Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Nebraska counties, Douglas County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (11.52%), followed by Johnson County (6.33%), and Dawson County (6.11%).

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.

You can also see similar information for other states, and also the ranking of all counties in the United States.

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Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2017
Douglas
Johnson
Dawson
Colfax
Dakota
Sarpy
Lancaster
Hall
Dawes
Saline
Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Douglas County 11.52
2 Johnson County 6.33
3 Dawson County 6.11
4 Colfax County 5.54
5 Dakota County 5.21
6 Sarpy County 4.38
7 Lancaster County 4.23
8 Hall County 3.4
9 Dawes County 1.89
10 Saline County 1.79
11 York County 1.72
12 Madison County 1.64
13 Wayne County 1.43
14 Nemaha County 1.41
15 Banner County 1.37
16 Dodge County 1.31
17 Adams County 1.18
18 Buffalo County 1.17
19 Lincoln County 1.16
20 Red Willow County 1.12
21 Scotts Bluff County 1.06
22 Stanton County 1.05
23 Platte County 1.02
24 Otoe County 0.92
25 Box Butte County 0.9
26 Keith County 0.88
27 Greeley County 0.85
28 Fillmore County 0.79
28 Gosper County 0.79
29 Dundy County 0.78
30 Perkins County 0.76
30 Washington County 0.76
31 Gage County 0.73
32 Dixon County 0.68
33 Boone County 0.66
33 Custer County 0.66
34 Clay County 0.65
34 Pawnee County 0.65
35 Burt County 0.64
36 Jefferson County 0.63
37 Butler County 0.6
38 Cheyenne County 0.58
38 Saunders County 0.58
38 Seward County 0.58
39 Cass County 0.57
39 Merrick County 0.57
40 Howard County 0.56
40 Thayer County 0.56
41 Chase County 0.54
42 Nance County 0.53
43 Pierce County 0.51
44 Loup County 0.5
45 Furnas County 0.48
45 Valley County 0.48
46 Antelope County 0.47
47 Frontier County 0.46
48 Cuming County 0.45
48 Hayes County 0.45
48 Sheridan County 0.45
49 Cherry County 0.43
49 Phelps County 0.43
50 Blaine County 0.42
50 Garden County 0.42
50 Hamilton County 0.42
50 Polk County 0.42
51 Holt County 0.41
51 McPherson County 0.41
52 Knox County 0.4
52 Webster County 0.4
53 Logan County 0.39
53 Richardson County 0.39
53 Thurston County 0.39
54 Morrill County 0.38
55 Cedar County 0.36
56 Kearney County 0.34
57 Brown County 0.33
58 Harlan County 0.29
59 Hitchcock County 0.28
60 Sherman County 0.26
61 Kimball County 0.25
62 Franklin County 0.24
63 Garfield County 0.2
64 Deuel County 0.16
64 Nuckolls County 0.16
65 Boyd County 0.15
65 Grant County 0.15
66 Rock County 0.14
66 Thomas County 0.14
67 Wheeler County 0.12
68 Sioux County 0.08
69 Arthur County 0
69 Hooker County 0
69 Keya Paha County 0