Ranking of Nebraska 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 Nebraska counties, Douglas County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (11.16%), followed by Johnson County (6.05%), and Dawson County (5.54%).

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.

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Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
Douglas
Johnson
Dawson
Dakota
Colfax
Sarpy
Lancaster
Hall
Wayne
Dawes
Ranking of Nebraska 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 Douglas County 11.16
2 Johnson County 6.05
3 Dawson County 5.54
4 Dakota County 4.35
5 Colfax County 3.97
6 Sarpy County 3.95
7 Lancaster County 3.89
8 Hall County 2.84
9 Wayne County 1.79
10 Dawes County 1.72
11 York County 1.5
12 Banner County 1.39
13 Madison County 1.29
14 Nemaha County 1.23
15 Red Willow County 1.01
16 Buffalo County 0.98
17 Lincoln County 0.9
18 Greeley County 0.88
19 Dodge County 0.85
19 Saline County 0.85
20 Adams County 0.84
21 Stanton County 0.8
22 Otoe County 0.77
23 Box Butte County 0.76
24 Gosper County 0.74
25 Scotts Bluff County 0.71
26 Keith County 0.68
26 Washington County 0.68
27 Pawnee County 0.67
28 Platte County 0.6
29 Fillmore County 0.57
30 Boone County 0.56
31 Cass County 0.55
32 Butler County 0.54
32 Gage County 0.54
32 Saunders County 0.54
32 Seward County 0.54
33 Thayer County 0.53
34 Dundy County 0.5
35 Cheyenne County 0.49
35 Custer County 0.49
35 Loup County 0.49
36 Perkins County 0.48
37 Hayes County 0.45
37 Howard County 0.45
37 Jefferson County 0.45
38 Burt County 0.44
38 Clay County 0.44
39 Blaine County 0.43
40 Nance County 0.42
40 Thurston County 0.42
40 Webster County 0.42
41 Merrick County 0.41
41 Phelps County 0.41
42 Dixon County 0.4
42 Furnas County 0.4
42 McPherson County 0.4
42 Sheridan County 0.4
43 Antelope County 0.38
43 Knox County 0.38
43 Logan County 0.38
44 Cherry County 0.36
44 Pierce County 0.36
45 Brown County 0.34
45 Kearney County 0.34
46 Garden County 0.32
47 Richardson County 0.31
47 Valley County 0.31
48 Holt County 0.3
49 Hamilton County 0.28
50 Kimball County 0.27
51 Harlan County 0.26
52 Hitchcock County 0.25
53 Morrill County 0.23
53 Polk County 0.23
54 Cuming County 0.22
55 Chase County 0.21
56 Garfield County 0.2
56 Sherman County 0.2
57 Frontier County 0.19
58 Cedar County 0.17
58 Franklin County 0.17
59 Sioux County 0.16
60 Grant County 0.15
61 Rock County 0.14
61 Thomas County 0.14
62 Wheeler County 0.13
63 Nuckolls County 0.12
64 Deuel County 0.11
65 Boyd County 0.1
66 Arthur County 0
66 Hooker County 0
66 Keya Paha County 0