Arkansas Census 2020 Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population By County

Updated on March 23, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, there were 449,884 people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone in Arkansas, which was 14.94% of the total Arkansas population.

Pulaski County had the highest number of people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (142,139), followed by Jefferson County (37,712), and Crittenden County (25,804). On the other hand, the three counties with the least number of people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone were: Searcy County (5), Newton County (6), and Montgomery County (13).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identify as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone, Phillips County had the highest percentage (62.20%), followed by Jefferson County (56.07%), and Lee County (54.15%).

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

You can see similar information for other ethnicities, and also for the different racial groups in Arkansas.

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Arkansas Census 2020 Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population By County
Arkansas Census 2020 Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population By County
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County Non-Hispanic - Black Alone Population % of County Population
Arkansas 4138 24.13
Ashley 4644 24.36
Baxter 88 0.21
Benton 4523 1.59
Boone 96 0.26
Bradley 2921 27.70
Calhoun 913 19.27
Carroll 88 0.31
Chicot 5387 52.77
Clark 5068 23.63
Clay 40 0.28
Cleburne 56 0.23
Cleveland 675 8.94
Columbia 7834 34.36
Conway 2190 10.57
Craighead 18331 16.48
Crawford 857 1.43
Crittenden 25804 53.58
Cross 3651 21.69
Dallas 2582 39.83
Desha 5385 47.26
Drew 4815 27.75
Faulkner 14274 11.56
Franklin 78 0.46
Fulton 27 0.22
Garland 8034 8.02
Grant 447 2.49
Greene 926 2.03
Hempstead 5644 28.13
Hot Spring 3450 10.44
Howard 2626 20.54
Independence 830 2.19
Izard 256 1.89
Jackson 2764 16.50
Jefferson 37712 56.07
Johnson 454 1.76
Lafayette 2043 32.39
Lawrence 138 0.85
Lee 4657 54.15
Lincoln 3650 28.21
Little River 2164 17.99
Logan 225 1.07
Lonoke 4349 5.88
Madison 36 0.22
Marion 20 0.12
Miller 10922 25.64
Mississippi 14251 35.03
Monroe 2751 40.46
Montgomery 13 0.15
Nevada 2433 29.28
Newton 6 0.08
Ouachita 8856 39.10
Perry 107 1.07
Phillips 10305 62.20
Pike 238 2.34
Poinsett 1773 7.72
Polk 39 0.20
Pope 2060 3.25
Prairie 922 11.13
Pulaski 142139 35.61
Randolph 140 0.75
St. Francis 12501 54.14
Saline 10351 8.39
Scott 31 0.32
Searcy 5 0.06
Sebastian 7891 6.18
Sevier 550 3.47
Sharp 114 0.66
Stone 21 0.17
Union 12670 32.44
Van Buren 71 0.45
Washington 8330 3.39
White 3677 4.79
Woodruff 1601 25.54
Yell 226 1.12