Ranking of Missouri 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 Missouri counties, St. Louis County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (244.86K), followed by Jackson County (167.25K), and St. Louis city (143.64K).

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 2017
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Ranking of Missouri Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 St. Louis County 244859
2 Jackson County 167251
3 St. Louis city 143637
4 St. Charles County 19532
5 Boone County 17144
6 Clay County 16399
7 Greene County 9539
8 Cole County 9449
9 Platte County 7124
10 Pulaski County 6429
11 Cape Girardeau County 6035
12 Buchanan County 5304
13 Scott County 4565
14 Pemiscot County 4514
15 Cass County 4173
16 Mississippi County 3393
17 Dunklin County 3131
18 St. Francois County 3100
19 New Madrid County 2791
20 Jasper County 2754
21 Johnson County 2693
22 Butler County 2485
23 Jefferson County 2415
24 Callaway County 2041
25 Audrain County 1766
26 DeKalb County 1487
27 Randolph County 1459
28 Pike County 1435
29 Pettis County 1385
30 Marion County 1373
31 Saline County 1264
32 Cooper County 1233
33 Lincoln County 1087
34 Phelps County 1017
35 Franklin County 993
36 Texas County 937
37 Taney County 885
38 Adair County 815
39 Warren County 798
40 Lafayette County 722
41 Nodaway County 658
42 Christian County 654
43 Moniteau County 643
44 Washington County 590
45 Newton County 566
46 Livingston County 528
47 Howard County 493
48 McDonald County 452
49 Webster County 451
50 Stoddard County 355
51 Macon County 340
52 Camden County 320
53 Ray County 319
54 Lewis County 311
55 Henry County 294
56 Laclede County 293
57 Polk County 282
58 Clinton County 275
59 Monroe County 234
60 Barry County 217
61 Sullivan County 215
62 Lawrence County 204
63 Howell County 201
64 Bates County 192
65 Montgomery County 187
66 Morgan County 177
67 Chariton County 174
68 Miller County 169
69 Carroll County 168
70 Vernon County 162
71 Andrew County 153
72 Iron County 151
73 Ste. Genevieve County 143
74 Ralls County 135
75 Stone County 134
76 Crawford County 122
77 Perry County 118
78 Linn County 113
79 Wright County 105
80 Wayne County 95
81 Benton County 89
82 Grundy County 87
83 Dent County 84
84 Barton County 80
85 Gasconade County 77
86 Bollinger County 67
87 Ripley County 66
88 Dallas County 62
88 Douglas County 62
88 Reynolds County 62
89 Maries County 61
90 Hickory County 59
91 Madison County 58
92 Caldwell County 57
92 St. Clair County 57
93 Osage County 55
94 Shelby County 54
95 Daviess County 53
96 Cedar County 49
97 Harrison County 47
98 Gentry County 45
99 Shannon County 40
100 Oregon County 36
101 Dade County 32
102 Clark County 29
103 Atchison County 25
104 Knox County 23
105 Worth County 20
106 Carter County 19
107 Holt County 16
107 Mercer County 16
108 Ozark County 15
109 Putnam County 8
110 Schuyler County 7
111 Scotland County 4