Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 276.58K people in Arkansas with American ancestry (9.20% of Arkansas population). Among all Arkansas counties, Franklin County had the highest percentage of its population with American ancestry (26.51%), followed by Poinsett County (26.33%), and Cross County (25.94%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having American ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Arkansas.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
Franklin County
Poinsett County
Cross County
Pope County
Johnson County
Jackson County
Union County
Crawford County
Lafayette County
Columbia County
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Franklin County 26.51
2 Poinsett County 26.33
3 Cross County 25.94
4 Pope County 24.18
5 Johnson County 24.04
6 Jackson County 21.74
7 Union County 21.20
8 Crawford County 19.74
9 Lafayette County 19.24
10 Columbia County 19.18
11 Van Buren County 18.73
12 Lawrence County 17.65
13 Conway County 15.69
14 Greene County 15.52
15 Sharp County 15.43
16 Grant County 15.16
17 Clay County 14.84
17 Miller County 14.84
18 Ashley County 13.82
19 Crittenden County 12.29
20 Madison County 12.23
21 Randolph County 11.63
22 Fulton County 11.49
23 Pike County 10.76
24 White County 10.62
25 Scott County 10.57
26 Hot Spring County 10.56
27 Craighead County 10.43
28 Independence County 9.54
29 Lonoke County 9.48
30 Stone County 9.47
31 Mississippi County 9.32
32 Newton County 9.08
33 Saline County 8.78
34 Logan County 8.69
35 Montgomery County 8.60
36 Cleburne County 8.58
37 Searcy County 8.52
38 Clark County 8.39
39 Woodruff County 8.34
40 Ouachita County 8.15
41 Perry County 7.92
42 Baxter County 7.64
43 Polk County 7.63
44 Garland County 7.61
45 Monroe County 7.48
46 Boone County 7.43
47 Lincoln County 7.37
48 Yell County 7.27
49 Bradley County 7.19
50 Cleveland County 7.14
51 Marion County 7.05
52 Izard County 7.03
53 Arkansas County 6.82
54 Prairie County 6.79
55 Sebastian County 6.61
56 Howard County 6.45
57 Faulkner County 6.39
58 Carroll County 6.34
59 Pulaski County 5.90
60 Hempstead County 5.71
61 Sevier County 5.68
62 Desha County 5.53
63 Washington County 5.52
64 Little River County 5.43
65 Nevada County 5.35
66 Drew County 5.21
67 Calhoun County 5.11
68 Benton County 4.99
69 Lee County 4.89
70 St. Francis County 4.66
71 Jefferson County 4.57
72 Chicot County 3.50
73 Dallas County 3.31
74 Phillips County 2.35