Ranking of Iowa Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Iowa counties, Polk County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (33.79K), followed by Linn County (13.28K), and Scott County (12.95K).

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 2018
Polk
Linn
Scott
Black Hawk
Johnson
Woodbury
Dubuque
Story
Des Moines
Dallas
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2018
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Polk County 33786
2 Linn County 13283
3 Scott County 12952
4 Black Hawk County 12564
5 Johnson County 11223
6 Woodbury County 3797
7 Dubuque County 3355
8 Story County 2650
9 Des Moines County 2338
10 Dallas County 2029
11 Webster County 1585
12 Pottawattamie County 1497
13 Clinton County 1294
14 Wapello County 1281
15 Muscatine County 1049
16 Lee County 1015
17 Jasper County 823
18 Marshall County 793
19 Cerro Gordo County 760
20 Buena Vista County 602
21 Crawford County 588
22 Jones County 517
23 Henry County 515
24 Warren County 431
25 Mahaska County 415
26 Page County 414
27 Floyd County 413
28 Jefferson County 405
29 Bremer County 304
30 Boone County 303
31 Fayette County 285
32 Marion County 280
33 Poweshiek County 263
34 Hardin County 258
35 Allamakee County 239
36 Washington County 230
37 Carroll County 226
38 Calhoun County 222
39 Plymouth County 213
40 Sioux County 192
41 Union County 162
42 Winnebago County 157
43 Kossuth County 156
44 Winneshiek County 151
45 Delaware County 149
46 Palo Alto County 148
47 Benton County 147
47 Clayton County 147
48 Decatur County 144
49 Tama County 134
50 Hamilton County 126
51 O'Brien County 125
52 Clay County 121
53 Cherokee County 120
54 Emmet County 115
55 Jackson County 114
56 Cedar County 113
57 Louisa County 109
58 Buchanan County 107
59 Clarke County 96
60 Mills County 95
61 Iowa County 90
62 Hancock County 87
62 Madison County 87
62 Shelby County 87
62 Wright County 87
63 Appanoose County 82
64 Dickinson County 77
65 Chickasaw County 70
66 Franklin County 68
67 Mitchell County 63
68 Guthrie County 58
68 Humboldt County 58
68 Keokuk County 58
69 Harrison County 57
70 Worth County 56
71 Cass County 55
71 Pocahontas County 55
72 Grundy County 53
72 Monroe County 53
73 Howard County 52
74 Monona County 49
75 Montgomery County 46
76 Fremont County 45
77 Ringgold County 39
78 Butler County 38
78 Greene County 38
78 Lyon County 38
79 Adair County 32
80 Osceola County 30
81 Lucas County 29
81 Wayne County 29
82 Sac County 28
83 Ida County 27
84 Taylor County 22
85 Audubon County 21
85 Van Buren County 21
86 Davis County 15
87 Adams County 12