Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Arkansas counties, Phillips County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (62.01%), followed by Jefferson County (55.91%), and Chicot County (54.06%).

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 2015
Phillips
Jefferson
Chicot
Lee
St. Francis
Crittenden
Desha
Dallas
Monroe
Ouachita
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Phillips County 62.01
2 Jefferson County 55.91
3 Chicot County 54.06
4 Lee County 54.05
5 St. Francis County 53.08
6 Crittenden County 52.28
7 Desha County 46.93
8 Dallas County 41.44
9 Monroe County 40.29
10 Ouachita County 40.05
11 Lafayette County 36.25
12 Pulaski County 36.21
13 Columbia County 35.57
14 Mississippi County 35.31
15 Union County 32.74
16 Nevada County 31.2
17 Lincoln County 30.21
18 Hempstead County 30.03
19 Drew County 28.05
20 Bradley County 27.78
21 Woodruff County 26.48
22 Ashley County 25.12
23 Miller County 24.92
24 Arkansas County 23.91
25 Clark County 23.61
26 Cross County 22.8
27 Calhoun County 21.21
28 Howard County 20.4
29 Little River County 19.85
30 Jackson County 17.08
31 Craighead County 14.58
32 Prairie County 12.07
33 Faulkner County 11.29
34 Cleveland County 11.28
35 Conway County 11.19
36 Hot Spring County 11.15
37 Garland County 8.37
38 Poinsett County 7.86
39 Saline County 6.61
40 Sebastian County 6.41
41 Lonoke County 5.97
42 White County 4.27
43 Sevier County 3.97
44 Washington County 3.18
45 Pike County 3.15
46 Pope County 3.1
47 Grant County 2.57
48 Independence County 1.98
49 Perry County 1.95
50 Izard County 1.85
51 Benton County 1.66
52 Johnson County 1.57
52 Yell County 1.57
53 Crawford County 1.37
54 Logan County 1.33
55 Greene County 1.26
56 Randolph County 1
57 Lawrence County 0.92
58 Franklin County 0.87
59 Sharp County 0.77
60 Clay County 0.64
61 Scott County 0.61
62 Fulton County 0.54
63 Carroll County 0.51
64 Van Buren County 0.48
65 Polk County 0.45
66 Cleburne County 0.43
66 Marion County 0.43
67 Montgomery County 0.38
68 Boone County 0.33
69 Stone County 0.32
70 Baxter County 0.3
70 Madison County 0.3
71 Newton County 0.29
72 Searcy County 0.24