Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all Arkansas counties, Phillips County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (62.05%), followed by Jefferson County (57.02%), and Crittenden County (54.33%).

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 2019
Phillips
Jefferson
Crittenden
Lee
Chicot
St. Francis
Desha
Dallas
Monroe
Ouachita
Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Phillips County 62.05
2 Jefferson County 57.02
3 Crittenden County 54.33
4 Lee County 53.99
5 Chicot County 53.53
6 St. Francis County 52.44
7 Desha County 47.02
8 Dallas County 40.51
9 Monroe County 40.09
10 Ouachita County 40
11 Pulaski County 37.56
12 Lafayette County 35.94
13 Mississippi County 35.59
14 Columbia County 35.05
15 Union County 32.9
16 Nevada County 30.64
17 Hempstead County 30.04
18 Lincoln County 29.53
19 Drew County 27.72
20 Bradley County 27.15
21 Woodruff County 25.94
22 Miller County 25.13
23 Arkansas County 24.92
24 Ashley County 24.36
24 Clark County 24.36
25 Cross County 23.18
26 Calhoun County 21.18
27 Howard County 20.77
28 Little River County 19.63
29 Jackson County 17.15
30 Craighead County 16.64
31 Faulkner County 12.1
32 Prairie County 11.37
33 Cleveland County 11.34
34 Conway County 11.32
35 Hot Spring County 11.28
36 Garland County 8.58
37 Saline County 8.25
38 Poinsett County 8.11
39 Sebastian County 6.73
40 Lonoke County 6.24
41 White County 4.45
42 Sevier County 3.65
43 Washington County 3.47
44 Pike County 3.3
45 Pope County 3.11
46 Grant County 2.51
47 Independence County 2.3
48 Izard County 2.23
49 Perry County 1.96
50 Benton County 1.82
51 Yell County 1.77
52 Greene County 1.74
53 Johnson County 1.63
54 Crawford County 1.51
55 Logan County 1.33
56 Lawrence County 1.2
57 Randolph County 1.14
58 Sharp County 0.94
59 Franklin County 0.82
60 Clay County 0.81
61 Fulton County 0.66
62 Van Buren County 0.63
63 Scott County 0.61
64 Marion County 0.58
65 Carroll County 0.54
66 Polk County 0.51
67 Montgomery County 0.46
68 Madison County 0.44
68 Newton County 0.44
69 Stone County 0.42
70 Baxter County 0.41
71 Boone County 0.39
72 Cleburne County 0.38
73 Searcy County 0.36