Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Arkansas counties, Pulaski County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (145.38K), followed by Jefferson County (39.27K), and Crittenden County (26.06K).

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 2017
Pulaski
Jefferson
Crittenden
Craighead
Mississippi
Faulkner
St. Francis
Union
Phillips
Miller
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2017
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Pulaski County 145382
2 Jefferson County 39267
3 Crittenden County 26061
4 Craighead County 16429
5 Mississippi County 15054
6 Faulkner County 14732
7 St. Francis County 13615
8 Union County 12896
9 Phillips County 11544
10 Miller County 11034
11 Ouachita County 9479
12 Saline County 8972
13 Sebastian County 8426
14 Garland County 8398
15 Columbia County 8386
16 Washington County 7802
17 Hempstead County 6549
18 Chicot County 5705
19 Desha County 5442
20 Clark County 5363
21 Drew County 5125
22 Ashley County 4988
23 Lee County 4944
24 Benton County 4727
25 Lonoke County 4491
26 Arkansas County 4408
27 Lincoln County 4084
28 Cross County 3887
29 Hot Spring County 3738
30 White County 3379
31 Dallas County 3021
32 Bradley County 2965
33 Jackson County 2928
34 Monroe County 2817
35 Howard County 2676
36 Nevada County 2573
37 Lafayette County 2494
38 Little River County 2397
39 Conway County 2340
40 Pope County 1987
41 Poinsett County 1933
42 Woodruff County 1712
43 Calhoun County 1088
44 Prairie County 972
45 Cleveland County 907
46 Crawford County 834
47 Independence County 781
48 Greene County 679
49 Sevier County 657
50 Grant County 482
51 Johnson County 437
52 Yell County 348
53 Pike County 340
54 Logan County 309
55 Izard County 266
56 Perry County 198
57 Lawrence County 177
58 Randolph County 170
59 Franklin County 148
59 Sharp County 148
60 Carroll County 146
61 Baxter County 135
62 Boone County 133
63 Clay County 99
63 Polk County 99
64 Van Buren County 94
65 Cleburne County 93
66 Marion County 77
67 Madison County 71
68 Fulton County 70
69 Scott County 67
70 Stone County 48
71 Montgomery County 39
72 Newton County 36
73 Searcy County 26