Ranking of Missouri Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Missouri counties, St. Louis County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (237.37K), followed by Jackson County (163.44K), and St. Louis city (156.12K).

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

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

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Ranking of Missouri Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012
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Ranking of Missouri Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 St. Louis County 237369
2 Jackson County 163439
3 St. Louis city 156122
4 St. Charles County 16070
5 Boone County 15857
6 Clay County 12858
7 Cole County 8791
8 Greene County 8444
9 Pulaski County 6275
10 Platte County 5745
11 Cape Girardeau County 5663
12 Buchanan County 5073
13 Pemiscot County 4831
14 Scott County 4475
15 Cass County 3743
16 Mississippi County 3473
17 Dunklin County 3237
18 New Madrid County 2921
19 St. Francois County 2885
20 Johnson County 2504
21 Jasper County 2465
22 Butler County 2335
23 Callaway County 1979
24 Jefferson County 1973
25 Audrain County 1664
26 Randolph County 1508
27 DeKalb County 1467
28 Marion County 1461
29 Pike County 1393
30 Pettis County 1343
31 Saline County 1308
32 Cooper County 1222
33 Phelps County 1052
34 Lincoln County 1020
35 Texas County 880
36 Franklin County 865
37 Lafayette County 762
38 Warren County 688
39 Nodaway County 614
40 Taney County 595
41 Moniteau County 584
42 Washington County 583
43 Howard County 560
44 Christian County 532
45 Newton County 531
46 Adair County 479
47 Livingston County 411
48 McDonald County 364
49 Macon County 361
50 Webster County 341
51 Lewis County 323
52 Clinton County 305
53 Stoddard County 300
54 Ray County 296
55 Henry County 252
56 Polk County 250
57 Laclede County 244
58 Monroe County 237
59 Camden County 227
60 Montgomery County 202
61 Carroll County 181
62 Chariton County 170
63 Bates County 156
64 Iron County 155
65 Lawrence County 153
66 Howell County 151
67 Morgan County 149
68 Vernon County 142
69 Barry County 136
70 Ste. Genevieve County 122
71 Ralls County 121
72 Miller County 119
73 Andrew County 104
74 Linn County 97
75 Stone County 95
75 Wright County 95
76 Perry County 89
77 Crawford County 86
78 Sullivan County 77
79 Grundy County 76
80 Benton County 63
80 Dent County 63
81 Atchison County 62
82 St. Clair County 59
82 Wayne County 59
83 Caldwell County 56
84 Ripley County 55
85 Madison County 54
86 Barton County 52
87 Douglas County 50
88 Osage County 48
89 Gasconade County 44
89 Reynolds County 44
90 Harrison County 43
91 Bollinger County 42
91 Dallas County 42
92 Shelby County 38
93 Maries County 35
94 Daviess County 34
95 Dade County 32
96 Gentry County 29
97 Shannon County 26
98 Hickory County 25
98 Oregon County 25
99 Ozark County 22
100 Cedar County 18
101 Clark County 16
101 Worth County 16
102 Carter County 15
103 Knox County 14
104 Mercer County 10
105 Holt County 9
105 Putnam County 9
106 Schuyler County 6
107 Scotland County 3