Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2020

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Missouri counties, St. Louis city had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (44.56%), followed by Pemiscot County (26.7%), and St. Louis County (25.07%).

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 2020
St. Louis city
Pemiscot
St. Louis
Mississippi
Jackson
New Madrid
Pulaski
Scott
Cole
Dunklin
Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 St. Louis city 44.56
2 Pemiscot County 26.7
3 St. Louis County 25.07
4 Mississippi County 23.6
5 Jackson County 23.57
6 New Madrid County 16.28
7 Pulaski County 12.42
8 Scott County 12.29
9 Cole County 11.86
10 Dunklin County 10.92
11 Boone County 9.9
12 DeKalb County 9.25
13 Platte County 7.99
14 Cape Girardeau County 7.98
15 Clay County 7.58
16 Saline County 6.4
17 Audrain County 6.29
18 Butler County 6.02
19 Buchanan County 5.89
20 Pike County 5.78
21 Randolph County 5.56
22 Cooper County 5.49
23 St. Charles County 5.42
24 Howard County 5.12
25 Cass County 4.87
26 Johnson County 4.84
27 Callaway County 4.83
28 Marion County 4.79
29 St. Francois County 4.15
30 Adair County 3.74
31 Greene County 3.46
32 Pettis County 3.44
33 Texas County 3.4
34 Lewis County 3.28
35 Sullivan County 3.18
36 Monroe County 2.92
37 Chariton County 2.68
38 Macon County 2.63
39 Washington County 2.54
40 Livingston County 2.52
41 Moniteau County 2.44
42 Jasper County 2.36
43 Phelps County 2.35
44 Warren County 2.33
45 Lafayette County 2.27
46 McDonald County 2.17
47 Nodaway County 2.16
48 Lincoln County 2.12
49 Carroll County 1.97
50 Taney County 1.88
51 Ste. Genevieve County 1.77
52 Montgomery County 1.76
53 Iron County 1.66
54 Bates County 1.62
55 Ray County 1.48
56 Clinton County 1.35
57 Henry County 1.33
58 Ralls County 1.3
59 Stoddard County 1.21
60 Jefferson County 1.2
61 Madison County 1.17
61 Reynolds County 1.17
61 Shelby County 1.17
62 Andrew County 1.15
63 Newton County 1.08
64 Wayne County 1.01
65 Laclede County 1
66 Franklin County 0.99
67 Grundy County 0.98
67 Webster County 0.98
68 Linn County 0.95
69 Polk County 0.94
70 Christian County 0.93
71 Morgan County 0.92
72 Worth County 0.87
73 Maries County 0.84
74 Gentry County 0.83
75 Cedar County 0.81
75 Daviess County 0.81
75 Wright County 0.81
76 Knox County 0.8
77 Ripley County 0.79
77 Vernon County 0.79
78 Camden County 0.78
79 Bollinger County 0.77
79 Caldwell County 0.77
79 Miller County 0.77
80 Barry County 0.75
81 Hickory County 0.74
82 Carter County 0.73
82 Perry County 0.73
83 Benton County 0.72
84 St. Clair County 0.7
85 Douglas County 0.69
86 Crawford County 0.67
87 Lawrence County 0.66
88 Dade County 0.65
88 Gasconade County 0.65
89 Barton County 0.64
90 Dent County 0.63
90 Howell County 0.63
91 Shannon County 0.58
92 Harrison County 0.55
92 Holt County 0.55
93 Clark County 0.51
94 Atchison County 0.49
95 Osage County 0.48
96 Stone County 0.45
97 Dallas County 0.44
98 Mercer County 0.43
98 Oregon County 0.43
99 Putnam County 0.3
100 Schuyler County 0.25
101 Ozark County 0.24
102 Scotland County 0.11