Ranking of Iowa Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2013

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2013, among all Iowa counties, Polk County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (29.62K), followed by Scott County (12.66K), and Black Hawk County (11.84K).

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

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2013
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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2013
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Polk County 29624
2 Scott County 12662
3 Black Hawk County 11840
4 Linn County 9377
5 Johnson County 8057
6 Woodbury County 2832
7 Dubuque County 2665
8 Story County 2506
9 Des Moines County 2287
10 Webster County 1550
11 Clinton County 1436
12 Pottawattamie County 1391
13 Dallas County 1274
14 Lee County 1063
15 Muscatine County 902
16 Wapello County 826
17 Marshall County 787
18 Jasper County 654
19 Buena Vista County 546
19 Cerro Gordo County 546
20 Henry County 514
21 Jones County 448
22 Page County 360
23 Crawford County 353
24 Jefferson County 318
25 Warren County 305
26 Floyd County 269
27 Mahaska County 266
27 Poweshiek County 266
28 Boone County 264
29 Bremer County 258
30 Marion County 257
31 Fayette County 252
31 Hardin County 252
32 Sioux County 231
33 Washington County 205
34 Allamakee County 196
35 Calhoun County 182
36 Winneshiek County 171
37 Decatur County 151
38 Plymouth County 143
39 Clayton County 133
40 O'Brien County 129
41 Carroll County 126
42 Union County 122
43 Hamilton County 121
44 Winnebago County 117
45 Jackson County 109
46 Benton County 107
46 Louisa County 107
47 Cherokee County 100
48 Clay County 96
49 Emmet County 87
49 Iowa County 87
49 Tama County 87
50 Franklin County 86
51 Cedar County 85
52 Kossuth County 83
53 Buchanan County 82
54 Wright County 78
55 Shelby County 77
56 Mills County 76
57 Madison County 73
57 Palo Alto County 73
58 Delaware County 71
59 Clarke County 70
60 Chickasaw County 69
60 Hancock County 69
61 Humboldt County 65
62 Pocahontas County 64
63 Appanoose County 63
64 Worth County 54
65 Butler County 52
66 Dickinson County 51
66 Keokuk County 51
67 Cass County 48
68 Fremont County 47
69 Harrison County 44
70 Greene County 43
70 Howard County 43
71 Monroe County 42
72 Grundy County 41
73 Mitchell County 40
74 Monona County 36
75 Montgomery County 35
76 Guthrie County 32
77 Wayne County 30
78 Lyon County 28
79 Audubon County 27
79 Ida County 27
79 Sac County 27
79 Taylor County 27
80 Osceola County 25
81 Lucas County 23
82 Ringgold County 22
83 Adair County 18
84 Van Buren County 16
85 Davis County 14
86 Adams County 11