Arkansas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2020

Updated on February 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, there were 466,783 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Arkansas and they represented 15.49% of the total population of Arkansas in 2020. Pulaski County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (151,383), followed by Jefferson County (38,180), and Crittenden County (26,163). On the other hand, Searcy County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (29), followed by Montgomery County (38), and Newton 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 (62.11%), followed by Jefferson County (57.13%), and Crittenden County (54.41%).

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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 2020
Arkansas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2020
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Arkansas 4237 24.77
Ashley 4517 23.82
Baxter 199 0.48
Benton 5431 1.9
Boone 169 0.45
Bradley 2866 27.33
Calhoun 971 20.49
Carroll 167 0.59
Chicot 5414 53.3
Clark 5105 23.87
Clay 119 0.82
Cleburne 111 0.45
Cleveland 838 11.1
Columbia 7957 34.99
Conway 2374 11.45
Craighead 18847 16.89
Crawford 906 1.51
Crittenden 26163 54.41
Cross 3911 23.29
Dallas 2646 41.07
Desha 5363 47.38
Drew 4740 27.38
Faulkner 14976 12.1
Franklin 120 0.7
Fulton 92 0.76
Garland 8516 8.49
Grant 485 2.69
Greene 885 1.93
Hempstead 5965 29.85
Hot Spring 3701 11.19
Howard 2629 20.61
Independence 873 2.3
Izard 311 2.29
Jackson 2907 17.35
Jefferson 38180 57.13
Johnson 425 1.65
Lafayette 2217 35.2
Lawrence 176 1.09
Lee 4567 53.55
Lincoln 3868 30.01
Little River 2307 19.27
Logan 272 1.29
Lonoke 4671 6.31
Madison 89 0.54
Marion 100 0.59
Miller 10751 25.25
Mississippi 14418 35.56
Monroe 2710 40.01
Montgomery 38 0.45
Nevada 2511 30.31
Newton 39 0.54
Ouachita 8973 39.68
Perry 215 2.15
Phillips 10213 62.11
Pike 359 3.53
Poinsett 1820 7.93
Polk 107 0.56
Pope 1963 3.1
Prairie 896 10.87
Pulaski 151383 37.92
Randolph 219 1.18
St. Francis 12083 52.51
Saline 10420 8.42
Scott 63 0.64
Searcy 29 0.37
Sebastian 8553 6.69
Sevier 578 3.66
Sharp 159 0.92
Stone 53 0.43
Union 12731 32.71
Van Buren 115 0.73
Washington 8654 3.51
White 3366 4.38
Woodruff 1604 25.76
Yell 377 1.87