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.
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
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 |