Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Arkansas counties, Phillips County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (62.63%), followed by Jefferson County (56.98%), and Lee County (54.5%).
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 2017
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phillips County | 62.63 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 56.98 |
| 3 | Lee County | 54.5 |
| 4 | Chicot County | 54.45 |
| 5 | Crittenden County | 53.87 |
| 6 | St. Francis County | 53.04 |
| 7 | Desha County | 47.4 |
| 8 | Dallas County | 41.48 |
| 9 | Monroe County | 40.55 |
| 10 | Ouachita County | 40.14 |
| 11 | Pulaski County | 37.27 |
| 12 | Lafayette County | 36.99 |
| 13 | Mississippi County | 36.07 |
| 14 | Columbia County | 36 |
| 15 | Union County | 32.9 |
| 16 | Nevada County | 31.29 |
| 17 | Lincoln County | 30.48 |
| 18 | Hempstead County | 30.43 |
| 19 | Drew County | 28.03 |
| 20 | Bradley County | 27.83 |
| 21 | Woodruff County | 26.34 |
| 22 | Miller County | 25.61 |
| 23 | Arkansas County | 25 |
| 24 | Ashley County | 24.95 |
| 25 | Clark County | 24.45 |
| 26 | Cross County | 23.32 |
| 27 | Calhoun County | 21.11 |
| 28 | Howard County | 20.52 |
| 29 | Little River County | 19.57 |
| 30 | Jackson County | 17.39 |
| 31 | Craighead County | 15.51 |
| 32 | Faulkner County | 12.07 |
| 33 | Prairie County | 11.8 |
| 34 | Conway County | 11.39 |
| 35 | Hot Spring County | 11.27 |
| 36 | Cleveland County | 11.24 |
| 37 | Garland County | 8.73 |
| 38 | Poinsett County | 8.23 |
| 39 | Saline County | 7.67 |
| 40 | Sebastian County | 6.92 |
| 41 | Lonoke County | 6.28 |
| 42 | White County | 4.41 |
| 43 | Sevier County | 4.3 |
| 44 | Washington County | 3.63 |
| 45 | Pope County | 3.32 |
| 46 | Pike County | 3.3 |
| 47 | Grant County | 2.79 |
| 48 | Johnson County | 2.25 |
| 49 | Independence County | 2.22 |
| 50 | Yell County | 2.07 |
| 51 | Benton County | 2.01 |
| 52 | Izard County | 1.95 |
| 53 | Perry County | 1.92 |
| 54 | Greene County | 1.56 |
| 55 | Crawford County | 1.54 |
| 55 | Logan County | 1.54 |
| 56 | Lawrence County | 1.12 |
| 57 | Randolph County | 0.98 |
| 58 | Sharp County | 0.92 |
| 59 | Franklin County | 0.91 |
| 60 | Carroll County | 0.79 |
| 61 | Montgomery County | 0.75 |
| 62 | Scott County | 0.73 |
| 63 | Clay County | 0.7 |
| 63 | Madison County | 0.7 |
| 64 | Fulton County | 0.62 |
| 65 | Polk County | 0.61 |
| 66 | Van Buren County | 0.6 |
| 67 | Newton County | 0.53 |
| 68 | Searcy County | 0.51 |
| 69 | Marion County | 0.5 |
| 70 | Cleburne County | 0.45 |
| 70 | Stone County | 0.45 |
| 71 | Boone County | 0.42 |
| 72 | Baxter County | 0.37 |