Ranking of Iowa Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all Iowa counties, Polk County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (35.84K), followed by Linn County (14.13K), and Scott County (13.94K).

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 2019
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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2019
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Polk County 35836
2 Linn County 14130
3 Scott County 13941
4 Black Hawk County 12833
5 Johnson County 12130
6 Woodbury County 4818
7 Dubuque County 3595
8 Story County 2969
9 Dallas County 2502
10 Des Moines County 2448
11 Pottawattamie County 1687
12 Webster County 1668
13 Wapello County 1418
14 Clinton County 1398
15 Muscatine County 1299
16 Lee County 1060
17 Marshall County 906
18 Cerro Gordo County 886
19 Jasper County 872
20 Buena Vista County 672
21 Crawford County 612
22 Jones County 537
23 Henry County 535
24 Mahaska County 488
25 Warren County 479
26 Floyd County 438
27 Page County 433
28 Jefferson County 430
29 Plymouth County 402
30 Bremer County 332
31 Boone County 312
32 Fayette County 300
33 Poweshiek County 294
34 Marion County 292
35 Washington County 278
36 Sioux County 277
37 Carroll County 272
38 Hardin County 245
39 Calhoun County 233
40 Allamakee County 224
41 O'Brien County 206
42 Hamilton County 192
43 Palo Alto County 190
44 Benton County 182
45 Union County 180
46 Winnebago County 178
47 Kossuth County 168
48 Winneshiek County 166
49 Tama County 164
50 Decatur County 160
51 Delaware County 152
52 Wright County 143
53 Clayton County 142
54 Clay County 139
55 Jackson County 135
56 Louisa County 133
57 Emmet County 129
58 Shelby County 128
59 Cherokee County 126
60 Buchanan County 124
60 Franklin County 124
61 Iowa County 120
62 Cedar County 119
63 Appanoose County 113
64 Clarke County 111
65 Mills County 109
66 Hancock County 108
67 Madison County 104
68 Dickinson County 102
69 Chickasaw County 88
70 Humboldt County 81
71 Grundy County 74
72 Guthrie County 69
72 Keokuk County 69
72 Worth County 69
73 Pocahontas County 64
74 Harrison County 62
74 Monroe County 62
75 Osceola County 61
76 Monona County 60
77 Cass County 59
77 Mitchell County 59
78 Howard County 58
78 Montgomery County 58
79 Fremont County 56
80 Lucas County 50
81 Butler County 48
81 Greene County 48
81 Lyon County 48
82 Sac County 43
83 Adair County 40
84 Taylor County 35
85 Ida County 34
86 Wayne County 33
87 Audubon County 32
87 Ringgold County 32
88 Davis County 21
89 Adams County 18
90 Van Buren County 16