Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2020

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Missouri counties, Scotland County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (98.07%), followed by Osage County (98.05%), and Schuyler County (97.65%).

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 White Alone in 2020
Scotland
Osage
Schuyler
Atchison
Clark
Worth
Putnam
Daviess
Gasconade
Mercer
Ranking of Missouri Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Scotland County 98.07
2 Osage County 98.05
3 Schuyler County 97.65
4 Atchison County 97.51
5 Clark County 97.49
6 Worth County 97.45
7 Putnam County 97.38
8 Daviess County 97.06
9 Gasconade County 97.01
10 Mercer County 96.87
11 Linn County 96.85
12 Harrison County 96.84
13 Shelby County 96.68
14 Gentry County 96.59
14 Stoddard County 96.59
15 Knox County 96.55
15 Perry County 96.55
16 Crawford County 96.54
17 Bollinger County 96.46
17 Ralls County 96.46
18 Holt County 96.44
19 Ozark County 96.4
20 Franklin County 96.39
21 Wright County 96.38
22 St. Clair County 96.36
23 Stone County 96.19
24 Miller County 96.17
25 Andrew County 96.14
26 Maries County 96.12
27 Camden County 96.08
28 Carroll County 96.06
29 Dallas County 95.93
30 Hickory County 95.86
31 Howell County 95.85
32 Jefferson County 95.84
33 Madison County 95.83
34 Benton County 95.82
34 Grundy County 95.82
34 Ste. Genevieve County 95.82
35 Morgan County 95.8
36 Cedar County 95.79
36 Vernon County 95.79
37 Ripley County 95.74
38 Webster County 95.73
39 Caldwell County 95.69
40 Wayne County 95.68
41 Ray County 95.53
42 Dent County 95.5
42 Montgomery County 95.5
43 Iron County 95.45
44 Carter County 95.43
45 Polk County 95.4
46 Henry County 95.38
47 Douglas County 95.28
48 Clinton County 95.27
49 Lawrence County 95.2
50 Christian County 95.18
51 Laclede County 95.13
52 Nodaway County 95.1
53 Chariton County 95.05
53 Washington County 95.05
54 Oregon County 95.01
54 Shannon County 95.01
55 Bates County 94.98
56 Dade County 94.94
57 Lincoln County 94.89
58 Moniteau County 94.84
59 Reynolds County 94.67
60 Warren County 94.58
61 Barton County 94.44
62 Livingston County 94.34
63 Macon County 94.29
64 Monroe County 94.03
65 Lafayette County 93.97
66 Lewis County 93.9
67 St. Francois County 93.46
68 Taney County 93.26
69 Texas County 93.23
70 Barry County 93.08
70 Sullivan County 93.08
71 Pike County 91.83
72 Pettis County 91.72
73 Marion County 91.5
74 Callaway County 91.43
75 Howard County 91.27
76 Adair County 90.91
77 Cass County 90.74
78 Phelps County 90.73
79 Randolph County 90.58
80 Cooper County 90.4
80 Jasper County 90.4
81 Greene County 90.13
82 Newton County 90.03
83 Audrain County 89.99
84 Johnson County 89.43
85 Butler County 89.4
86 St. Charles County 89.27
87 DeKalb County 88.39
88 Buchanan County 88.22
89 Saline County 87.48
90 Cape Girardeau County 87.25
91 McDonald County 86.16
92 Clay County 85.76
93 Dunklin County 85.43
94 Platte County 85.19
95 Scott County 84.76
96 Cole County 83.87
97 Boone County 81.13
98 New Madrid County 80.82
99 Pulaski County 78
100 Mississippi County 74.11
101 Jackson County 70.04
102 Pemiscot County 69.84
103 St. Louis County 67.48
104 St. Louis city 48.8