Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all Missouri counties, St. Louis city had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (45.44%), followed by Pemiscot County (26.23%), and St. Louis County (24.96%).

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

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2019
St. Louis city
Pemiscot
St. Louis
Mississippi
Jackson
New Madrid
Cole
Pulaski
Scott
Dunklin
Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 St. Louis city 45.44
2 Pemiscot County 26.23
3 St. Louis County 24.96
4 Mississippi County 24.91
5 Jackson County 23.82
6 New Madrid County 15.92
7 Cole County 12.31
8 Pulaski County 12.3
9 Scott County 11.99
10 Dunklin County 10.74
11 Boone County 9.89
12 Cape Girardeau County 7.88
13 Platte County 7.61
14 Clay County 7.33
15 DeKalb County 6.81
16 Cooper County 6.7
17 Pike County 6.48
18 Audrain County 6.39
19 Buchanan County 6.01
20 Randolph County 5.87
21 Butler County 5.71
22 Saline County 5.56
23 St. Charles County 5.27
24 Howard County 5.17
25 Johnson County 4.97
26 Marion County 4.87
27 Callaway County 4.65
28 Cass County 4.56
29 St. Francois County 4.5
30 Texas County 3.67
31 Adair County 3.66
32 Moniteau County 3.52
33 Pettis County 3.45
34 Greene County 3.42
35 Livingston County 3.36
36 Sullivan County 3.33
37 Lewis County 3.18
38 Nodaway County 2.96
39 Monroe County 2.92
40 Washington County 2.57
41 Macon County 2.46
42 Chariton County 2.36
43 Jasper County 2.32
44 Warren County 2.29
45 Phelps County 2.16
46 Lafayette County 2.14
47 McDonald County 2.12
48 Lincoln County 1.99
49 Montgomery County 1.87
50 Carroll County 1.82
51 Taney County 1.78
52 Iron County 1.47
52 Ray County 1.47
53 Clinton County 1.4
54 Ralls County 1.37
55 Stoddard County 1.25
56 Bates County 1.23
57 Webster County 1.22
58 Andrew County 1.19
59 Henry County 1.18
59 Jefferson County 1.18
60 Reynolds County 1.16
61 Newton County 1.02
62 Grundy County 1
63 Polk County 0.97
64 Franklin County 0.96
64 Worth County 0.96
65 Linn County 0.94
66 Vernon County 0.93
67 Laclede County 0.91
68 Shelby County 0.9
69 Wayne County 0.89
70 Morgan County 0.88
71 Christian County 0.86
72 Ste. Genevieve County 0.83
73 Miller County 0.75
74 Maries County 0.72
74 St. Clair County 0.72
75 Caldwell County 0.7
75 Perry County 0.7
76 Barry County 0.69
77 Daviess County 0.67
77 Hickory County 0.67
78 Camden County 0.66
79 Dent County 0.64
79 Gentry County 0.64
79 Lawrence County 0.64
80 Wright County 0.63
81 Barton County 0.62
82 Knox County 0.58
82 Madison County 0.58
83 Harrison County 0.57
83 Howell County 0.57
84 Benton County 0.56
84 Dade County 0.56
84 Gasconade County 0.56
84 Ripley County 0.56
85 Bollinger County 0.55
86 Carter County 0.54
87 Shannon County 0.53
88 Atchison County 0.51
88 Crawford County 0.51
89 Holt County 0.5
90 Douglas County 0.48
91 Mercer County 0.44
91 Osage County 0.44
92 Cedar County 0.43
93 Dallas County 0.42
94 Clark County 0.41
94 Stone County 0.41
95 Oregon County 0.38
96 Putnam County 0.26
97 Ozark County 0.21
98 Schuyler County 0.15
99 Scotland County 0.1