Ranking of Iowa Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Iowa counties, Polk County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (33.91K), followed by Scott County (13.41K), and Linn County (12.76K).

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 2017
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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Polk County 33912
2 Scott County 13405
3 Linn County 12762
4 Black Hawk County 12726
5 Johnson County 11146
6 Woodbury County 3565
7 Dubuque County 3559
8 Story County 2814
9 Des Moines County 2329
10 Dallas County 1862
11 Webster County 1718
12 Pottawattamie County 1628
13 Clinton County 1502
14 Wapello County 1412
15 Muscatine County 1179
16 Lee County 1064
17 Marshall County 905
18 Jasper County 818
19 Cerro Gordo County 760
20 Buena Vista County 686
21 Crawford County 580
22 Henry County 541
23 Jones County 518
24 Warren County 434
25 Mahaska County 425
26 Jefferson County 414
27 Page County 401
28 Floyd County 395
29 Bremer County 317
30 Boone County 306
31 Marion County 283
32 Poweshiek County 277
33 Hardin County 275
34 Sioux County 267
35 Carroll County 264
36 Fayette County 259
37 Washington County 246
38 Allamakee County 242
39 Calhoun County 202
40 Plymouth County 180
41 Benton County 167
42 Union County 165
43 Jackson County 161
43 Winnebago County 161
43 Winneshiek County 161
44 Palo Alto County 160
45 Kossuth County 158
46 O'Brien County 157
47 Clayton County 155
48 Tama County 153
49 Hamilton County 149
50 Decatur County 143
51 Delaware County 133
52 Wright County 127
53 Clay County 123
54 Buchanan County 122
55 Emmet County 121
56 Louisa County 119
57 Shelby County 113
58 Cherokee County 112
59 Cedar County 107
59 Chickasaw County 107
59 Franklin County 107
60 Clarke County 104
61 Iowa County 101
62 Mills County 98
62 Monroe County 98
63 Madison County 97
64 Hancock County 94
65 Appanoose County 91
66 Worth County 89
67 Pocahontas County 79
68 Dickinson County 76
69 Grundy County 62
69 Keokuk County 62
70 Humboldt County 61
71 Cass County 60
71 Mitchell County 60
72 Harrison County 57
73 Montgomery County 55
74 Howard County 54
74 Lyon County 54
75 Guthrie County 53
76 Fremont County 52
76 Monona County 52
77 Butler County 46
78 Greene County 45
79 Taylor County 42
80 Wayne County 38
81 Adair County 36
82 Lucas County 35
82 Osceola County 35
82 Sac County 35
83 Ringgold County 30
84 Audubon County 29
85 Ida County 24
86 Van Buren County 17
87 Davis County 15
88 Adams County 11