Ranking of Missouri 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 Missouri counties, St. Louis County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (241.60K), followed by Jackson County (165.28K), and St. Louis city (150.79K).

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 2015
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Ranking of Missouri Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2015
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 St. Louis County 241602
2 Jackson County 165277
3 St. Louis city 150793
4 St. Charles County 17756
5 Boone County 16576
6 Clay County 14549
7 Cole County 9231
8 Greene County 9169
9 Pulaski County 6874
10 Platte County 6391
11 Cape Girardeau County 5951
12 Buchanan County 5253
13 Pemiscot County 4654
14 Scott County 4559
15 Cass County 3891
16 Mississippi County 3458
17 Dunklin County 3204
18 St. Francois County 2997
19 New Madrid County 2896
20 Jasper County 2650
21 Johnson County 2572
22 Butler County 2377
23 Jefferson County 2344
24 Callaway County 2019
25 Audrain County 1761
26 DeKalb County 1490
27 Randolph County 1483
28 Marion County 1436
29 Pike County 1374
30 Pettis County 1317
31 Saline County 1284
32 Cooper County 1237
33 Lincoln County 1082
34 Phelps County 1057
35 Franklin County 987
36 Texas County 941
37 Warren County 778
38 Taney County 772
39 Lafayette County 738
40 Moniteau County 641
41 Nodaway County 639
42 Adair County 609
43 Washington County 594
44 Christian County 565
45 Howard County 535
46 Newton County 517
47 Livingston County 463
48 McDonald County 406
49 Webster County 387
50 Macon County 342
51 Lewis County 322
52 Stoddard County 314
53 Ray County 310
54 Camden County 284
55 Polk County 281
56 Henry County 280
57 Laclede County 272
58 Clinton County 270
59 Monroe County 222
60 Montgomery County 204
61 Howell County 196
62 Morgan County 177
63 Lawrence County 174
64 Vernon County 173
65 Carroll County 172
66 Bates County 169
66 Chariton County 169
67 Barry County 168
68 Sullivan County 167
69 Iron County 150
70 Ste. Genevieve County 147
71 Ralls County 136
72 Andrew County 132
73 Stone County 114
74 Crawford County 113
75 Linn County 111
76 Wright County 109
77 Miller County 105
78 Perry County 103
79 Barton County 87
80 Wayne County 85
81 Ripley County 83
82 Grundy County 79
83 Dent County 77
84 Benton County 76
85 Gasconade County 69
86 St. Clair County 67
87 Maries County 62
88 Dallas County 59
89 Madison County 58
90 Caldwell County 54
91 Shelby County 53
92 Bollinger County 51
92 Reynolds County 51
93 Daviess County 48
93 Douglas County 48
94 Osage County 47
95 Hickory County 39
96 Dade County 38
96 Harrison County 38
97 Oregon County 36
98 Gentry County 33
99 Shannon County 32
100 Cedar County 23
101 Clark County 22
102 Knox County 21
103 Atchison County 20
104 Worth County 19
105 Carter County 17
105 Ozark County 17
106 Mercer County 13
107 Holt County 12
108 Putnam County 9
109 Schuyler County 5
110 Scotland County 4