Iowa: the counties with the highest share of Black students

90 counties

Iowa public school districts ranked by the share of public school students who are Black or African American. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Johnson County	IA	43	20,019	3,953	19.7%
2	Black Hawk County	IA	34	18,224	3,246	17.8%
3	Scott County	IA	49	26,100	3,685	14.1%
4	Linn County	IA	81	36,480	4,989	13.7%
5	Polk County	IA	132	77,436	10,418	13.5%
6	Des Moines County	IA	15	5,632	606	10.8%
7	Woodbury County	IA	36	18,210	1,482	8.1%
8	Dubuque County	IA	26	13,164	998	7.6%
9	Wapello County	IA	18	6,892	499	7.2%
10	Dallas County	IA	40	22,938	1,462	6.4%
11	Floyd County	IA	8	2,152	134	6.2%
12	Story County	IA	26	11,665	568	4.9%
13	Webster County	IA	11	4,678	230	4.9%
14	Cerro Gordo County	IA	13	5,248	249	4.7%
15	Clinton County	IA	18	7,129	324	4.5%
16	Clayton County	IA	11	3,625	156	4.3%
17	Muscatine County	IA	15	6,527	237	3.6%
18	Buena Vista County	IA	15	4,691	152	3.2%
19	Carroll County	IA	10	2,912	84	2.9%
20	Marshall County	IA	17	6,903	199	2.9%
21	Pottawattamie County	IA	34	15,270	445	2.9%
22	Crawford County	IA	11	3,007	76	2.5%
23	Delaware County	IA	10	2,571	65	2.5%
24	Henry County	IA	13	3,230	76	2.4%
25	Plymouth County	IA	16	4,219	101	2.4%
26	Louisa County	IA	9	2,165	50	2.3%
27	Lee County	IA	13	6,014	127	2.1%
28	Poweshiek County	IA	10	2,566	54	2.1%
29	Boone County	IA	13	3,735	70	1.9%
30	Jackson County	IA	9	2,628	51	1.9%
31	Mahaska County	IA	8	2,757	51	1.8%
32	Allamakee County	IA	11	2,183	37	1.7%
33	Jones County	IA	10	2,693	46	1.7%
34	Clay County	IA	6	2,147	34	1.6%
35	Jasper County	IA	18	5,668	93	1.6%
36	Cass County	IA	11	3,957	60	1.5%
37	Jefferson County	IA	6	1,974	29	1.5%
38	Benton County	IA	12	3,919	56	1.4%
39	Hardin County	IA	14	3,073	44	1.4%
40	Dickinson County	IA	9	3,005	39	1.3%
41	Hancock County	IA	6	1,560	20	1.3%
42	O'Brien County	IA	9	2,377	30	1.3%
43	Warren County	IA	20	10,473	139	1.3%
44	Ida County	IA	5	1,156	14	1.2%
45	Union County	IA	6	1,746	21	1.2%
46	Appanoose County	IA	8	1,767	19	1.1%
47	Grundy County	IA	11	2,334	25	1.1%
48	Marion County	IA	17	5,571	63	1.1%
49	Shelby County	IA	6	1,877	21	1.1%
50	Sioux County	IA	18	5,321	58	1.1%

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