Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Arkansas counties, Pulaski County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (144.18K), followed by Jefferson County (39.77K), and Crittenden County (26.08K).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2016
Pulaski
Jefferson
Crittenden
Craighead
Mississippi
Faulkner
St. Francis
Union
Phillips
Miller
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2016
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Pulaski County 144179
2 Jefferson County 39771
3 Crittenden County 26080
4 Craighead County 15826
5 Mississippi County 15191
6 Faulkner County 14077
7 St. Francis County 13842
8 Union County 13037
9 Phillips County 11788
10 Miller County 10986
11 Ouachita County 9540
12 Columbia County 8501
13 Garland County 8350
14 Saline County 8251
15 Sebastian County 8216
16 Washington County 7500
17 Hempstead County 6635
18 Chicot County 5905
19 Desha County 5509
20 Clark County 5402
21 Drew County 5171
22 Ashley County 5124
23 Lee County 5064
24 Benton County 4432
25 Arkansas County 4411
26 Lonoke County 4334
27 Lincoln County 4178
28 Cross County 3923
29 Hot Spring County 3722
30 White County 3404
31 Dallas County 3101
32 Bradley County 3026
33 Jackson County 3016
34 Monroe County 2901
35 Howard County 2699
36 Nevada County 2584
37 Lafayette County 2540
38 Little River County 2437
39 Conway County 2373
40 Pope County 2041
41 Poinsett County 1910
42 Woodruff County 1741
43 Calhoun County 1103
44 Prairie County 973
45 Cleveland County 935
46 Crawford County 871
47 Independence County 777
48 Sevier County 674
49 Greene County 655
50 Grant County 464
51 Johnson County 414
52 Pike County 353
53 Yell County 324
54 Logan County 313
55 Izard County 264
56 Perry County 185
57 Lawrence County 174
58 Randolph County 171
59 Carroll County 143
60 Franklin County 142
61 Sharp County 129
62 Boone County 119
63 Baxter County 116
64 Clay County 102
65 Cleburne County 96
66 Polk County 87
67 Van Buren County 80
68 Marion County 73
69 Fulton County 66
70 Scott County 62
71 Madison County 59
72 Stone County 39
73 Montgomery County 34
74 Newton County 29
75 Searcy County 25