Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2018
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Arkansas counties, Phillips County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (62.55%), followed by Jefferson County (57.16%), and Lee County (54.46%).
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 2018
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phillips County | 62.55 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 57.16 |
| 3 | Lee County | 54.46 |
| 4 | Chicot County | 54.41 |
| 5 | Crittenden County | 54.25 |
| 6 | St. Francis County | 53.25 |
| 7 | Desha County | 47.92 |
| 8 | Dallas County | 41.26 |
| 9 | Ouachita County | 40.44 |
| 10 | Monroe County | 40.13 |
| 11 | Pulaski County | 37.62 |
| 12 | Lafayette County | 36.27 |
| 13 | Mississippi County | 36.03 |
| 14 | Columbia County | 35.91 |
| 15 | Union County | 33.02 |
| 16 | Nevada County | 31.01 |
| 17 | Hempstead County | 30.41 |
| 18 | Lincoln County | 30.07 |
| 19 | Drew County | 28.02 |
| 20 | Bradley County | 27.85 |
| 21 | Woodruff County | 26.48 |
| 22 | Miller County | 25.46 |
| 23 | Arkansas County | 24.99 |
| 24 | Ashley County | 24.85 |
| 25 | Clark County | 24.46 |
| 26 | Cross County | 23.03 |
| 27 | Calhoun County | 21.26 |
| 28 | Howard County | 21.1 |
| 29 | Little River County | 19.75 |
| 30 | Jackson County | 17.61 |
| 31 | Craighead County | 16.22 |
| 32 | Faulkner County | 12.28 |
| 33 | Prairie County | 11.57 |
| 34 | Cleveland County | 11.55 |
| 35 | Conway County | 11.4 |
| 36 | Hot Spring County | 11.3 |
| 37 | Garland County | 8.77 |
| 38 | Poinsett County | 8.28 |
| 39 | Saline County | 8.08 |
| 40 | Sebastian County | 7.01 |
| 41 | Lonoke County | 6.33 |
| 42 | White County | 4.48 |
| 43 | Sevier County | 4.13 |
| 44 | Washington County | 3.74 |
| 45 | Pike County | 3.35 |
| 45 | Pope County | 3.35 |
| 46 | Grant County | 2.77 |
| 47 | Independence County | 2.35 |
| 48 | Johnson County | 2.26 |
| 49 | Izard County | 2.14 |
| 50 | Yell County | 2.06 |
| 51 | Benton County | 2.03 |
| 52 | Perry County | 2.01 |
| 53 | Greene County | 1.82 |
| 54 | Crawford County | 1.62 |
| 55 | Logan County | 1.54 |
| 56 | Lawrence County | 1.22 |
| 57 | Randolph County | 1.03 |
| 58 | Franklin County | 0.93 |
| 59 | Sharp County | 0.92 |
| 60 | Montgomery County | 0.8 |
| 61 | Clay County | 0.77 |
| 62 | Carroll County | 0.76 |
| 63 | Scott County | 0.74 |
| 64 | Madison County | 0.7 |
| 65 | Fulton County | 0.66 |
| 66 | Van Buren County | 0.65 |
| 67 | Polk County | 0.61 |
| 68 | Newton County | 0.59 |
| 69 | Marion County | 0.56 |
| 69 | Searcy County | 0.56 |
| 70 | Stone County | 0.45 |
| 71 | Cleburne County | 0.43 |
| 72 | Boone County | 0.42 |
| 73 | Baxter County | 0.4 |