Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Arkansas counties, Pulaski County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (147.54K), followed by Jefferson County (39.01K), and Crittenden County (26.24K).

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 2018
Pulaski
Jefferson
Crittenden
Craighead
Faulkner
Mississippi
St. Francis
Union
Phillips
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Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2018
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Pulaski County 147543
2 Jefferson County 39006
3 Crittenden County 26238
4 Craighead County 17695
5 Faulkner County 15388
6 Mississippi County 14860
7 St. Francis County 13558
8 Union County 12921
9 Phillips County 11283
10 Miller County 11058
11 Saline County 9792
12 Ouachita County 9546
13 Sebastian County 8940
14 Washington County 8860
15 Garland County 8697
16 Columbia County 8468
17 Hempstead County 6604
18 Chicot County 5695
19 Benton County 5523
20 Desha County 5518
21 Clark County 5468
22 Drew County 5129
23 Ashley County 4980
24 Lee County 4881
25 Lonoke County 4658
26 Arkansas County 4443
27 Lincoln County 3972
28 Cross County 3820
29 Hot Spring County 3805
30 White County 3509
31 Bradley County 3013
32 Jackson County 2954
33 Dallas County 2932
34 Howard County 2806
35 Monroe County 2761
36 Nevada County 2565
37 Little River County 2440
38 Lafayette County 2424
39 Conway County 2376
40 Pope County 2129
41 Poinsett County 1976
42 Woodruff County 1720
43 Calhoun County 1107
44 Crawford County 1026
45 Prairie County 937
46 Cleveland County 923
47 Independence County 888
48 Greene County 823
49 Sevier County 703
50 Johnson County 602
51 Grant County 504
52 Yell County 443
53 Pike County 357
54 Logan County 334
55 Izard County 291
56 Carroll County 214
57 Perry County 208
58 Lawrence County 201
59 Randolph County 186
60 Baxter County 167
61 Franklin County 165
62 Sharp County 158
63 Boone County 156
64 Polk County 122
65 Madison County 115
66 Clay County 113
67 Van Buren County 108
68 Cleburne County 107
69 Marion County 94
70 Fulton County 82
71 Scott County 76
72 Montgomery County 71
73 Stone County 56
74 Newton County 46
75 Searcy County 44