Arkansas 2019 Black or African American Alone Population By County

Updated on December 2, 2021.

The US Census Bureau estimated that the Black or African American Alone population in Arkansas was 475,106 in 2019, and represented 15.73% of Arkansas's 3,020,985 population in 2019. Pulaski County had the highest number of the Black or African American Alone population (148,725 residents), followed by Jefferson County with 38,531 residents, and Crittenden County with 26,213 residents. Newton County had the smallest number of the Black or African American Alone population (39 residents) in 2019.

Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's Black or African American Alone population. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

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Arkansas 2019 Black or African American Alone Population By County
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Table of Arkansas 2019 Black or African American Alone Population By County
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County Black Alone Population % of County Population
Arkansas 4434 25.32
Ashley 4902 24.83
Baxter 196 0.47
Benton 5794 2.07
Boone 171 0.46
Bradley 2972 27.54
Calhoun 1095 21.32
Carroll 225 0.79
Chicot 5546 54.43
Clark 5530 24.73
Clay 122 0.84
Cleburne 116 0.46
Cleveland 910 11.47
Columbia 8365 35.6
Conway 2396 11.46
Craighead 18705 16.89
Crawford 1098 1.73
Crittenden 26213 54.7
Cross 3817 23.37
Dallas 2828 40.69
Desha 5483 48.1
Drew 5046 27.89
Faulkner 15439 12.27
Franklin 160 0.9
Fulton 85 0.68
Garland 8759 8.81
Grant 482 2.64
Greene 818 1.81
Hempstead 6605 30.62
Hot Spring 3881 11.49
Howard 2813 21.28
Independence 937 2.48
Izard 304 2.23
Jackson 2918 17.39
Jefferson 38531 57.39
Johnson 590 2.22
Lafayette 2418 36.33
Lawrence 200 1.22
Lee 4830 54.34
Lincoln 3875 29.78
Little River 2457 19.87
Logan 315 1.47
Lonoke 4696 6.38
Madison 117 0.71
Marion 99 0.6
Miller 11067 25.52
Mississippi 14617 35.9
Monroe 2722 40.49
Montgomery 71 0.79
Nevada 2539 30.95
Newton 39 0.51
Ouachita 9441 40.39
Perry 205 1.97
Phillips 11134 62.66
Pike 367 3.43
Poinsett 1962 8.35
Polk 123 0.62
Pope 2134 3.33
Prairie 923 11.41
Pulaski 148725 37.91
Randolph 216 1.19
St. Francis 13253 53.06
Saline 10387 8.48
Scott 72 0.71
Searcy 41 0.52
Sebastian 9016 7.06
Sevier 705 4.15
Sharp 178 1.03
Stone 56 0.44
Union 12831 33.17
Van Buren 113 0.68
Washington 9102 3.8
White 3593 4.57
Woodruff 1691 26.3
Yell 490 2.29