County 0.79
69 Ringgold County 0.79
70 Adams County 0.78
71 Iowa County 0.74
72 Taylor County 0.72
73 Monona County 0.71
74 Dickinson County 0.7
75 Grundy County 0.67
76 Mitchell County 0.66
77 Madison County 0.65
78 Ida County 0.62
79 Harrison County 0.59
80 Cass County 0.57
81 Sac County 0.56
82 Lucas County 0.55
83 Wayne County 0.54
84 Lyon County 0.51
85 Butler County 0.45
86 Van Buren County 0.33
87 Davis County 0.24