Ranking of Arkansas Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Arkansas counties, in April 2020, among all of Arkansas's cities and places with a voting-age population of at least 10K, Pine Bluff city had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (74.85%), followed by Forrest City city (67.53%), and West Memphis city (62.72%).

The chart and table below shows the ranking of all of Arkansas cities and places with a voting-age population of at least 10K, based on the percentage of the voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of cities and places for other racial groups, in Arkansas.

Ranking of Arkansas Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Pine Bluff
Forrest City
West Memphis
El Dorado
North Little Rock
Little Rock
Jacksonville
Texarkana
Sherwood
Jonesboro
Ranking of Arkansas Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place Percent of City Voting-age Population
1 Pine Bluff city 74.85
2 Forrest City city 67.53
3 West Memphis city 62.72
4 El Dorado city 48.58
5 North Little Rock city 39.96
6 Little Rock city 39.27
7 Jacksonville city 37.06
8 Texarkana city 32.97
9 Sherwood city 23.15
10 Jonesboro city 19.57
11 Maumelle city 16.69
12 Conway city 16.68
13 Hot Springs city 15.16
14 Bryant city 13.61
15 Searcy city 10.38
16 Benton city 8.89
17 Fort Smith city 8.32
18 Russellville city 6.48
19 Fayetteville city 5.87
20 Centerton city 3.49
21 Bentonville city 3.15
22 Cabot city 2.62
23 Van Buren city 2.39
24 Springdale city 2.31
25 Paragould city 2.27
26 Rogers city 1.51
27 Hot Springs Village CDP 1.41
28 Siloam Springs city 1.14
29 Bella Vista city 0.64
30 Mountain Home city 0.41
31 Harrison city 0.40