Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Minnesota counties, Hennepin County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (14.21%), followed by Ramsey County (13.35%), and Stearns County (9.04%).

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

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

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Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2021
Hennepin
Ramsey
Stearns
Anoka
Dakota
Olmsted
Rice
Kandiyohi
Scott
Benton
Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Hennepin County 14.21
2 Ramsey County 13.35
3 Stearns County 9.04
4 Anoka County 8.66
5 Dakota County 8.31
6 Olmsted County 7.48
7 Rice County 6.52
8 Kandiyohi County 6.45
9 Scott County 6.35
10 Benton County 5.62
11 Washington County 5.57
12 Clay County 5.14
13 Nobles County 4.93
14 Blue Earth County 4.85
15 Nicollet County 4.72
16 Mower County 4.26
17 Sherburne County 4.13
18 Steele County 3.64
19 Lyon County 3.35
20 Polk County 3.16
21 Carver County 2.38
22 Pine County 2.36
23 Waseca County 2.27
23 Wright County 2.27
24 Winona County 1.94
25 Pipestone County 1.91
26 Carlton County 1.78
27 Freeborn County 1.71
28 Cook County 1.62
28 St. Louis County 1.62
29 Cottonwood County 1.6
30 Otter Tail County 1.59
31 Goodhue County 1.56
32 Chisago County 1.55
33 Watonwan County 1.42
34 Stevens County 1.41
35 Swift County 1.2
36 Pennington County 1.13
37 Isanti County 1.1
37 Wadena County 1.1
38 Jackson County 1.08
39 Redwood County 1.07
39 Todd County 1.07
40 McLeod County 1.04
41 Sibley County 1.02
42 Faribault County 0.99
43 Chippewa County 0.97
44 Kittson County 0.96
45 Houston County 0.95
45 Rock County 0.95
46 Red Lake County 0.91
47 Crow Wing County 0.89
48 Le Sueur County 0.88
49 Beltrami County 0.87
49 Dodge County 0.87
49 Martin County 0.87
50 Renville County 0.84
51 Traverse County 0.83
52 Koochiching County 0.82
53 Big Stone County 0.81
53 Douglas County 0.81
53 Lac qui Parle County 0.81
53 Norman County 0.81
53 Yellow Medicine County 0.81
54 Meeker County 0.76
55 Grant County 0.75
56 Lake of the Woods County 0.73
56 Morrison County 0.73
57 Clearwater County 0.72
58 Wabasha County 0.7
59 Kanabec County 0.69
60 Mahnomen County 0.67
61 Mille Lacs County 0.65
62 Brown County 0.63
63 Aitkin County 0.62
64 Hubbard County 0.6
64 Roseau County 0.6
65 Becker County 0.59
66 Fillmore County 0.56
67 Murray County 0.55
68 Marshall County 0.53
69 Wilkin County 0.52
70 Itasca County 0.51
71 Cass County 0.5
71 Lake County 0.5
72 Pope County 0.46
73 Lincoln County 0.32