Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2023

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all Arkansas counties, Phillips County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (62.57%), followed by Jefferson County (57.71%), and Crittenden County (56.09%).

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

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2023
Phillips
Jefferson
Crittenden
Lee
St. Francis
Chicot
Desha
Monroe
Ouachita
Dallas
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Phillips County 62.57
2 Jefferson County 57.71
3 Crittenden County 56.09
4 Lee County 54.02
5 St. Francis County 53.75
6 Chicot County 53.54
7 Desha County 48.43
8 Monroe County 40.14
9 Ouachita County 40.03
10 Dallas County 39.98
11 Pulaski County 38.35
12 Mississippi County 36.06
13 Columbia County 35.55
14 Lafayette County 34.01
15 Union County 32.66
16 Lincoln County 30.7
17 Nevada County 30.11
18 Hempstead County 30.07
19 Bradley County 28.09
20 Drew County 27.06
21 Miller County 26.25
22 Arkansas County 25.39
23 Woodruff County 25.13
24 Ashley County 24.11
25 Cross County 23.03
26 Clark County 23.01
27 Howard County 21.2
28 Calhoun County 21.18
29 Little River County 19.46
30 Craighead County 18.42
31 Jackson County 18.05
32 Faulkner County 12.74
33 Conway County 11.66
34 Hot Spring County 11.38
35 Cleveland County 10.9
36 Prairie County 10.38
37 Saline County 10.18
38 Poinsett County 8.78
39 Garland County 8.63
40 Sebastian County 7.01
41 Lonoke County 6.72
42 White County 4.74
43 Sevier County 4.39
44 Washington County 4.09
45 Pike County 3.69
46 Grant County 3.39
47 Pope County 3.38
48 Izard County 2.81
49 Independence County 2.63
50 Greene County 2.59
51 Johnson County 2.46
52 Yell County 2.37
53 Perry County 2.33
54 Benton County 2.3
55 Crawford County 1.99
56 Logan County 1.52
57 Lawrence County 1.42
58 Randolph County 1.33
58 Sharp County 1.33
59 Scott County 1.19
60 Fulton County 1.09
61 Franklin County 1.06
62 Montgomery County 0.99
63 Carroll County 0.97
64 Clay County 0.96
65 Madison County 0.9
66 Searcy County 0.82
66 Van Buren County 0.82
67 Polk County 0.77
68 Cleburne County 0.75
69 Marion County 0.66
70 Boone County 0.64
70 Stone County 0.64
71 Baxter County 0.61
72 Newton County 0.52