Ranking of Iowa Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Iowa counties, Polk County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (31.68K), followed by Scott County (13.12K), and Black Hawk County (12.42K).

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 2015
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Scott
Black Hawk
Linn
Johnson
Woodbury
Dubuque
Story
Des Moines
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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2015
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Polk County 31678
2 Scott County 13119
3 Black Hawk County 12415
4 Linn County 10830
5 Johnson County 9628
6 Woodbury County 3226
7 Dubuque County 3073
8 Story County 2669
9 Des Moines County 2347
10 Webster County 1602
11 Pottawattamie County 1573
12 Dallas County 1507
13 Clinton County 1407
14 Wapello County 1110
15 Muscatine County 1109
16 Lee County 1041
17 Marshall County 787
18 Jasper County 683
19 Cerro Gordo County 628
20 Buena Vista County 620
21 Henry County 497
21 Jones County 497
22 Crawford County 483
23 Jefferson County 396
24 Page County 387
25 Floyd County 376
26 Warren County 365
27 Mahaska County 335
28 Boone County 298
29 Poweshiek County 279
30 Marion County 274
31 Sioux County 254
32 Bremer County 252
33 Fayette County 249
34 Hardin County 247
35 Washington County 206
36 Allamakee County 204
37 Calhoun County 196
38 Carroll County 194
39 Plymouth County 172
40 Winneshiek County 171
41 Winnebago County 162
42 Hamilton County 148
43 Decatur County 145
44 Clayton County 144
45 Union County 142
46 Benton County 132
46 Jackson County 132
47 O'Brien County 126
48 Clay County 123
49 Palo Alto County 118
50 Louisa County 111
51 Kossuth County 108
52 Cherokee County 106
53 Buchanan County 102
54 Shelby County 99
55 Wright County 98
56 Hancock County 96
57 Franklin County 92
58 Clarke County 90
58 Iowa County 90
59 Mills County 89
60 Emmet County 88
61 Cedar County 81
61 Madison County 81
62 Tama County 80
63 Appanoose County 78
63 Chickasaw County 78
64 Pocahontas County 74
65 Worth County 73
66 Monroe County 72
67 Delaware County 66
68 Dickinson County 62
69 Humboldt County 55
69 Keokuk County 55
69 Mitchell County 55
70 Montgomery County 50
71 Grundy County 46
71 Howard County 46
72 Harrison County 45
73 Fremont County 44
74 Butler County 43
75 Cass County 42
75 Greene County 42
76 Guthrie County 41
77 Lyon County 38
78 Monona County 36
78 Osceola County 36
79 Taylor County 33
80 Lucas County 28
80 Wayne County 28
81 Audubon County 27
81 Ida County 27
81 Sac County 27
82 Adair County 25
82 Ringgold County 25
83 Davis County 18
84 Van Buren County 17
85 Adams County 10