Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2020

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Nebraska counties, Douglas County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (11.08%), followed by Dakota County (7.22%), and Dawson County (7%).

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 2020
Douglas
Dakota
Dawson
Johnson
Colfax
Lancaster
Sarpy
Hall
Banner
Wayne
Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Douglas County 11.08
2 Dakota County 7.22
3 Dawson County 7
4 Johnson County 6.25
5 Colfax County 4.9
6 Lancaster County 4.07
7 Sarpy County 3.99
8 Hall County 3.06
9 Banner County 1.77
10 Wayne County 1.73
11 Dawes County 1.56
12 York County 1.51
13 Nemaha County 1.48
14 Loup County 1.31
15 Madison County 1.23
16 Thomas County 1.19
17 Lincoln County 1.12
18 Buffalo County 1.07
19 Red Willow County 1.06
20 Adams County 1.05
21 Saline County 1.04
22 Box Butte County 0.95
23 Platte County 0.93
24 Dodge County 0.89
25 Otoe County 0.88
26 Gosper County 0.84
26 Stanton County 0.84
27 Keith County 0.82
28 Custer County 0.81
29 Pawnee County 0.79
30 Gage County 0.78
31 Scotts Bluff County 0.76
32 Cheyenne County 0.73
32 Greeley County 0.73
33 Cass County 0.71
33 Washington County 0.71
34 Hayes County 0.7
35 Butler County 0.66
36 Furnas County 0.63
36 Seward County 0.63
37 Chase County 0.62
37 Webster County 0.62
38 Burt County 0.61
39 Frontier County 0.6
40 Brown County 0.59
41 Boone County 0.58
42 Perkins County 0.56
43 Clay County 0.54
43 Dundy County 0.54
44 Cherry County 0.53
44 Nance County 0.53
45 Fillmore County 0.5
45 Kimball County 0.5
45 McPherson County 0.5
45 Richardson County 0.5
46 Franklin County 0.49
46 Howard County 0.49
47 Dixon County 0.48
47 Pierce County 0.48
47 Saunders County 0.48
47 Thayer County 0.48
48 Blaine County 0.47
48 Jefferson County 0.47
48 Phelps County 0.47
49 Morrill County 0.46
49 Thurston County 0.46
50 Holt County 0.45
51 Valley County 0.44
52 Harlan County 0.43
52 Knox County 0.43
52 Merrick County 0.43
53 Cuming County 0.42
54 Sherman County 0.41
55 Cedar County 0.38
56 Garden County 0.37
57 Sheridan County 0.35
58 Hitchcock County 0.34
59 Grant County 0.33
60 Antelope County 0.32
61 Hamilton County 0.31
62 Garfield County 0.28
62 Kearney County 0.28
63 Nuckolls County 0.27
64 Sioux County 0.26
65 Polk County 0.25
66 Rock County 0.16
67 Logan County 0.14
68 Boyd County 0.11
68 Deuel County 0.11
69 Arthur County 0
69 Hooker County 0
69 Keya Paha County 0
69 Wheeler County 0