Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Kansas counties, Wyandotte County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (23.49%), followed by Geary County (18.84%), and Leavenworth County (9.48%).

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

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Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2016
Wyandotte
Geary
Leavenworth
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Riley
Seward
Ellsworth
Montgomery
Pawnee
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Wyandotte County 23.49
2 Geary County 18.84
3 Leavenworth County 9.48
4 Sedgwick County 9.32
5 Shawnee County 8.63
6 Riley County 7.06
7 Seward County 5.45
8 Ellsworth County 5.3
8 Montgomery County 5.3
8 Pawnee County 5.3
9 Atchison County 5.01
10 Johnson County 4.91
11 Douglas County 4.59
12 Labette County 4.16
13 Graham County 3.64
14 Saline County 3.56
15 Finney County 3.44
16 Doniphan County 3.37
17 Reno County 3.32
18 Norton County 3.22
19 Bourbon County 3.04
20 Cowley County 3
21 Ford County 2.89
22 Lyon County 2.58
23 Crawford County 2.3
24 Allen County 2.15
25 Hamilton County 2.13
26 Butler County 2.03
27 Harvey County 1.9
28 Barton County 1.85
29 Rice County 1.64
30 Pratt County 1.45
30 Wichita County 1.45
31 Morton County 1.43
32 Gray County 1.42
33 Brown County 1.37
34 Miami County 1.34
35 Pottawatomie County 1.32
36 Hodgeman County 1.3
37 Franklin County 1.28
37 Meade County 1.28
38 Kiowa County 1.27
38 Sumner County 1.27
39 Chase County 1.25
40 Edwards County 1.24
41 Neosho County 1.2
41 Russell County 1.2
42 Ellis County 1.17
43 Dickinson County 1.15
44 Sherman County 1.14
45 Lane County 1.13
46 Marion County 1.08
47 McPherson County 1.07
48 Ottawa County 1.02
49 Logan County 0.99
50 Chautauqua County 0.98
50 Kearny County 0.98
51 Stevens County 0.97
52 Barber County 0.92
53 Cloud County 0.91
54 Coffey County 0.88
55 Thomas County 0.87
56 Linn County 0.86
57 Stanton County 0.85
58 Cherokee County 0.8
58 Jackson County 0.8
59 Clay County 0.79
60 Decatur County 0.78
60 Ness County 0.78
61 Grant County 0.77
62 Lincoln County 0.75
63 Trego County 0.74
63 Wabaunsee County 0.74
63 Washington County 0.74
64 Wallace County 0.73
65 Haskell County 0.72
65 Nemaha County 0.72
66 Scott County 0.7
67 Osage County 0.66
67 Rooks County 0.66
68 Gove County 0.65
69 Rawlins County 0.64
69 Republic County 0.64
70 Harper County 0.62
70 Wilson County 0.62
71 Jefferson County 0.6
72 Morris County 0.58
73 Greeley County 0.55
73 Stafford County 0.55
74 Woodson County 0.53
75 Anderson County 0.52
75 Sheridan County 0.52
76 Greenwood County 0.48
77 Rush County 0.46
78 Marshall County 0.43
78 Phillips County 0.43
79 Comanche County 0.38
80 Kingman County 0.32
81 Osborne County 0.31
82 Cheyenne County 0.3
83 Clark County 0.29
84 Smith County 0.27
85 Jewell County 0.24
86 Mitchell County 0.21
87 Elk County 0.12