Ranking of North Dakota 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 North Dakota counties, Cass County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (5.64%), followed by Ward County (4.41%), and Williams County (4.18%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Dakota counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of North Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
Cass
Ward
Williams
Grand Forks
Stark
Burleigh
Divide
Barnes
Stutsman
McKenzie
Ranking of North Dakota 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 Cass County 5.64
2 Ward County 4.41
3 Williams County 4.18
4 Grand Forks County 4.14
5 Stark County 2.77
6 Burleigh County 2.23
7 Divide County 1.75
8 Barnes County 1.68
9 Stutsman County 1.54
10 McKenzie County 1.23
11 Sargent County 1.19
12 Slope County 1.17
13 Dunn County 1.13
14 Morton County 1.11
15 Richland County 0.96
16 Mountrail County 0.93
17 Adams County 0.86
18 Bottineau County 0.74
19 Hettinger County 0.73
20 Nelson County 0.69
20 Ramsey County 0.69
20 Traill County 0.69
21 Burke County 0.61
22 Dickey County 0.6
22 Ransom County 0.6
23 McIntosh County 0.57
24 Pierce County 0.54
25 Walsh County 0.52
26 Golden Valley County 0.51
27 Pembina County 0.49
28 Cavalier County 0.45
28 Griggs County 0.45
28 Sioux County 0.45
29 Mercer County 0.43
29 Wells County 0.43
30 Benson County 0.41
30 Oliver County 0.41
31 Eddy County 0.39
31 Emmons County 0.39
31 McLean County 0.39
32 LaMoure County 0.34
33 Renville County 0.33
34 Towner County 0.31
35 Rolette County 0.3
36 Foster County 0.28
36 Kidder County 0.28
37 McHenry County 0.27
38 Steele County 0.26
39 Bowman County 0.22
40 Grant County 0.21
41 Logan County 0.16
42 Billings County 0
42 Sheridan County 0