Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Arkansas counties, Pulaski County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (138.78K), followed by Jefferson County (41.63K), and Crittenden County (25.85K).

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 Black or African American Alone Population in 2012
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Crittenden
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St. Francis
Craighead
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Phillips
Faulkner
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Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Pulaski County 138779
2 Jefferson County 41627
3 Crittenden County 25845
4 Mississippi County 15724
5 St. Francis County 14679
6 Craighead County 13793
7 Union County 13449
8 Phillips County 13016
9 Faulkner County 12778
10 Miller County 10694
11 Ouachita County 10174
12 Columbia County 8917
13 Sebastian County 8488
14 Garland County 8038
15 Washington County 6794
16 Hempstead County 6660
17 Chicot County 6343
18 Desha County 6150
19 Saline County 6131
20 Lee County 5663
21 Ashley County 5555
22 Clark County 5491
23 Drew County 5341
24 Arkansas County 4687
25 Lincoln County 4269
26 Lonoke County 4110
27 Cross County 4057
28 Benton County 3890
29 Hot Spring County 3732
30 Dallas County 3340
31 White County 3320
32 Monroe County 3246
33 Bradley County 3110
34 Jackson County 3004
35 Howard County 2886
36 Lafayette County 2798
37 Nevada County 2766
38 Little River County 2590
39 Conway County 2365
40 Woodruff County 1935
41 Pope County 1883
42 Poinsett County 1829
43 Calhoun County 1137
44 Prairie County 1035
45 Cleveland County 1026
46 Crawford County 845
47 Sevier County 777
48 Independence County 767
49 Johnson County 502
50 Grant County 429
51 Yell County 388
52 Pike County 360
53 Logan County 309
54 Greene County 303
55 Perry County 191
56 Izard County 182
57 Carroll County 161
58 Randolph County 156
59 Franklin County 154
60 Lawrence County 140
61 Boone County 112
61 Sharp County 112
62 Cleburne County 104
63 Baxter County 92
64 Polk County 91
64 Van Buren County 91
65 Clay County 77
66 Scott County 69
67 Montgomery County 57
68 Madison County 50
69 Fulton County 49
70 Marion County 44
71 Searcy County 26
71 Stone County 26
72 Newton County 14