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According to the 2010 U.S. Census, these cities held 55.2% of Iowa's black population. [2] Of a total 2008 U.S. Census estimated population of 99,514, [3] 9.2 percent (9,200 citizens) in the Davenport Metro area are African American. For comparison, the average African-American population in Iowa cities is 2.5 percent. [4]
Considering only those who marked "black" and no other race in combination, as in the first table, the percentage was 12.4% in 2020, down from 12.6% in 2010. [1] Considering those who marked "black" and any other race in combination, as in the second table, the percentage increased from 13.6% to 14.2%.
First African American male to practice before the Iowa Supreme Court: Samuel K. Adams (1875) [3] [7] First Native American male: Thomas "Ted" St. Germaine (1904) [ 8 ] [ 9 ] First African American male to argue a case before the Supreme Court of Iowa: Samuel (S.) Joe Brown in 1906 [ 3 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ]
African-American people in Iowa politics (2 C, 2 P) U. Underground Railroad in Iowa (19 P) Pages in category "African-American history of Iowa"
This is a list of notable people who were born in or closely associated with the American state of Iowa. People not born in Iowa are marked with §. People not born in Iowa are marked with §. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
By 1905, independent historian Rachelle Chase wrote in Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa, it was "a town of 5,000 where 55 percent of the population was black." The typical Iowa coal town ...
Pages in category "African-American state legislators in Iowa" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Black Des Moines: 1972 [12] 1972? [13] Des Moines: Black Revolutionary: 1971 [11]? Des Moines: The Iowa Bystander / Iowa State Bystander / Bystander: 1894 [17] 2015: Weekly [17] By far Iowa's longest-lasting African American newspaper, spanning over a century. Founded by "ten prominent black men who had migrated to Iowa during the 1870s." [18 ...