Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2015
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Arkansas counties, Phillips County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (62.56%), followed by Jefferson County (56.24%), and Chicot County (54.85%).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2015
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phillips County | 62.56 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 56.24 |
| 3 | Chicot County | 54.85 |
| 4 | Lee County | 54.33 |
| 5 | St. Francis County | 53.67 |
| 6 | Crittenden County | 52.62 |
| 7 | Desha County | 47.92 |
| 8 | Dallas County | 41.57 |
| 9 | Monroe County | 40.64 |
| 10 | Ouachita County | 40.34 |
| 11 | Lafayette County | 36.6 |
| 12 | Pulaski County | 36.53 |
| 13 | Columbia County | 36.14 |
| 14 | Mississippi County | 35.56 |
| 15 | Union County | 32.97 |
| 16 | Nevada County | 31.4 |
| 17 | Hempstead County | 30.5 |
| 18 | Lincoln County | 30.41 |
| 19 | Drew County | 28.18 |
| 20 | Bradley County | 28.15 |
| 21 | Woodruff County | 26.7 |
| 22 | Ashley County | 25.43 |
| 23 | Miller County | 25.32 |
| 24 | Arkansas County | 24.26 |
| 25 | Clark County | 23.95 |
| 26 | Cross County | 22.95 |
| 27 | Calhoun County | 21.32 |
| 28 | Howard County | 20.83 |
| 29 | Little River County | 20.04 |
| 30 | Jackson County | 17.28 |
| 31 | Craighead County | 14.76 |
| 32 | Prairie County | 12.12 |
| 33 | Faulkner County | 11.44 |
| 34 | Cleveland County | 11.4 |
| 35 | Conway County | 11.3 |
| 35 | Hot Spring County | 11.3 |
| 36 | Garland County | 8.55 |
| 37 | Poinsett County | 8.02 |
| 38 | Saline County | 6.76 |
| 39 | Sebastian County | 6.72 |
| 40 | Lonoke County | 6.08 |
| 41 | White County | 4.38 |
| 42 | Sevier County | 4.37 |
| 43 | Washington County | 3.44 |
| 44 | Pike County | 3.29 |
| 45 | Pope County | 3.27 |
| 46 | Grant County | 2.67 |
| 47 | Johnson County | 2.14 |
| 48 | Independence County | 2.1 |
| 49 | Perry County | 1.95 |
| 50 | Yell County | 1.9 |
| 51 | Benton County | 1.87 |
| 52 | Izard County | 1.85 |
| 53 | Crawford County | 1.54 |
| 54 | Logan County | 1.45 |
| 55 | Greene County | 1.3 |
| 56 | Randolph County | 1.03 |
| 57 | Franklin County | 0.95 |
| 57 | Lawrence County | 0.95 |
| 58 | Sharp County | 0.83 |
| 59 | Carroll County | 0.76 |
| 60 | Montgomery County | 0.7 |
| 61 | Scott County | 0.69 |
| 62 | Clay County | 0.68 |
| 63 | Fulton County | 0.56 |
| 63 | Polk County | 0.56 |
| 64 | Madison County | 0.52 |
| 65 | Van Buren County | 0.51 |
| 66 | Cleburne County | 0.49 |
| 67 | Marion County | 0.46 |
| 68 | Searcy County | 0.42 |
| 69 | Boone County | 0.39 |
| 70 | Baxter County | 0.34 |
| 70 | Newton County | 0.34 |
| 70 | Stone County | 0.34 |