Ranking of Nebraska 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 Nebraska counties, Douglas County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (11.56%), followed by Johnson County (6.2%), and Dawson County (6.05%).

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

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

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Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2016
Douglas
Johnson
Dawson
Colfax
Dakota
Sarpy
Lancaster
Hall
Wayne
Dawes
Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Douglas County 11.56
2 Johnson County 6.2
3 Dawson County 6.05
4 Colfax County 5.19
5 Dakota County 4.74
6 Sarpy County 4.29
7 Lancaster County 4.17
8 Hall County 3.43
9 Wayne County 1.88
10 Dawes County 1.79
11 Madison County 1.71
12 York County 1.59
13 Saline County 1.57
14 Banner County 1.39
15 Nemaha County 1.3
16 Dodge County 1.19
17 Buffalo County 1.12
18 Lincoln County 1.1
19 Red Willow County 1.08
20 Adams County 1.07
21 Platte County 1.03
21 Scotts Bluff County 1.03
22 Stanton County 1
23 Otoe County 0.91
24 Greeley County 0.88
25 Box Butte County 0.84
25 Keith County 0.84
26 Gosper County 0.79
26 Washington County 0.79
27 Dundy County 0.78
28 Perkins County 0.73
29 Fillmore County 0.71
30 Pawnee County 0.67
31 Dixon County 0.66
32 Clay County 0.65
33 Boone County 0.64
33 Jefferson County 0.64
34 Cass County 0.61
35 Gage County 0.6
36 Seward County 0.59
36 Thayer County 0.59
37 Saunders County 0.58
38 Butler County 0.56
39 Burt County 0.55
40 Merrick County 0.54
41 Cheyenne County 0.53
41 Custer County 0.53
42 Logan County 0.5
43 Howard County 0.49
43 Loup County 0.49
44 Furnas County 0.46
44 Phelps County 0.46
45 Hayes County 0.45
45 Pierce County 0.45
46 Antelope County 0.44
47 Blaine County 0.43
48 Garden County 0.42
48 Nance County 0.42
48 Thurston County 0.42
48 Webster County 0.42
49 Kearney County 0.4
49 McPherson County 0.4
49 Richardson County 0.4
49 Sheridan County 0.4
50 Cherry County 0.39
51 Knox County 0.38
51 Valley County 0.38
52 Cuming County 0.35
52 Holt County 0.35
53 Brown County 0.34
53 Hamilton County 0.34
54 Morrill County 0.33
54 Polk County 0.33
55 Kimball County 0.3
56 Chase County 0.28
56 Hitchcock County 0.28
57 Harlan County 0.26
58 Franklin County 0.23
58 Frontier County 0.23
59 Cedar County 0.22
60 Garfield County 0.2
60 Sherman County 0.2
61 Sioux County 0.16
62 Boyd County 0.15
62 Grant County 0.15
63 Rock County 0.14
63 Thomas County 0.14
64 Wheeler County 0.13
65 Nuckolls County 0.12
66 Deuel County 0.11
67 Arthur County 0
67 Hooker County 0
67 Keya Paha County 0