Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2023

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all Iowa counties, Black Hawk County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (9.86%), followed by Johnson County (8.73%), and Scott County (8.43%).

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 2023
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 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Black Hawk County 9.86
2 Johnson County 8.73
3 Scott County 8.43
4 Polk County 7.89
5 Linn County 6.98
6 Des Moines County 6.6
7 Woodbury County 5.71
8 Webster County 5.21
9 Buena Vista County 4.24
10 Wapello County 4.13
11 Dallas County 3.87
12 Dubuque County 3.83
13 Muscatine County 3.49
14 Clinton County 3.27
15 Crawford County 3.25
16 Story County 3.23
17 Jones County 2.97
18 Calhoun County 2.83
19 Lee County 2.82
20 Page County 2.68
21 Henry County 2.65
22 Floyd County 2.62
23 Marshall County 2.53
24 Jasper County 2.33
25 Plymouth County 2.28
26 Cerro Gordo County 2.22
26 Jefferson County 2.22
27 Decatur County 2.11
27 Pottawattamie County 2.11
28 Winnebago County 1.96
29 Mahaska County 1.95
30 Allamakee County 1.81
30 Louisa County 1.81
31 Poweshiek County 1.64
31 Union County 1.64
32 O'Brien County 1.63
33 Hardin County 1.62
34 Fayette County 1.59
35 Palo Alto County 1.58
36 Clarke County 1.56
37 Franklin County 1.5
38 Cherokee County 1.49
39 Bremer County 1.47
40 Carroll County 1.46
41 Hamilton County 1.45
42 Emmet County 1.43
43 Chickasaw County 1.4
44 Osceola County 1.34
45 Boone County 1.26
45 Tama County 1.26
46 Washington County 1.23
47 Warren County 1.22
48 Clay County 1.16
49 Pocahontas County 1.15
50 Shelby County 1.12
50 Wright County 1.12
51 Humboldt County 1.11
52 Worth County 1.1
53 Adair County 1.08
54 Delaware County 1.06
54 Kossuth County 1.06
55 Fremont County 1.04
55 Monroe County 1.04
56 Jackson County 1.03
57 Adams County 1.02
57 Cedar County 1.02
57 Marion County 1.02
58 Hancock County 1.01
59 Benton County 1
60 Buchanan County 0.97
61 Guthrie County 0.92
62 Dickinson County 0.91
62 Sioux County 0.91
62 Winneshiek County 0.91
63 Howard County 0.89
63 Montgomery County 0.89
64 Appanoose County 0.88
64 Keokuk County 0.88
65 Audubon County 0.85
66 Iowa County 0.81
67 Clayton County 0.79
67 Greene County 0.79
68 Mills County 0.75
69 Monona County 0.71
69 Ringgold County 0.71
70 Grundy County 0.7
70 Wayne County 0.7
71 Sac County 0.69
72 Ida County 0.67
73 Cass County 0.65
74 Taylor County 0.64
75 Harrison County 0.63
75 Lucas County 0.63
75 Madison County 0.63
75 Mitchell County 0.63
76 Lyon County 0.56
77 Butler County 0.49
78 Van Buren County 0.39
79 Davis County 0.24