The counties below are either currently minority-majority or will soon tip to be minority-majority. They are grouped by state. These counties are in the Midwest. If you would like to see counties in the West, go here. Counties in the South are here. All of the data below come from U.S. Census Bureau estimates from 2007.
The chart shows three categories of “minority majority status.” “2000” counties are those that were majority-minority at the time of the 2000 Census. “2007” designates counties that became majority-minority between 2000 and 2007. “Tipping” counties are those that are at least 40 percent minority and where the minority population grew by at least 2.5 percent between 2000 and 2007.
| KANSAS | ||||||||||
| Minority Majority Status | County Seat | ority Race | Population 2007 | % Change White 2000-07 | % Change Minority 2000-07 | % Minority 2007 | % Black 2007 | % Am. Ind. 2007 | % Hispanic 2007 | |
| 2007 | Ford | Dodge City | Bi-Racial: WH-Hsp | 33,340 | -15.1% | 26.8% | 52.5% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 48.0% |
| Tipping | Grant | Ulysses | White | 7,497 | -12.1% | 6.8% | 40.8% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 39.1% |
| 2000 | Seward | Liberal | Hispanic | 23,109 | -16.1% | 21.1% | 59.5% | 3.2% | 0.6% | 51.8% |
| NORTH DAKOTA | ||||||||||
| Minority Majority Status | County Seat | ority Race | Population 2007 | % Change White 2000-07 | % Change Minority 2000-07 | % Minority 2007 | % Black 2007 | % Am. Ind. 2007 | % Hispanic 2007 | |
| 2007 | Benson | Minnewaukan | American Indian | 6,971 | -9.8% | 10.3% | 54.2% | 0.2% | 51.3% | 1.6% |
| 2000 | Rolette | Rolla | American Indian | 13,665 | -2.9% | 0.9% | 75.7% | 0.9% | 70.3% | 1.9% |
| 2000 | Sioux | Fort Yates | American Indian | 4,223 | 25.8% | 0.8% | 82.7% | 0.3% | 78.9% | 2.2% |
| NEBRASKA | ||||||||||
| Minority Majority Status | County Seat | ority Race | Population 2007 | % Change White 2000-07 | % Change Minority 2000-07 | % Minority 2007 | % Black 2007 | % Am. Ind. 2007 | % Hispanic 2007 | |
| 2000 | Thurston | Pender | Bi-Racial: Wh-AI | 7,208 | -6.8% | 6.7% | 57.8% | 1.5% | 49.3% | 5.1% |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | ||||||||||
| Minority Majority Status | County Seat | ority Race | Population 2007 | % Change White 2000-07 | % Change Minority 2000-07 | % Minority 2007 | % Black 2007 | % Am. Ind. 2007 | % Hispanic 2007 | |
| 2000 | Bennett | Martin | American Indian | 3,441 | -12.6% | 2.4% | 63.0% | 0.3% | 54.5% | 2.4% |
| 2000 | Buffalo | Gannvalley | American Indian | 2,111 | 16.6% | 1.4% | 81.7% | 0.1% | 78.0% | 1.7% |
| 2000 | Corson | McIntosh | American Indian | 4,205 | -14.7% | 9.6% | 68.5% | 0.2% | 63.6% | 2.4% |
| 2000 | Dewey | Timber Lake | American Indian | 6,005 | -3.8% | 1.9% | 76.9% | 0.2% | 72.5% | 2.3% |
| 2007 | Jackson | Kadoka | American Indian | 2,792 | -10.4% | 1.0% | 53.0% | 0.0% | 50.3% | 0.5% |
| 2000 | Mellette | White River | American Indian | 2,019 | -6.5% | -0.3% | 57.1% | 0.0% | 51.9% | 1.9% |
| 2000 | Shannon | Hot Springs | American Indian | 13,589 | 56.8% | 6.8% | 93.6% | 1.7% | 84.2% | 4.7% |
| 2000 | Todd | Winner | American Indian | 10,157 | 25.9% | 10.3% | 85.9% | 0.9% | 79.7% | 3.0% |
| 2000 | Ziebach | Dupree | American Indian | 2,643 | 1.8% | 6.1% | 74.3% | 0.0% | 71.1% | 1.2% |
| WISCONSIN | ||||||||||
| Minority Majority Status | County Seat | ority Race | Population 2007 | % Change White 2000-07 | % Change Minority 2000-07 | % Minority 2007 | % Black 2007 | % Am. Ind. 2007 | % Hispanic 2007 | |
| 2000 | Menominee | Keshena | American Indian | 4,616 | 7.4% | 0.4% | 87.7% | 1.6% | 78.7% | 5.4% |
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