Ranking of Missouri 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 Missouri counties, St. Louis city had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (43.25%), followed by Pemiscot County (26.19%), and St. Louis County (25.29%).

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 2023
St. Louis city
Pemiscot
St. Louis
Mississippi
Jackson
New Madrid
Scott
Cole
Pulaski
Dunklin
Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 St. Louis city 43.25
2 Pemiscot County 26.19
3 St. Louis County 25.29
4 Mississippi County 23.29
5 Jackson County 23.14
6 New Madrid County 16.61
7 Scott County 12.35
8 Cole County 11.67
9 Pulaski County 11.48
10 Dunklin County 11.02
11 Boone County 10.15
12 Platte County 8.77
13 Cape Girardeau County 8.3
14 Clay County 8.29
15 Saline County 6.38
16 St. Charles County 6.25
17 Buchanan County 6.17
18 Pike County 6.12
19 Butler County 6.06
20 Audrain County 5.79
21 Cooper County 5.55
22 Cass County 5.46
23 Howard County 5.12
24 Callaway County 4.99
25 Randolph County 4.96
26 Marion County 4.64
27 Johnson County 4.52
28 St. Francois County 4.19
29 Texas County 4.02
30 Adair County 3.93
31 DeKalb County 3.69
32 Greene County 3.61
33 Pettis County 3.6
34 Lewis County 3.4
35 Livingston County 3.29
36 Sullivan County 3.21
37 Monroe County 2.96
38 Washington County 2.77
39 Phelps County 2.65
40 Chariton County 2.54
41 Macon County 2.49
42 Moniteau County 2.47
43 Warren County 2.43
44 Jasper County 2.42
45 Nodaway County 2.35
46 Lafayette County 2.28
47 Carroll County 2.15
48 Lincoln County 2.1
49 McDonald County 2.07
50 Taney County 1.96
51 Ste. Genevieve County 1.77
52 Montgomery County 1.7
53 Bates County 1.65
54 Iron County 1.61
55 Reynolds County 1.55
56 Clinton County 1.5
57 Ray County 1.44
58 Henry County 1.42
58 Jefferson County 1.42
58 Stoddard County 1.42
59 Ralls County 1.4
60 Andrew County 1.38
60 Shelby County 1.38
61 Madison County 1.35
62 Newton County 1.23
62 Webster County 1.23
63 Christian County 1.17
64 Laclede County 1.14
65 Grundy County 1.12
66 Linn County 1.1
66 Worth County 1.1
67 Knox County 1.05
67 Ripley County 1.05
67 Wayne County 1.05
68 Franklin County 1.04
69 Caldwell County 1.03
70 Morgan County 1.01
71 Gentry County 1
71 Polk County 1
72 Holt County 0.99
72 Vernon County 0.99
73 Miller County 0.95
74 Wright County 0.94
75 Maries County 0.93
76 Cedar County 0.89
77 St. Clair County 0.88
78 Lawrence County 0.86
79 Douglas County 0.85
80 Barry County 0.83
81 Barton County 0.81
81 Benton County 0.81
81 Camden County 0.81
82 Crawford County 0.79
82 Hickory County 0.79
83 Perry County 0.78
84 Bollinger County 0.76
84 Dent County 0.76
84 Shannon County 0.76
85 Gasconade County 0.75
86 Carter County 0.74
87 Dade County 0.73
88 Howell County 0.7
89 Mercer County 0.69
90 Clark County 0.65
91 Dallas County 0.63
91 Stone County 0.63
92 Atchison County 0.59
93 Daviess County 0.57
94 Oregon County 0.56
95 Harrison County 0.54
96 Ozark County 0.5
97 Osage County 0.49
98 Schuyler County 0.37
99 Putnam County 0.3
100 Scotland County 0.17