Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population 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, Pulaski County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (143.55K), followed by Jefferson County (37.84K), and Crittenden County (25.91K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Arkansas counties based on Black or African American Alone population.

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

Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Pulaski
Jefferson
Crittenden
Craighead
Faulkner
Mississippi
Union
St. Francis
Miller
Saline
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Black Alone Population
1 Pulaski County 143548
2 Jefferson County 37835
3 Crittenden County 25905
4 Craighead County 18473
5 Faulkner County 14384
6 Mississippi County 14323
7 Union County 12729
8 St. Francis County 12561
9 Miller County 10988
10 Saline County 10414
11 Phillips County 10343
12 Ouachita County 8899
13 Washington County 8652
14 Garland County 8128
15 Sebastian County 8061
16 Columbia County 7866
17 Hempstead County 5683
18 Chicot County 5417
19 Desha County 5398
20 Clark County 5127
21 Drew County 4846
22 Benton County 4732
23 Ashley County 4669
24 Lee County 4663
25 Lonoke County 4386
26 Arkansas County 4156
27 White County 3728
28 Cross County 3658
29 Lincoln County 3652
30 Hot Spring County 3472
31 Bradley County 2937
32 Jackson County 2786
33 Monroe County 2760
34 Howard County 2642
35 Dallas County 2592
36 Nevada County 2444
37 Conway County 2209
38 Little River County 2178
39 Pope County 2100
40 Lafayette County 2057
41 Poinsett County 1783
42 Woodruff County 1613
43 Greene County 933
44 Prairie County 925
45 Calhoun County 913
46 Crawford County 897
47 Independence County 849
48 Cleveland County 686
49 Sevier County 578
50 Johnson County 482
51 Grant County 458
52 Izard County 256
53 Yell County 251
54 Pike County 241
55 Logan County 232
56 Lawrence County 143
57 Randolph County 140
58 Sharp County 118
59 Boone County 108
60 Perry County 107
61 Carroll County 95
62 Baxter County 90
63 Franklin County 79
64 Van Buren County 77
65 Cleburne County 69
66 Polk County 43
67 Clay County 42
68 Madison County 41
69 Scott County 35
70 Fulton County 27
71 Stone County 21
72 Marion County 20
73 Montgomery County 18
74 Newton County 7
75 Searcy County 5