Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on March 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among all Arkansas counties, Phillips County had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (62.20%), followed by Jefferson County (56.07%), and Lee County (54.15%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Arkansas counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Arkansas.

You can also see similar ranking for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Phillips
62.20%
Jefferson
56.07%
Lee
54.15%
St. Francis
54.14%
Crittenden
53.58%
Chicot
52.77%
Desha
47.26%
Monroe
40.46%
Dallas
39.83%
Ouachita
39.10%
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
% of County Population
1 Phillips County 62.20
2 Jefferson County 56.07
3 Lee County 54.15
4 St. Francis County 54.14
5 Crittenden County 53.58
6 Chicot County 52.77
7 Desha County 47.26
8 Monroe County 40.46
9 Dallas County 39.83
10 Ouachita County 39.10
11 Pulaski County 35.61
12 Mississippi County 35.03
13 Columbia County 34.36
14 Union County 32.44
15 Lafayette County 32.39
16 Nevada County 29.28
17 Lincoln County 28.21
18 Hempstead County 28.13
19 Drew County 27.75
20 Bradley County 27.70
21 Miller County 25.64
22 Woodruff County 25.54
23 Ashley County 24.36
24 Arkansas County 24.13
25 Clark County 23.63
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