Ranking of Missouri 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 Missouri counties, St. Louis city had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (46.83%), followed by Pemiscot County (26.69%), and Mississippi County (24.76%).

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 2016
St. Louis city
Pemiscot
Mississippi
St. Louis
Jackson
New Madrid
Cole
DeKalb
Scott
Pulaski
Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 St. Louis city 46.83
2 Pemiscot County 26.69
3 Mississippi County 24.76
4 St. Louis County 24.14
5 Jackson County 23.4
6 New Madrid County 15.83
7 Cole County 11.85
8 DeKalb County 11.8
9 Scott County 11.53
10 Pulaski County 11.36
11 Dunklin County 10.17
12 Boone County 9.36
13 Pike County 7.58
14 Cape Girardeau County 7.55
15 Cooper County 6.76
16 Audrain County 6.72
17 Platte County 6.59
18 Clay County 6.17
19 Randolph County 5.77
20 Buchanan County 5.62
21 Butler County 5.47
22 Saline County 4.99
23 Marion County 4.79
24 Howard County 4.74
25 St. Charles County 4.67
26 Johnson County 4.63
27 Callaway County 4.49
28 St. Francois County 4.45
29 Moniteau County 4
30 Cass County 3.76
31 Texas County 3.58
32 Livingston County 3.35
33 Greene County 3.1
34 Lewis County 3.06
35 Pettis County 2.87
36 Nodaway County 2.8
37 Sullivan County 2.78
38 Adair County 2.7
39 Monroe County 2.67
40 Chariton County 2.34
41 Washington County 2.31
42 Macon County 2.25
43 Phelps County 2.21
44 Warren County 2.19
45 Lafayette County 2.13
46 Jasper County 1.94
47 Carroll County 1.92
48 Lincoln County 1.9
49 McDonald County 1.71
50 Montgomery County 1.61
51 Iron County 1.3
52 Taney County 1.28
53 Ralls County 1.27
54 Clinton County 1.23
55 Henry County 1.18
55 Ray County 1.18
56 Stoddard County 1.12
57 Webster County 1.07
58 Reynolds County 1.05
59 Bates County 1.03
60 Jefferson County 1.01
61 Shelby County 0.93
62 Worth County 0.9
63 Franklin County 0.89
64 Newton County 0.86
65 Grundy County 0.81
66 Polk County 0.8
66 Ste. Genevieve County 0.8
67 Linn County 0.79
68 Morgan County 0.78
69 Vernon County 0.77
70 Laclede County 0.71
71 Andrew County 0.7
72 Christian County 0.69
73 Maries County 0.68
74 Barton County 0.65
75 Camden County 0.63
76 Ripley County 0.61
77 Caldwell County 0.59
77 Knox County 0.59
78 Wayne County 0.57
79 St. Clair County 0.56
79 Wright County 0.56
80 Daviess County 0.55
80 Gasconade County 0.55
81 Hickory County 0.53
82 Gentry County 0.51
83 Benton County 0.49
84 Crawford County 0.48
84 Miller County 0.48
85 Howell County 0.47
86 Madison County 0.46
87 Dent County 0.45
87 Perry County 0.45
88 Harrison County 0.44
89 Barry County 0.42
90 Bollinger County 0.41
90 Douglas County 0.41
91 Atchison County 0.4
92 Osage County 0.39
93 Clark County 0.37
93 Lawrence County 0.37
93 Shannon County 0.37
94 Stone County 0.36
95 Dade County 0.34
96 Dallas County 0.33
96 Oregon County 0.33
97 Carter County 0.27
97 Cedar County 0.27
97 Mercer County 0.27
98 Holt County 0.22
99 Schuyler County 0.2
100 Ozark County 0.19
100 Putnam County 0.19
101 Scotland County 0.08