Ranking of Arkansas Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on February 22, 2026.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Arkansas counties, in April 2020, among all the cities and places with over 10K voting-age population in Arkansas, Pine Bluff city had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (74.63%), followed by Forrest City city (67.23%), and West Memphis city (62.48%).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places in Arkansas, and the table below shows the ranking of all Arkansas cities and places with over 10K voting-age population, based on the percentage of the voting-age population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Arkansas.

Ranking of Arkansas Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Pine Bluff
Forrest City
West Memphis
El Dorado
North Little Rock
Little Rock
Jacksonville
Texarkana
Sherwood
Jonesboro
Ranking of Arkansas Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Voting-age Population
1 Pine Bluff city 74.63
2 Forrest City city 67.23
3 West Memphis city 62.48
4 El Dorado city 48.37
5 North Little Rock city 39.76
6 Little Rock city 38.77
7 Jacksonville city 36.80
8 Texarkana city 32.79
9 Sherwood city 23.08
10 Jonesboro city 19.47
11 Maumelle city 16.60
12 Conway city 16.57
13 Hot Springs city 15.07
14 Bryant city 13.57
15 Searcy city 10.35
16 Benton city 8.88
17 Fort Smith city 8.24
18 Russellville city 6.36
19 Fayetteville city 5.77
20 Centerton city 3.42
21 Bentonville city 3.09
22 Cabot city 2.57
23 Van Buren city 2.34
24 Paragould city 2.26
25 Springdale city 2.16
26 Rogers city 1.46
27 Hot Springs Village CDP 1.39
28 Siloam Springs city 1.07
29 Bella Vista city 0.62
30 Mountain Home city 0.41
31 Harrison city 0.40