Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 5, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the Iowa Black or African American Alone population (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent was 32.95%. Among all Iowa counties, Adams County had the highest percentage of its Black or African American Alone population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent (100.00%), followed by Monona County (100.00%), and Monroe County (100.00%).

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

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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent in 2021
Adams County
Monona County
Monroe County
Worth County
Mills County
Jackson County
Audubon County
Clayton County
Floyd County
Lucas County
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Adams County 100.00
1 Monona County 100.00
1 Monroe County 100.00
1 Worth County 100.00
2 Mills County 97.73
3 Jackson County 97.62
4 Audubon County 93.33
5 Clayton County 91.30
6 Floyd County 90.55
7 Lucas County 86.96
8 Howard County 80.00
9 Buchanan County 77.63
10 Louisa County 68.12
11 Boone County 67.57
12 Guthrie County 66.67
13 Lyon County 63.64
14 Tama County 62.37
15 Lee County 62.36
16 Hamilton County 60.61
17 Humboldt County 57.90
18 Fayette County 57.27
19 Allamakee County 55.65
20 Crawford County 54.55
21 Jones County 54.03
22 Jasper County 53.88
23 Muscatine County 52.47
24 Butler County 50.00
25 Buena Vista County 49.52
26 Mahaska County 47.65
27 Washington County 47.31
28 Page County 46.71
29 Cedar County 46.15
30 Henry County 44.97
31 Winnebago County 43.59
32 Marshall County 42.37
33 Marion County 41.00
34 Warren County 40.68
35 Woodbury County 40.26
36 Calhoun County 40.00
37 Greene County 39.29
38 Union County 38.46
39 Plymouth County 36.63
40 Sac County 35.90
41 Grundy County 35.71
41 Wayne County 35.71
42 Scott County 34.95
43 Pocahontas County 34.78
44 Clarke County 33.33
45 Polk County 32.44
46 Pottawattamie County 32.38
47 Black Hawk County 31.71
48 Linn County 31.33
49 Webster County 30.45
50 Kossuth County 28.95
51 Madison County 28.85
52 Clinton County 27.71
53 Johnson County 27.02
54 Des Moines County 26.99
55 Clay County 26.67
56 O'Brien County 26.19
57 Story County 25.93
58 Dubuque County 25.27
59 Harrison County 25.00
60 Benton County 24.44
61 Jefferson County 22.75
62 Dallas County 22.68
63 Iowa County 21.43
64 Cerro Gordo County 21.10
65 Fremont County 18.75
66 Chickasaw County 17.54
67 Sioux County 15.56
68 Dickinson County 15.39
69 Emmet County 14.89
70 Wapello County 14.21
71 Adair County 13.95
72 Keokuk County 13.04
73 Ida County 11.11
74 Cherokee County 10.94
75 Hardin County 10.81
76 Palo Alto County 10.28
77 Van Buren County 10.00
78 Poweshiek County 9.57
79 Winneshiek County 8.16
80 Bremer County 7.04
81 Cass County 6.38
82 Hancock County 5.56
83 Shelby County 3.20
84 Appanoose County 0.00
84 Carroll County 0.00
84 Decatur County 0.00
84 Delaware County 0.00
84 Franklin County 0.00
84 Mitchell County 0.00
84 Montgomery County 0.00
84 Osceola County 0.00
84 Wright County 0.00