Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Missouri counties, St. Louis city had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (48.45%), followed by Pemiscot County (26.5%), and Mississippi County (24.13%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
St. Louis city
Pemiscot
Mississippi
Jackson
St. Louis
New Madrid
DeKalb
Cole
Scott
Pulaski
Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 St. Louis city 48.45
2 Pemiscot County 26.5
3 Mississippi County 24.13
4 Jackson County 23.58
5 St. Louis County 23.53
6 New Madrid County 15.65
7 DeKalb County 11.44
8 Cole County 11.29
9 Scott County 11.28
10 Pulaski County 10.77
11 Dunklin County 9.96
12 Boone County 9.23
13 Pike County 7.44
14 Cape Girardeau County 7.22
15 Cooper County 6.93
16 Audrain County 6.43
17 Platte County 6
18 Randolph County 5.86
19 Buchanan County 5.43
20 Clay County 5.4
21 Howard County 5.34
22 Butler County 5.29
23 Saline County 5.22
24 Marion County 4.96
25 Johnson County 4.45
26 Callaway County 4.36
27 St. Francois County 4.33
28 St. Charles County 4.26
29 Moniteau County 3.7
30 Cass County 3.58
31 Texas County 3.39
32 Lewis County 3.1
33 Pettis County 2.98
34 Greene County 2.9
35 Livingston County 2.72
36 Monroe County 2.69
37 Nodaway County 2.58
38 Washington County 2.31
39 Macon County 2.28
40 Phelps County 2.23
41 Lafayette County 2.21
42 Chariton County 2.2
43 Warren County 2.02
44 Lincoln County 1.85
45 Carroll County 1.84
46 Jasper County 1.81
47 Adair County 1.79
48 Montgomery County 1.62
49 Clinton County 1.44
49 McDonald County 1.44
50 Iron County 1.4
51 Ralls County 1.17
52 Ray County 1.14
53 Atchison County 1.13
54 Henry County 1.07
55 Stoddard County 1
56 Taney County 0.96
57 Webster County 0.91
58 Bates County 0.89
58 Sullivan County 0.89
59 Jefferson County 0.88
60 Franklin County 0.83
60 Newton County 0.83
61 Linn County 0.76
61 Polk County 0.76
62 Grundy County 0.73
63 Worth County 0.72
64 Morgan County 0.69
65 Laclede County 0.67
65 Reynolds County 0.67
65 Ste. Genevieve County 0.67
66 Vernon County 0.65
67 Christian County 0.63
68 Caldwell County 0.61
68 Shelby County 0.61
69 Andrew County 0.56
70 St. Clair County 0.52
71 Wright County 0.49
72 Camden County 0.48
73 Miller County 0.47
74 Harrison County 0.45
75 Perry County 0.44
76 Dade County 0.4
76 Gentry County 0.4
76 Madison County 0.4
77 Ripley County 0.39
78 Howell County 0.37
79 Barton County 0.36
79 Daviess County 0.36
79 Dent County 0.36
80 Wayne County 0.35
81 Crawford County 0.34
81 Knox County 0.34
81 Maries County 0.34
82 Bollinger County 0.33
82 Douglas County 0.33
82 Osage County 0.33
83 Benton County 0.31
84 Barry County 0.29
84 Lawrence County 0.29
85 Gasconade County 0.28
86 Stone County 0.26
87 Hickory County 0.24
88 Clark County 0.23
89 Dallas County 0.22
89 Ozark County 0.22
90 Carter County 0.21
90 Oregon County 0.21
91 Mercer County 0.19
91 Shannon County 0.19
92 Putnam County 0.18
93 Holt County 0.15
94 Schuyler County 0.14
95 Cedar County 0.12
96 Scotland County 0.06