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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 922.24K people in Arkansas with Unclassified ancestry (30.68% of Arkansas population). Among all Arkansas counties, Woodruff County had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (66.45%), followed by Calhoun County (48.76%), and Newton County (48.54%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Unclassified 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 Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Woodruff County
Calhoun County
Newton County
Searcy County
Perry County
Lincoln County
Cleburne County
White County
Drew County
Lonoke County
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Woodruff County 66.45
2 Calhoun County 48.76
3 Newton County 48.54
4 Searcy County 44.50
5 Perry County 44.17
6 Lincoln County 43.76
7 Cleburne County 42.24
8 White County 41.30
9 Drew County 40.44
10 Lonoke County 40.22
11 Carroll County 39.34
12 Cleveland County 39.23
13 Yell County 38.86
14 Scott County 38.35
15 Bradley County 37.26
16 Mississippi County 36.72
17 Madison County 36.60
18 Ashley County 36.38
19 Independence County 36.14
20 Randolph County 36.12
21 Polk County 36.09
22 Benton County 35.95
23 Monroe County 35.61
24 Baxter County 35.60
25 Dallas County 35.41
26 Lawrence County 35.34
27 Clay County 35.22
28 Nevada County 35.13
29 Izard County 34.28
30 Arkansas County 34.07
31 Little River County 33.83
32 Saline County 33.69
33 Hot Spring County 33.62
34 Franklin County 33.04
35 Montgomery County 32.80
36 Greene County 32.29
37 Grant County 32.19
38 Lafayette County 32.03
39 Garland County 31.82
40 Boone County 31.45
41 Craighead County 30.82
42 Ouachita County 30.76
43 Logan County 30.30
44 Stone County 30.09
45 Jackson County 30.05
46 Union County 29.75
47 Poinsett County 29.64
48 Washington County 29.50
49 Sharp County 29.36
50 Fulton County 29.31
51 Desha County 29.24
52 Pike County 29.05
53 Hempstead County 28.87
54 Howard County 28.57
55 Conway County 28.52
56 Crawford County 27.33
57 Columbia County 27.11
58 Miller County 26.53
59 Marion County 26.52
60 St. Francis County 26.36
61 Jefferson County 25.66
62 Pulaski County 25.55
63 Faulkner County 25.53
64 Lee County 25.42
65 Chicot County 25.41
66 Van Buren County 25.02
67 Clark County 24.96
68 Phillips County 24.13
69 Pope County 23.58
70 Sebastian County 22.90
71 Cross County 22.54
72 Johnson County 22.44
73 Sevier County 21.65
74 Prairie County 21.42
75 Crittenden County 19.39