Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (61.95%), followed by Jefferson County (57.29%), and Crittenden County (55.67%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2023
Phillips
Jefferson
Crittenden
Lee
St. Francis
Chicot
Desha
Monroe
Ouachita
Dallas
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Phillips County 61.95
2 Jefferson County 57.29
3 Crittenden County 55.67
4 Lee County 53.62
5 St. Francis County 53.33
6 Chicot County 52.39
7 Desha County 47.08
8 Monroe County 39.73
9 Ouachita County 39.66
10 Dallas County 39.63
11 Pulaski County 37.91
12 Mississippi County 35.65
13 Columbia County 34.91
14 Lafayette County 33.6
15 Union County 32.36
16 Lincoln County 30.45
17 Nevada County 29.82
18 Hempstead County 29.28
19 Bradley County 27.54
20 Drew County 26.74
21 Miller County 25.84
22 Arkansas County 24.97
23 Woodruff County 24.77
24 Ashley County 23.57
25 Cross County 22.8
26 Clark County 22.56
27 Calhoun County 21.03
28 Howard County 20.54
29 Little River County 19.16
30 Craighead County 18.09
31 Jackson County 17.77
32 Faulkner County 12.43
33 Conway County 11.42
34 Hot Spring County 11.15
35 Cleveland County 10.75
36 Prairie County 10.34
37 Saline County 9.88
38 Poinsett County 8.47
39 Garland County 8.37
40 Sebastian County 6.61
41 Lonoke County 6.53
42 White County 4.58
43 Sevier County 3.84
44 Washington County 3.71
45 Pike County 3.54
46 Grant County 3.2
47 Pope County 3.08
48 Izard County 2.74
49 Greene County 2.48
50 Independence County 2.38
51 Perry County 2.32
52 Benton County 2
53 Yell County 1.8
54 Johnson County 1.79
55 Crawford County 1.73
56 Logan County 1.38
57 Lawrence County 1.36
58 Randolph County 1.26
59 Sharp County 1.22
60 Scott County 1.09
61 Fulton County 1.01
62 Franklin County 0.95
63 Clay County 0.9
64 Van Buren County 0.76
65 Searcy County 0.69
66 Carroll County 0.67
67 Montgomery County 0.66
68 Cleburne County 0.65
68 Marion County 0.65
68 Polk County 0.65
69 Stone County 0.63
70 Baxter County 0.55
70 Boone County 0.55
70 Madison County 0.55
71 Newton County 0.51