Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Iowa counties, Black Hawk County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (9.18%), followed by Scott County (7.29%), and Johnson County (6.79%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Iowa 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 Iowa Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Black Hawk County | 9.18 |
| 2 | Scott County | 7.29 |
| 3 | Johnson County | 6.79 |
| 4 | Polk County | 6.67 |
| 5 | Des Moines County | 5.58 |
| 6 | Linn County | 5.13 |
| 7 | Webster County | 4.35 |
| 8 | Wapello County | 3.68 |
| 9 | Dubuque County | 3.16 |
| 10 | Woodbury County | 3.13 |
| 11 | Lee County | 2.94 |
| 12 | Clinton County | 2.9 |
| 13 | Crawford County | 2.89 |
| 14 | Buena Vista County | 2.81 |
| 15 | Story County | 2.66 |
| 16 | Page County | 2.46 |
| 17 | Henry County | 2.41 |
| 18 | Jones County | 2.27 |
| 19 | Floyd County | 2.23 |
| 20 | Muscatine County | 2.22 |
| 21 | Jefferson County | 2.2 |
| 22 | Calhoun County | 2.05 |
| 23 | Dallas County | 1.9 |
| 24 | Jasper County | 1.87 |
| 25 | Marshall County | 1.83 |
| 26 | Decatur County | 1.75 |
| 27 | Allamakee County | 1.73 |
| 28 | Mahaska County | 1.64 |
| 29 | Cerro Gordo County | 1.5 |
| 29 | Pottawattamie County | 1.5 |
| 30 | Palo Alto County | 1.45 |
| 31 | Hardin County | 1.43 |
| 32 | Poweshiek County | 1.37 |
| 33 | Winnebago County | 1.36 |
| 34 | Boone County | 1.14 |
| 34 | Fayette County | 1.14 |
| 35 | Monroe County | 1.1 |
| 36 | Union County | 1.07 |
| 37 | Bremer County | 1.05 |
| 38 | Carroll County | 0.97 |
| 39 | Pocahontas County | 0.95 |
| 40 | Kossuth County | 0.94 |
| 41 | Louisa County | 0.92 |
| 42 | Washington County | 0.88 |
| 42 | Worth County | 0.88 |
| 43 | Cherokee County | 0.81 |
| 43 | Clarke County | 0.81 |
| 44 | Emmet County | 0.78 |
| 44 | Marion County | 0.78 |
| 44 | Warren County | 0.78 |
| 45 | Clayton County | 0.77 |
| 46 | Winneshiek County | 0.76 |
| 47 | Hamilton County | 0.75 |
| 48 | O'Brien County | 0.7 |
| 49 | Delaware County | 0.69 |
| 49 | Jackson County | 0.69 |
| 50 | Plymouth County | 0.67 |
| 51 | Clay County | 0.66 |
| 51 | Wright County | 0.66 |
| 52 | Hancock County | 0.64 |
| 52 | Ringgold County | 0.64 |
| 53 | Mills County | 0.59 |
| 54 | Mitchell County | 0.58 |
| 55 | Chickasaw County | 0.57 |
| 56 | Fremont County | 0.55 |
| 56 | Humboldt County | 0.55 |
| 56 | Keokuk County | 0.55 |
| 56 | Tama County | 0.55 |
| 57 | Appanoose County | 0.54 |
| 57 | Shelby County | 0.54 |
| 58 | Iowa County | 0.53 |
| 59 | Franklin County | 0.52 |
| 60 | Benton County | 0.51 |
| 61 | Cedar County | 0.49 |
| 62 | Madison County | 0.48 |
| 62 | Sioux County | 0.48 |
| 63 | Buchanan County | 0.47 |
| 63 | Montgomery County | 0.47 |
| 64 | Howard County | 0.46 |
| 64 | Monona County | 0.46 |
| 65 | Wayne County | 0.45 |
| 66 | Osceola County | 0.44 |
| 67 | Grundy County | 0.41 |
| 68 | Dickinson County | 0.4 |
| 69 | Guthrie County | 0.39 |
| 70 | Adair County | 0.37 |
| 70 | Greene County | 0.37 |
| 71 | Harrison County | 0.35 |
| 71 | Taylor County | 0.35 |
| 72 | Cass County | 0.33 |
| 72 | Lucas County | 0.33 |
| 73 | Ida County | 0.32 |
| 74 | Audubon County | 0.3 |
| 75 | Butler County | 0.29 |
| 76 | Lyon County | 0.26 |
| 77 | Adams County | 0.24 |
| 78 | Sac County | 0.22 |
| 78 | Van Buren County | 0.22 |
| 79 | Davis County | 0.15 |