Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Arkansas counties, Phillips County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (62.8%), followed by Jefferson County (57.74%), and Crittenden County (55.54%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Arkansas counties.

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Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2021
Phillips
Jefferson
Crittenden
Chicot
St. Francis
Lee
Desha
Dallas
Monroe
Ouachita
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Phillips County 62.8
2 Jefferson County 57.74
3 Crittenden County 55.54
4 Chicot County 54.49
5 St. Francis County 54.17
6 Lee County 54.1
7 Desha County 48.79
8 Dallas County 40.94
9 Monroe County 40.76
10 Ouachita County 40.35
11 Pulaski County 38.04
12 Mississippi County 36.3
13 Columbia County 35.78
14 Lafayette County 35.33
15 Union County 33.2
16 Lincoln County 30.93
17 Hempstead County 30.04
18 Nevada County 29.95
19 Bradley County 28.19
20 Drew County 28
21 Miller County 25.87
22 Woodruff County 25.63
23 Arkansas County 25.54
24 Ashley County 24.31
25 Clark County 23.7
26 Cross County 23.39
27 Howard County 21.62
28 Calhoun County 21.49
29 Little River County 19.89
30 Jackson County 17.88
31 Craighead County 17.56
32 Faulkner County 12.48
33 Conway County 11.54
34 Hot Spring County 11.29
35 Cleveland County 11.22
36 Prairie County 10.74
37 Saline County 9.26
38 Garland County 8.78
39 Poinsett County 8.49
40 Sebastian County 7.06
41 Lonoke County 6.53
42 White County 4.68
43 Sevier County 4.24
44 Washington County 3.88
45 Pike County 3.67
46 Pope County 3.41
47 Grant County 3.03
48 Izard County 2.69
49 Independence County 2.68
50 Yell County 2.44
51 Johnson County 2.39
52 Greene County 2.28
53 Benton County 2.2
54 Perry County 2.16
55 Crawford County 1.84
56 Logan County 1.47
57 Randolph County 1.4
58 Lawrence County 1.34
59 Sharp County 1.22
60 Scott County 0.99
61 Montgomery County 0.94
62 Carroll County 0.91
62 Clay County 0.91
63 Madison County 0.88
64 Fulton County 0.87
65 Van Buren County 0.86
66 Franklin County 0.83
67 Polk County 0.73
68 Marion County 0.71
69 Stone County 0.62
70 Searcy County 0.61
71 Cleburne County 0.6
72 Baxter County 0.54
72 Newton County 0.54
73 Boone County 0.53