Ranking of Missouri Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Missouri counties, St. Louis County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (243.01K), followed by Jackson County (166.18K), and St. Louis city (147.83K).

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 2016
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Ranking of Missouri Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2016
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 St. Louis County 243009
2 Jackson County 166182
3 St. Louis city 147832
4 St. Charles County 18647
5 Boone County 16808
6 Clay County 15456
7 Greene County 9296
8 Cole County 9284
9 Platte County 6759
10 Pulaski County 6629
11 Cape Girardeau County 6041
12 Buchanan County 5262
13 Pemiscot County 4609
14 Scott County 4535
15 Cass County 4000
16 Mississippi County 3431
17 Dunklin County 3177
18 St. Francois County 3028
19 New Madrid County 2860
20 Jasper County 2687
21 Johnson County 2623
22 Butler County 2426
23 Jefferson County 2345
24 Callaway County 2081
25 Audrain County 1773
26 DeKalb County 1485
27 Randolph County 1474
28 Marion County 1421
29 Pike County 1417
30 Pettis County 1322
31 Saline County 1256
32 Cooper County 1212
33 Lincoln County 1091
34 Phelps County 1038
35 Franklin County 949
36 Texas County 933
37 Taney County 821
38 Warren County 777
39 Lafayette County 739
40 Adair County 702
41 Moniteau County 645
42 Nodaway County 640
43 Christian County 622
44 Washington County 577
45 Newton County 557
46 Livingston County 515
47 Howard County 494
48 McDonald County 433
49 Webster County 422
50 Macon County 347
51 Stoddard County 339
52 Lewis County 318
53 Camden County 311
54 Ray County 308
55 Henry County 278
56 Laclede County 268
56 Polk County 268
57 Clinton County 267
58 Monroe County 239
59 Sullivan County 208
60 Howell County 199
61 Barry County 197
62 Montgomery County 193
63 Lawrence County 192
64 Carroll County 181
65 Bates County 178
65 Chariton County 178
66 Morgan County 171
67 Vernon County 165
68 Ste. Genevieve County 144
69 Iron County 140
70 Miller County 136
71 Ralls County 133
72 Andrew County 131
73 Crawford County 123
74 Stone County 122
75 Wright County 108
76 Linn County 100
77 Perry County 97
78 Benton County 95
79 Barton County 87
80 Wayne County 86
81 Ripley County 84
82 Grundy County 83
83 Gasconade County 82
84 Dent County 79
85 Reynolds County 68
86 Maries County 66
87 St. Clair County 63
88 Madison County 61
89 Dallas County 59
89 Douglas County 59
89 Shelby County 59
90 Bollinger County 56
91 Osage County 55
92 Caldwell County 54
93 Daviess County 53
93 Hickory County 53
94 Oregon County 42
95 Harrison County 41
96 Cedar County 40
97 Shannon County 39
98 Gentry County 38
99 Dade County 30
100 Clark County 25
101 Knox County 23
102 Atchison County 21
103 Carter County 19
103 Worth County 19
104 Ozark County 18
105 Mercer County 17
106 Holt County 13
107 Putnam County 9
107 Schuyler County 9
108 Scotland County 4