Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Minnesota counties, Hennepin County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (13.24%), followed by Ramsey County (11.99%), and Stearns County (6.59%).

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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Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
Hennepin
Ramsey
Stearns
Dakota
Anoka
Olmsted
Kandiyohi
Rice
Nobles
Washington
Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Hennepin County 13.24
2 Ramsey County 11.99
3 Stearns County 6.59
4 Dakota County 6.46
5 Anoka County 6.35
6 Olmsted County 6.04
7 Kandiyohi County 5.57
8 Rice County 5.48
9 Nobles County 4.62
10 Washington County 4.51
11 Scott County 4.31
12 Benton County 4.25
13 Blue Earth County 4.04
14 Mower County 3.58
15 Lyon County 3.54
16 Clay County 3.48
17 Nicollet County 3.33
18 Steele County 3.25
19 Sherburne County 2.54
20 Polk County 2.48
21 Waseca County 2.12
22 Pine County 1.99
23 Carver County 1.84
24 Winona County 1.75
25 Carlton County 1.61
26 St. Louis County 1.55
27 Otter Tail County 1.42
28 Chisago County 1.31
28 Wright County 1.31
29 Goodhue County 1.23
30 Freeborn County 1.14
31 Pennington County 1.13
32 Wadena County 1.11
33 Pipestone County 1.1
34 Swift County 1
35 Stevens County 0.93
36 Cottonwood County 0.89
37 Rock County 0.84
38 Chippewa County 0.76
38 Isanti County 0.76
39 Wilkin County 0.74
40 Jackson County 0.73
41 Cook County 0.7
41 Crow Wing County 0.7
42 Le Sueur County 0.69
43 Sibley County 0.68
43 Watonwan County 0.68
44 Beltrami County 0.67
44 Morrison County 0.67
44 Traverse County 0.67
45 Houston County 0.66
46 Norman County 0.65
47 Clearwater County 0.6
47 Koochiching County 0.6
47 Lac qui Parle County 0.6
47 Wabasha County 0.6
48 Becker County 0.59
48 McLeod County 0.59
48 Redwood County 0.59
49 Grant County 0.57
50 Kittson County 0.56
50 Renville County 0.56
51 Douglas County 0.55
51 Mille Lacs County 0.55
51 Red Lake County 0.55
51 Roseau County 0.55
52 Lake County 0.53
52 Martin County 0.53
53 Meeker County 0.52
54 Yellow Medicine County 0.51
55 Dodge County 0.5
55 Kanabec County 0.5
56 Brown County 0.49
57 Lake of the Woods County 0.48
58 Faribault County 0.47
59 Aitkin County 0.46
60 Fillmore County 0.45
61 Big Stone County 0.44
62 Itasca County 0.42
62 Marshall County 0.42
62 Todd County 0.42
63 Hubbard County 0.4
64 Cass County 0.39
65 Pope County 0.38
66 Mahnomen County 0.34
67 Murray County 0.32
68 Lincoln County 0.25