Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all Missouri counties, St. Louis city had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (43.16%), followed by Pemiscot County (25.95%), and St. Louis County (24.99%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022
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Pemiscot
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Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022
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Rank County % of County Population
1 St. Louis city 43.16
2 Pemiscot County 25.95
3 St. Louis County 24.99
4 Jackson County 22.52
5 Mississippi County 22.46
6 New Madrid County 16.31
7 Scott County 12.18
8 Cole County 11.44
9 Pulaski County 10.86
10 Dunklin County 10.79
11 Boone County 9.83
12 DeKalb County 8.28
13 Platte County 8.23
14 Cape Girardeau County 8
15 Clay County 7.67
16 Butler County 5.88
17 St. Charles County 5.83
18 Saline County 5.75
19 Pike County 5.71
20 Audrain County 5.58
20 Buchanan County 5.58
21 Randolph County 5.51
22 Cooper County 5.35
23 Cass County 5.04
24 Howard County 4.96
25 Callaway County 4.87
26 Marion County 4.56
27 Johnson County 4.33
28 St. Francois County 3.95
29 Texas County 3.83
30 Adair County 3.78
31 Greene County 3.38
32 Pettis County 3.3
33 Lewis County 3.25
34 Livingston County 2.87
35 Monroe County 2.78
36 Washington County 2.7
37 Chariton County 2.53
38 Phelps County 2.5
39 Macon County 2.49
40 Moniteau County 2.48
41 Sullivan County 2.37
42 Warren County 2.3
43 Jasper County 2.09
44 Lincoln County 2.04
45 Lafayette County 2.01
46 Carroll County 2
47 Nodaway County 1.87
48 Ste. Genevieve County 1.75
49 McDonald County 1.74
50 Taney County 1.61
51 Iron County 1.6
52 Bates County 1.56
53 Montgomery County 1.54
54 Ralls County 1.38
55 Reynolds County 1.32
56 Stoddard County 1.31
57 Clinton County 1.27
57 Jefferson County 1.27
58 Andrew County 1.24
58 Henry County 1.24
59 Madison County 1.21
60 Ray County 1.18
60 Shelby County 1.18
61 Laclede County 1.06
62 Linn County 1.05
63 Caldwell County 1.03
64 Newton County 1.02
65 Grundy County 0.99
65 Wayne County 0.99
66 Franklin County 0.98
66 Knox County 0.98
66 Worth County 0.98
67 Gentry County 0.96
68 Christian County 0.95
69 Webster County 0.91
70 Morgan County 0.88
70 Vernon County 0.88
71 Polk County 0.86
72 Cedar County 0.84
72 Ripley County 0.84
73 Wright County 0.83
74 Maries County 0.81
75 Camden County 0.79
75 Douglas County 0.79
76 Gasconade County 0.76
76 Hickory County 0.76
76 Miller County 0.76
77 Benton County 0.7
77 Carter County 0.7
78 St. Clair County 0.68
79 Perry County 0.67
79 Shannon County 0.67
80 Holt County 0.66
80 Howell County 0.66
81 Bollinger County 0.64
82 Barton County 0.62
83 Crawford County 0.61
83 Dade County 0.61
84 Atchison County 0.6
85 Dent County 0.59
85 Lawrence County 0.59
86 Barry County 0.58
87 Daviess County 0.57
88 Clark County 0.51
89 Harrison County 0.49
89 Stone County 0.49
90 Oregon County 0.48
91 Dallas County 0.46
92 Mercer County 0.43
93 Osage County 0.41
94 Ozark County 0.39
95 Schuyler County 0.33
96 Putnam County 0.28
97 Scotland County 0.15