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

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Arkansas counties, Phillips County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (62.77%), followed by Jefferson County (55.76%), and Lee County (55.66%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2012
Phillips
Jefferson
Lee
Chicot
St. Francis
Crittenden
Desha
Dallas
Monroe
Ouachita
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Phillips County 62.77
2 Jefferson County 55.76
3 Lee County 55.66
4 Chicot County 55.14
5 St. Francis County 52.56
6 Crittenden County 51.65
7 Desha County 48.86
8 Dallas County 41.99
9 Monroe County 41.32
10 Ouachita County 40.05
11 Lafayette County 37.59
12 Columbia County 36.53
13 Pulaski County 35.64
14 Mississippi County 34.56
15 Union County 32.91
16 Nevada County 31.05
17 Lincoln County 30.09
18 Hempstead County 29.79
19 Drew County 28.43
20 Bradley County 27.62
21 Woodruff County 27.4
22 Ashley County 25.81
23 Arkansas County 24.66
24 Miller County 24.48
25 Clark County 24.12
26 Cross County 22.92
27 Calhoun County 21.55
28 Howard County 21.1
29 Little River County 20.04
30 Jackson County 16.98
31 Craighead County 13.79
32 Prairie County 12.19
33 Cleveland County 11.92
34 Conway County 11.19
35 Hot Spring County 11.14
36 Faulkner County 10.78
37 Garland County 8.28
38 Poinsett County 7.53
39 Sebastian County 6.65
40 Lonoke County 5.86
41 Saline County 5.5
42 Sevier County 4.52
43 White County 4.22
44 Washington County 3.21
45 Pike County 3.2
46 Pope County 3.01
47 Grant County 2.38
48 Independence County 2.08
49 Johnson County 1.94
50 Perry County 1.85
51 Yell County 1.78
52 Benton County 1.66
53 Logan County 1.41
54 Crawford County 1.36
55 Izard County 1.34
56 Randolph County 0.87
57 Franklin County 0.86
58 Lawrence County 0.82
59 Greene County 0.7
60 Sharp County 0.66
61 Scott County 0.63
62 Montgomery County 0.61
63 Carroll County 0.58
64 Van Buren County 0.53
65 Clay County 0.49
66 Polk County 0.45
67 Cleburne County 0.4
67 Fulton County 0.4
68 Searcy County 0.33
69 Madison County 0.32
70 Boone County 0.3
71 Marion County 0.27
72 Baxter County 0.22
73 Stone County 0.21
74 Newton County 0.17