Ranking of Minnesota 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 Minnesota counties, Hennepin County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (13.34%), followed by Ramsey County (12.25%), and Dakota County (6.34%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Minnesota counties.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2016
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Hennepin County | 13.34 |
| 2 | Ramsey County | 12.25 |
| 3 | Dakota County | 6.34 |
| 4 | Olmsted County | 6.08 |
| 5 | Anoka County | 6.03 |
| 6 | Stearns County | 5.97 |
| 7 | Kandiyohi County | 5.61 |
| 8 | Rice County | 5.18 |
| 9 | Nobles County | 4.71 |
| 10 | Washington County | 4.48 |
| 11 | Scott County | 4.1 |
| 12 | Blue Earth County | 3.85 |
| 13 | Benton County | 3.77 |
| 14 | Mower County | 3.71 |
| 15 | Lyon County | 3.54 |
| 16 | Steele County | 3.26 |
| 17 | Nicollet County | 3.25 |
| 18 | Clay County | 3.07 |
| 19 | Sherburne County | 2.5 |
| 20 | Pine County | 2.2 |
| 20 | Waseca County | 2.2 |
| 21 | Polk County | 2.17 |
| 22 | Carver County | 1.84 |
| 23 | Winona County | 1.7 |
| 24 | Pipestone County | 1.59 |
| 25 | Carlton County | 1.55 |
| 26 | St. Louis County | 1.52 |
| 27 | Freeborn County | 1.49 |
| 28 | Pennington County | 1.45 |
| 29 | Chisago County | 1.34 |
| 29 | Otter Tail County | 1.34 |
| 30 | Wright County | 1.3 |
| 31 | Goodhue County | 1.28 |
| 32 | Swift County | 1.13 |
| 33 | Stevens County | 1.1 |
| 34 | Watonwan County | 1.07 |
| 35 | Wadena County | 1.05 |
| 36 | Cottonwood County | 1.01 |
| 37 | Rock County | 0.97 |
| 38 | Cook County | 0.86 |
| 39 | Isanti County | 0.84 |
| 40 | Chippewa County | 0.79 |
| 40 | Sibley County | 0.79 |
| 41 | Houston County | 0.76 |
| 42 | Redwood County | 0.75 |
| 42 | Wabasha County | 0.75 |
| 43 | Le Sueur County | 0.74 |
| 44 | Crow Wing County | 0.73 |
| 45 | Beltrami County | 0.72 |
| 46 | Martin County | 0.71 |
| 47 | Jackson County | 0.69 |
| 47 | McLeod County | 0.69 |
| 48 | Norman County | 0.66 |
| 48 | Roseau County | 0.66 |
| 49 | Wilkin County | 0.65 |
| 50 | Faribault County | 0.64 |
| 50 | Mille Lacs County | 0.64 |
| 51 | Grant County | 0.63 |
| 51 | Morrison County | 0.63 |
| 51 | Red Lake County | 0.63 |
| 52 | Dodge County | 0.62 |
| 53 | Koochiching County | 0.61 |
| 54 | Clearwater County | 0.6 |
| 54 | Todd County | 0.6 |
| 55 | Becker County | 0.59 |
| 56 | Douglas County | 0.58 |
| 56 | Lac qui Parle County | 0.58 |
| 56 | Meeker County | 0.58 |
| 56 | Yellow Medicine County | 0.58 |
| 57 | Renville County | 0.57 |
| 58 | Aitkin County | 0.55 |
| 58 | Fillmore County | 0.55 |
| 59 | Traverse County | 0.54 |
| 60 | Kittson County | 0.53 |
| 61 | Brown County | 0.49 |
| 61 | Pope County | 0.49 |
| 62 | Hubbard County | 0.47 |
| 63 | Big Stone County | 0.46 |
| 63 | Kanabec County | 0.46 |
| 63 | Lake County | 0.46 |
| 63 | Murray County | 0.46 |
| 64 | Lake of the Woods County | 0.45 |
| 65 | Itasca County | 0.43 |
| 66 | Mahnomen County | 0.42 |
| 67 | Marshall County | 0.37 |
| 68 | Cass County | 0.35 |
| 69 | Lincoln County | 0.28 |