Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Arkansas counties, Phillips County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (62.31%), followed by Jefferson County (55.42%), and Lee County (55.4%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Arkansas counties.

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Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
Phillips
Jefferson
Lee
Chicot
St. Francis
Crittenden
Desha
Dallas
Monroe
Ouachita
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Phillips County 62.31
2 Jefferson County 55.42
3 Lee County 55.4
4 Chicot County 54.4
5 St. Francis County 52.01
6 Crittenden County 51.34
7 Desha County 47.97
8 Dallas County 41.84
9 Monroe County 40.99
10 Ouachita County 39.82
11 Lafayette County 37.28
12 Columbia County 35.98
13 Pulaski County 35.3
14 Mississippi County 34.32
15 Union County 32.71
16 Nevada County 30.78
17 Lincoln County 29.92
18 Hempstead County 29.39
19 Drew County 28.28
20 Bradley County 27.33
21 Woodruff County 27.18
22 Ashley County 25.48
23 Arkansas County 24.3
24 Miller County 24.12
25 Clark County 23.75
26 Cross County 22.8
27 Calhoun County 21.48
28 Howard County 20.67
29 Little River County 19.84
30 Jackson County 16.81
31 Craighead County 13.63
32 Prairie County 12.16
33 Cleveland County 11.82
34 Conway County 11.08
35 Hot Spring County 11.01
36 Faulkner County 10.64
37 Garland County 8.1
38 Poinsett County 7.37
39 Sebastian County 6.34
40 Lonoke County 5.78
41 Saline County 5.4
42 Sevier County 4.18
43 White County 4.13
44 Pike County 3.07
45 Washington County 2.96
46 Pope County 2.85
47 Grant County 2.28
48 Independence County 1.98
49 Perry County 1.85
50 Johnson County 1.45
51 Benton County 1.44
51 Yell County 1.44
52 Izard County 1.34
53 Logan County 1.3
54 Crawford County 1.19
55 Randolph County 0.85
56 Franklin County 0.8
56 Lawrence County 0.8
57 Greene County 0.66
58 Sharp County 0.63
59 Scott County 0.58
60 Van Buren County 0.5
61 Clay County 0.49
62 Carroll County 0.37
62 Fulton County 0.37
63 Cleburne County 0.35
64 Polk County 0.33
65 Montgomery County 0.3
66 Boone County 0.25
66 Marion County 0.25
67 Madison County 0.24
68 Searcy County 0.21
68 Stone County 0.21
69 Baxter County 0.19
70 Newton County 0.11