Arkansas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2021

Updated on August 2, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, there were 466,459 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Arkansas and they represented 15.40% of the total population of Arkansas in 2021. Pulaski County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (149,641), followed by Jefferson County (37,641), and Crittenden County (26,164). On the other hand, Newton County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (37), followed by Searcy County (39), and Montgomery County (53).

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 (62.24%), followed by Jefferson County (57.35%), and Crittenden County (55.15%).

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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 2021
Arkansas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2021
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Arkansas 4191 25.12
Ashley 4444 23.82
Baxter 198 0.47
Benton 5613 1.91
Boone 174 0.46
Bradley 2874 27.79
Calhoun 1012 21.4
Carroll 182 0.64
Chicot 5368 53.4
Clark 4946 23.28
Clay 125 0.87
Cleburne 128 0.51
Cleveland 828 11.06
Columbia 7909 35.17
Conway 2383 11.4
Craighead 19308 17.27
Crawford 975 1.61
Crittenden 26164 55.15
Cross 3865 23.18
Dallas 2572 40.77
Desha 5258 47.59
Drew 4732 27.74
Faulkner 15400 12.26
Franklin 126 0.73
Fulton 100 0.82
Garland 8544 8.51
Grant 518 2.86
Greene 1006 2.17
Hempstead 5770 29.34
Hot Spring 3678 11.12
Howard 2671 21.04
Independence 940 2.47
Izard 373 2.68
Jackson 2958 17.63
Jefferson 37641 57.35
Johnson 463 1.78
Lafayette 2153 34.96
Lawrence 210 1.29
Lee 4600 53.74
Lincoln 4037 30.66
Little River 2347 19.6
Logan 285 1.34
Lonoke 4753 6.36
Madison 100 0.59
Marion 118 0.7
Miller 10827 25.48
Mississippi 14214 35.95
Monroe 2683 40.36
Montgomery 53 0.61
Nevada 2427 29.66
Newton 37 0.52
Ouachita 8917 39.97
Perry 215 2.15
Phillips 9849 62.24
Pike 356 3.52
Poinsett 1855 8.18
Polk 120 0.62
Pope 2014 3.16
Prairie 866 10.7
Pulaski 149641 37.59
Randolph 248 1.32
St. Francis 12220 53.8
Saline 11250 8.97
Scott 88 0.9
Searcy 39 0.49
Sebastian 8617 6.71
Sevier 581 3.7
Sharp 199 1.13
Stone 75 0.6
Union 12622 32.89
Van Buren 125 0.79
Washington 8870 3.52
White 3485 4.52
Woodruff 1552 25.25
Yell 374 1.86