Ranking of Iowa Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2014

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2014, among all Iowa counties, Polk County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (29.79K), followed by Scott County (12.34K), and Black Hawk County (11.86K).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2014
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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2014
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Polk County 29789
2 Scott County 12341
3 Black Hawk County 11863
4 Linn County 9590
5 Johnson County 8602
6 Woodbury County 2805
7 Dubuque County 2757
8 Story County 2447
9 Des Moines County 2226
10 Webster County 1434
11 Clinton County 1356
12 Pottawattamie County 1339
13 Dallas County 1317
14 Lee County 1009
15 Wapello County 946
16 Muscatine County 850
17 Jasper County 677
18 Marshall County 665
19 Cerro Gordo County 552
20 Buena Vista County 503
21 Jones County 491
22 Henry County 480
23 Page County 372
24 Crawford County 366
25 Jefferson County 336
26 Floyd County 313
27 Mahaska County 309
28 Warren County 299
29 Boone County 294
30 Poweshiek County 256
31 Hardin County 252
32 Bremer County 251
33 Marion County 248
34 Fayette County 237
35 Allamakee County 202
36 Washington County 198
37 Calhoun County 191
38 Winneshiek County 163
39 Sioux County 162
40 Decatur County 144
40 Plymouth County 144
41 Clayton County 130
42 Carroll County 126
43 Benton County 125
44 Union County 121
45 Winnebago County 116
46 Hamilton County 109
47 Clay County 103
48 Louisa County 101
49 Cherokee County 99
50 Jackson County 98
50 Palo Alto County 98
51 Cedar County 83
52 Kossuth County 82
52 O'Brien County 82
53 Buchanan County 79
53 Mills County 79
54 Iowa County 78
55 Emmet County 75
56 Clarke County 71
57 Wright County 70
58 Tama County 68
59 Delaware County 67
59 Hancock County 67
60 Worth County 65
61 Dickinson County 64
62 Pocahontas County 63
63 Appanoose County 60
64 Madison County 57
65 Shelby County 54
66 Humboldt County 52
67 Chickasaw County 49
68 Harrison County 48
69 Keokuk County 46
70 Fremont County 45
71 Franklin County 44
72 Monona County 43
73 Montgomery County 42
74 Cass County 40
74 Howard County 40
75 Butler County 39
76 Grundy County 37
76 Mitchell County 37
77 Monroe County 36
78 Greene County 34
79 Guthrie County 30
80 Lyon County 29
81 Ida County 27
82 Sac County 26
82 Wayne County 26
83 Davis County 22
83 Ringgold County 22
84 Adair County 21
84 Lucas County 21
85 Audubon County 18
85 Van Buren County 18
86 Osceola County 17
87 Taylor County 13
88 Adams County 10