Arkansas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2017

Updated on February 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, there were 464,324 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Arkansas and they represented 15.46% of the total population of Arkansas in 2017. Pulaski County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (145,382), followed by Jefferson County (39,267), and Crittenden County (26,061). On the other hand, Searcy County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (26), followed by Newton County (36), and Montgomery County (39).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone, Phillips County had the highest percentage (62.04%), followed by Jefferson County (56.62%), and Lee County (54.21%).

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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.

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Arkansas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2017
Arkansas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2017
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Arkansas 4408 24.59
Ashley 4988 24.53
Baxter 135 0.33
Benton 4727 1.77
Boone 133 0.35
Bradley 2965 27.42
Calhoun 1088 20.94
Carroll 146 0.52
Chicot 5705 53.54
Clark 5363 24.12
Clay 99 0.67
Cleburne 93 0.37
Cleveland 907 11.09
Columbia 8386 35.42
Conway 2340 11.24
Craighead 16429 15.32
Crawford 834 1.32
Crittenden 26061 53.51
Cross 3887 23.15
Dallas 3021 41.32
Desha 5442 46.27
Drew 5125 27.9
Faulkner 14732 11.91
Franklin 148 0.83
Fulton 70 0.58
Garland 8398 8.53
Grant 482 2.66
Greene 679 1.51
Hempstead 6549 29.91
Hot Spring 3738 11.12
Howard 2676 20.03
Independence 781 2.09
Izard 266 1.95
Jackson 2928 17.19
Jefferson 39267 56.62
Johnson 437 1.65
Lafayette 2494 36.64
Lawrence 177 1.07
Lee 4944 54.21
Lincoln 4084 30.29
Little River 2397 19.35
Logan 309 1.42
Lonoke 4491 6.17
Madison 71 0.44
Marion 77 0.47
Miller 11034 25.18
Mississippi 15054 35.76
Monroe 2817 40.17
Montgomery 39 0.44
Nevada 2573 31
Newton 36 0.46
Ouachita 9479 39.79
Perry 198 1.92
Phillips 11544 62.04
Pike 340 3.17
Poinsett 1933 8.03
Polk 99 0.49
Pope 1987 3.12
Prairie 972 11.76
Pulaski 145382 36.94
Randolph 170 0.96
St. Francis 13615 52.45
Saline 8972 7.5
Scott 67 0.65
Searcy 26 0.33
Sebastian 8426 6.59
Sevier 657 3.85
Sharp 148 0.86
Stone 48 0.38
Union 12896 32.65
Van Buren 94 0.57
Washington 7802 3.35
White 3379 4.28
Woodruff 1712 26.02
Yell 348 1.62