Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2014

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2014, among all Missouri counties, St. Louis city had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (48.35%), followed by Pemiscot County (26.55%), and Mississippi County (24.92%).

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

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

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Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2014
St. Louis city
Pemiscot
Mississippi
Jackson
St. Louis
New Madrid
Pulaski
Cole
DeKalb
Scott
Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2014
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Rank County % of County Population
1 St. Louis city 48.35
2 Pemiscot County 26.55
3 Mississippi County 24.92
4 Jackson County 24.07
5 St. Louis County 23.94
6 New Madrid County 15.88
7 Pulaski County 12.64
8 Cole County 11.76
9 DeKalb County 11.74
10 Scott County 11.7
11 Dunklin County 10.38
12 Boone County 9.49
13 Pike County 7.59
14 Cape Girardeau County 7.56
15 Cooper County 7.09
16 Audrain County 6.63
17 Platte County 6.38
18 Clay County 5.95
18 Randolph County 5.95
19 Buchanan County 5.89
20 Saline County 5.42
21 Howard County 5.32
22 Butler County 5.23
23 Marion County 5.13
24 Johnson County 4.72
25 St. Charles County 4.54
26 Callaway County 4.53
27 St. Francois County 4.46
28 Moniteau County 4
29 Cass County 3.8
30 Texas County 3.55
31 Pettis County 3.2
32 Lewis County 3.15
33 Greene County 3.13
34 Livingston County 3.05
35 Nodaway County 2.75
36 Monroe County 2.52
37 Washington County 2.4
38 Lafayette County 2.31
39 Warren County 2.3
40 Phelps County 2.24
41 Chariton County 2.22
41 Jasper County 2.22
41 Macon County 2.22
42 Adair County 2.17
43 Sullivan County 2.09
44 Lincoln County 1.9
45 Carroll County 1.84
46 McDonald County 1.83
47 Montgomery County 1.6
48 Clinton County 1.47
49 Iron County 1.44
50 Ray County 1.35
51 Henry County 1.32
52 Taney County 1.31
53 Ralls County 1.28
54 Bates County 1.08
55 Stoddard County 1.07
56 Webster County 1.05
57 Jefferson County 0.99
58 Reynolds County 0.94
59 Franklin County 0.89
60 Newton County 0.87
61 Polk County 0.86
62 Vernon County 0.85
63 Morgan County 0.83
64 Grundy County 0.82
65 Ste. Genevieve County 0.81
66 Andrew County 0.8
66 Linn County 0.8
67 Barton County 0.78
67 Worth County 0.78
68 Laclede County 0.77
68 Shelby County 0.77
69 St. Clair County 0.75
70 Christian County 0.71
71 Wayne County 0.62
71 Wright County 0.62
72 Maries County 0.6
73 Caldwell County 0.58
74 Ripley County 0.57
75 Camden County 0.55
76 Daviess County 0.53
77 Gentry County 0.52
77 Perry County 0.52
78 Harrison County 0.48
78 Knox County 0.48
79 Barry County 0.46
79 Dade County 0.46
79 Lawrence County 0.46
80 Howell County 0.45
80 Miller County 0.45
81 Crawford County 0.43
82 Dent County 0.42
82 Hickory County 0.42
83 Gasconade County 0.41
83 Madison County 0.41
84 Bollinger County 0.39
85 Douglas County 0.38
86 Shannon County 0.37
87 Atchison County 0.36
88 Stone County 0.35
89 Benton County 0.34
90 Osage County 0.32
91 Clark County 0.31
92 Oregon County 0.3
93 Dallas County 0.27
94 Carter County 0.26
95 Mercer County 0.24
96 Holt County 0.22
96 Ozark County 0.22
97 Putnam County 0.21
98 Cedar County 0.17
99 Schuyler County 0.11
100 Scotland County 0.06