Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2013

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2013, among all Iowa counties, Black Hawk County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (8.9%), followed by Scott County (7.43%), and Polk County (6.54%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Iowa counties.

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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2013
Black Hawk
Scott
Polk
Johnson
Des Moines
Linn
Webster
Lee
Clinton
Dubuque
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2013
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Black Hawk County 8.9
2 Scott County 7.43
3 Polk County 6.54
4 Johnson County 5.74
5 Des Moines County 5.66
6 Linn County 4.33
7 Webster County 4.15
8 Lee County 3.02
9 Clinton County 2.97
10 Dubuque County 2.78
11 Woodbury County 2.77
12 Story County 2.67
13 Buena Vista County 2.64
14 Henry County 2.57
15 Wapello County 2.33
16 Page County 2.32
17 Jones County 2.18
18 Muscatine County 2.1
19 Crawford County 2.03
20 Marshall County 1.92
21 Calhoun County 1.84
21 Decatur County 1.84
22 Jefferson County 1.8
23 Jasper County 1.78
24 Dallas County 1.7
25 Floyd County 1.68
26 Pottawattamie County 1.5
27 Hardin County 1.45
28 Poweshiek County 1.43
29 Allamakee County 1.39
30 Cerro Gordo County 1.25
31 Fayette County 1.23
32 Mahaska County 1.19
33 Winnebago County 1.12
34 Bremer County 1.05
35 Boone County 1
36 Union County 0.97
37 Louisa County 0.94
38 Washington County 0.93
39 O'Brien County 0.92
40 Pocahontas County 0.9
41 Emmet County 0.88
42 Cherokee County 0.84
43 Franklin County 0.82
43 Winneshiek County 0.82
44 Palo Alto County 0.8
45 Hamilton County 0.79
46 Marion County 0.78
47 Clarke County 0.76
48 Clayton County 0.75
49 Worth County 0.72
50 Fremont County 0.67
50 Humboldt County 0.67
50 Sioux County 0.67
51 Shelby County 0.65
52 Warren County 0.64
53 Hancock County 0.62
54 Carroll County 0.61
55 Wright County 0.6
56 Clay County 0.58
57 Plymouth County 0.57
58 Chickasaw County 0.56
58 Jackson County 0.56
59 Kossuth County 0.54
60 Iowa County 0.53
60 Monroe County 0.53
61 Mills County 0.51
62 Appanoose County 0.5
62 Tama County 0.5
63 Keokuk County 0.49
64 Cedar County 0.47
64 Greene County 0.47
64 Madison County 0.47
64 Wayne County 0.47
65 Audubon County 0.46
65 Howard County 0.46
66 Ringgold County 0.44
67 Taylor County 0.43
68 Benton County 0.42
69 Delaware County 0.41
70 Monona County 0.4
70 Osceola County 0.4
71 Buchanan County 0.39
72 Ida County 0.38
72 Mitchell County 0.38
73 Butler County 0.35
73 Cass County 0.35
74 Montgomery County 0.34
75 Grundy County 0.33
76 Harrison County 0.31
77 Dickinson County 0.3
77 Guthrie County 0.3
78 Adams County 0.28
79 Lucas County 0.27
79 Sac County 0.27
80 Adair County 0.24
80 Lyon County 0.24
81 Van Buren County 0.22
82 Davis County 0.16