Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2023

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all Arkansas counties, Desha County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (1.36%), followed by Chicot County (1.15%), and Hempstead County (0.79%).

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 2023
Desha
Chicot
Hempstead
Johnson
Howard
Columbia
Phillips
Yell
Sevier
Ashley
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Desha County 1.36
2 Chicot County 1.15
3 Hempstead County 0.79
4 Johnson County 0.67
5 Howard County 0.66
6 Columbia County 0.64
7 Phillips County 0.62
8 Yell County 0.57
9 Sevier County 0.55
10 Ashley County 0.54
10 Bradley County 0.54
11 Clark County 0.46
12 Pulaski County 0.45
13 Arkansas County 0.42
13 Crittenden County 0.42
13 Jefferson County 0.42
13 Monroe County 0.42
13 St. Francis County 0.42
14 Lafayette County 0.41
14 Miller County 0.41
14 Mississippi County 0.41
15 Lee County 0.4
15 Sebastian County 0.4
16 Washington County 0.39
17 Ouachita County 0.37
17 Woodruff County 0.37
18 Dallas County 0.36
19 Madison County 0.35
20 Craighead County 0.33
20 Montgomery County 0.33
21 Drew County 0.32
22 Faulkner County 0.31
22 Saline County 0.31
22 Union County 0.31
23 Benton County 0.3
23 Carroll County 0.3
23 Little River County 0.3
23 Nevada County 0.3
23 Poinsett County 0.3
23 Pope County 0.3
24 Jackson County 0.28
25 Crawford County 0.26
25 Garland County 0.26
26 Independence County 0.25
27 Conway County 0.24
27 Lincoln County 0.24
28 Cross County 0.23
28 Hot Spring County 0.23
29 Lonoke County 0.2
30 Grant County 0.19
31 Pike County 0.16
31 White County 0.16
32 Calhoun County 0.15
32 Cleveland County 0.15
33 Logan County 0.14
34 Searcy County 0.13
35 Polk County 0.12
36 Cleburne County 0.11
36 Franklin County 0.11
36 Sharp County 0.11
37 Greene County 0.1
37 Scott County 0.1
38 Boone County 0.09
39 Fulton County 0.08
40 Izard County 0.07
40 Randolph County 0.07
41 Baxter County 0.06
41 Clay County 0.06
41 Lawrence County 0.06
41 Van Buren County 0.06
42 Prairie County 0.04
43 Marion County 0.02
44 Newton County 0.01
44 Perry County 0.01
44 Stone County 0.01