The graph below ranks each Minnesota County by total of Black residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
Minnesota total of Black population by county
| County | Black Population |
| Hennepin |  145,673 |
| Ramsey | 59,344 |
| Dakota | 21,057 |
| Anoka | 16,145 |
| Washington | 9,759 |
| Olmsted | 7,800 |
| Stearns | 5,155 |
| Scott | 4,186 |
| St. Louis | 3,005 |
| Rice | 2,334 |
| Blue Earth | 2,016 |
| Sherburne | 1,701 |
| Wright | 1,402 |
| Carver | 1,314 |
| Kandiyohi | 1,272 |
| Mower | 1,181 |
| Steele | 981 |
| Clay | 902 |
| Benton | 894 |
| Nobles | 842 |
| Nicollet | 725 |
| Chisago | 695 |
| Winona | 667 |
| Lyon | 615 |
| Pine | 613 |
| Otter Tail | 573 |
| Carlton | 531 |
| Goodhue | 510 |
| Waseca | 461 |
| Crow Wing | 378 |
| Polk | 346 |
| Beltrami | 318 |
| Freeborn | 311 |
| Isanti | 268 |
| McLeod | 216 |
| Pennington | 183 |
| Douglas | 182 |
| Itasca | 181 |
| Morrison | 166 |
| Le Sueur | 139 |
| Watonwan | 134 |
| Becker | 132 |
| Wadena | 123 |
| Todd | 123 |
| Stevens | 117 |
| Houston | 113 |
| Pipestone | 112 |
| Redwood | 111 |
| Wabasha | 107 |
| Cottonwood | 105 |
| Mille Lacs | 103 |
| Dodge | 101 |
| Koochiching | 93 |
| Meeker | 92 |
| Cass | 85 |
| Martin | 82 |
| Hubbard | 81 |
| Kanabec | 80 |
| Swift | 77 |
| Brown | 76 |
| Chippewa | 73 |
| Rock | 67 |
| Aitkin | 64 |
| Fillmore | 63 |
| Renville | 61 |
| Sibley | 60 |
| Faribault | 57 |
| Jackson | 52 |
| Roseau | 47 |
| Pope | 44 |
| Lake | 43 |
| Marshall | 38 |
| Murray | 34 |
| Red Lake | 33 |
| Cook | 31 |
| Yellow Medicine | 31 |
| Norman | 27 |
| Clearwater | 26 |
| Grant | 24 |
| Lac qui Parle | 21 |
| Wilkin | 20 |
| Traverse | 17 |
| Mahnomen | 17 |
| Big Stone | 15 |
| Kittson | 14 |
| Lake of the Woods | 12 |
| Lincoln | 6 |