Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Arkansas counties, Desha County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (1.11%), followed by Chicot County (0.87%), and St. Francis County (0.6%).

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 Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
Desha
Chicot
St. Francis
Johnson
Columbia
Phillips
Hempstead
Howard
Sevier
Arkansas
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Desha County 1.11
2 Chicot County 0.87
3 St. Francis County 0.6
4 Johnson County 0.59
5 Columbia County 0.57
6 Phillips County 0.55
7 Hempstead County 0.47
8 Howard County 0.46
9 Sevier County 0.41
10 Arkansas County 0.4
10 Miller County 0.4
10 Yell County 0.4
11 Monroe County 0.39
12 Bradley County 0.37
13 Jefferson County 0.36
14 Clark County 0.35
15 Ashley County 0.34
15 Crittenden County 0.34
16 Lafayette County 0.33
16 Pulaski County 0.33
17 Sebastian County 0.32
18 Montgomery County 0.31
19 Lee County 0.3
19 Ouachita County 0.3
19 Woodruff County 0.3
20 Madison County 0.27
20 Washington County 0.27
21 Carroll County 0.26
21 Mississippi County 0.26
22 Union County 0.24
23 Little River County 0.23
23 Nevada County 0.23
24 Benton County 0.22
25 Crawford County 0.21
26 Craighead County 0.2
26 Pope County 0.2
27 Jackson County 0.19
28 Calhoun County 0.18
28 Lincoln County 0.18
28 Pike County 0.18
28 Poinsett County 0.18
29 Garland County 0.17
30 Faulkner County 0.16
30 Saline County 0.16
30 Searcy County 0.16
31 Conway County 0.15
31 Cross County 0.15
31 Hot Spring County 0.15
32 Cleveland County 0.13
32 Drew County 0.13
32 White County 0.13
33 Dallas County 0.12
33 Grant County 0.12
33 Independence County 0.12
33 Logan County 0.12
34 Polk County 0.11
35 Lonoke County 0.1
36 Scott County 0.09
37 Cleburne County 0.08
38 Franklin County 0.07
38 Stone County 0.07
39 Newton County 0.06
40 Boone County 0.05
40 Greene County 0.05
40 Prairie County 0.05
40 Sharp County 0.05
41 Baxter County 0.04
41 Van Buren County 0.04
42 Clay County 0.03
42 Fulton County 0.03
42 Randolph County 0.03
43 Lawrence County 0.02
43 Marion County 0.02
44 Perry County 0.01
45 Izard County 0