Arkansas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2018

Updated on February 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, there were 465,601 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 2018. Pulaski County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (146,208), followed by Jefferson County (38,755), and Crittenden County (26,060). On the other hand, Searcy County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (31), followed by Newton County (41), and Montgomery County (42).

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 (61.94%), followed by Jefferson County (56.79%), and Lee County (54.14%).

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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 2018
Arkansas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2018
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Arkansas 4373 24.6
Ashley 4893 24.42
Baxter 146 0.35
Benton 4856 1.78
Boone 131 0.35
Bradley 2966 27.42
Calhoun 1098 21.09
Carroll 146 0.52
Chicot 5600 53.51
Clark 5388 24.1
Clay 108 0.73
Cleburne 86 0.34
Cleveland 914 11.44
Columbia 8336 35.35
Conway 2348 11.27
Craighead 17452 16
Crawford 892 1.41
Crittenden 26060 53.88
Cross 3788 22.84
Dallas 2921 41.11
Desha 5392 46.82
Drew 5095 27.84
Faulkner 15172 12.11
Franklin 151 0.85
Fulton 78 0.63
Garland 8496 8.57
Grant 482 2.65
Greene 801 1.77
Hempstead 6488 29.88
Hot Spring 3744 11.12
Howard 2743 20.63
Independence 832 2.2
Izard 291 2.14
Jackson 2914 17.37
Jefferson 38755 56.79
Johnson 457 1.71
Lafayette 2400 35.91
Lawrence 197 1.2
Lee 4852 54.14
Lincoln 3942 29.85
Little River 2413 19.53
Logan 303 1.4
Lonoke 4573 6.22
Madison 69 0.42
Marion 90 0.54
Miller 10881 25.05
Mississippi 14736 35.73
Monroe 2736 39.77
Montgomery 42 0.47
Nevada 2542 30.73
Newton 41 0.53
Ouachita 9458 40.07
Perry 208 2.01
Phillips 11173 61.94
Pike 343 3.22
Poinsett 1919 8.04
Polk 99 0.5
Pope 1997 3.14
Prairie 934 11.53
Pulaski 146208 37.28
Randolph 181 1
St. Francis 13405 52.65
Saline 9571 7.9
Scott 66 0.64
Searcy 31 0.39
Sebastian 8505 6.67
Sevier 623 3.66
Sharp 142 0.83
Stone 48 0.38
Union 12818 32.76
Van Buren 100 0.6
Washington 8106 3.42
White 3417 4.36
Woodruff 1697 26.12
Yell 342 1.59