Polk, Iowa Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020

Updated on February 22, 2026.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among Polk, IA population of 371,655 people, 77.60% of them (288,392 people) identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic - White Alone, 6.18% of them (22,959 people) identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone, and 4.71% of them (17,508 people) identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone.

The first chart below shows the voting-age population by ethnicity and the second chart shows the percentage of the voting-age population for each ethnicity. You can also find the information in a table below.

You can see similar information for other Iowa counties and also for the state of Iowa.

Polk, IA Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
Non-Hispanic - White Alone
Non-Hispanic - Black Alone
Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone
Non-Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - White Alone
Percentage of Polk, IA Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
Non-Hispanic - White Alone
Non-Hispanic - Black Alone
Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone
Non-Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - White Alone
Polk, IA Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
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Ethnicity Voting-age Population % of County Voting-age Population
Non-Hispanic - White Alone 288392 77.60
Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone 22959 6.18
Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone 17508 4.71
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone 11392 3.07
Non-Hispanic - Two Or More Races 10909 2.94
Hispanic - Two Or More Races 10195 2.74
Hispanic - White Alone 6791 1.83
Non-Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone 1209 0.33
Non-Hispanic - American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 852 0.23
Hispanic - American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 825 0.22
Hispanic - Black or African American Alone 282 0.08
Non-Hispanic - Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 200 0.05
Hispanic - Asian Alone 119 0.03
Hispanic - Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 22 0.01