Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2020
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Arkansas counties, Phillips County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (62.66%), followed by Jefferson County (57.4%), and Crittenden County (54.72%).
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 2020
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phillips County | 62.66 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 57.4 |
| 3 | Crittenden County | 54.72 |
| 4 | St. Francis County | 54.16 |
| 5 | Lee County | 53.81 |
| 6 | Chicot County | 53.62 |
| 7 | Desha County | 47.74 |
| 8 | Dallas County | 41.61 |
| 9 | Monroe County | 40.23 |
| 10 | Ouachita County | 40.02 |
| 11 | Pulaski County | 37.35 |
| 12 | Mississippi County | 35.9 |
| 13 | Lafayette County | 35.6 |
| 14 | Columbia County | 35.16 |
| 15 | Union County | 32.81 |
| 16 | Nevada County | 30.38 |
| 17 | Lincoln County | 29.98 |
| 18 | Hempstead County | 29.69 |
| 19 | Bradley County | 27.92 |
| 20 | Drew County | 27.64 |
| 21 | Woodruff County | 25.82 |
| 22 | Miller County | 25.45 |
| 23 | Arkansas County | 25.05 |
| 24 | Ashley County | 24 |
| 25 | Clark County | 23.79 |
| 26 | Cross County | 23.43 |
| 27 | Calhoun County | 21.45 |
| 28 | Howard County | 21.17 |
| 29 | Little River County | 19.6 |
| 30 | Jackson County | 17.37 |
| 31 | Craighead County | 16.97 |
| 32 | Faulkner County | 12.02 |
| 33 | Conway County | 11.53 |
| 34 | Cleveland County | 11.39 |
| 35 | Hot Spring County | 11.29 |
| 36 | Prairie County | 10.96 |
| 37 | Garland County | 8.5 |
| 38 | Saline County | 8.37 |
| 39 | Poinsett County | 8.03 |
| 40 | Sebastian County | 6.76 |
| 41 | Lonoke County | 6.38 |
| 42 | White County | 4.42 |
| 43 | Sevier County | 3.72 |
| 44 | Pike County | 3.6 |
| 45 | Washington County | 3.5 |
| 46 | Pope County | 3.12 |
| 47 | Grant County | 2.7 |
| 48 | Izard County | 2.35 |
| 49 | Independence County | 2.34 |
| 50 | Perry County | 2.18 |
| 51 | Greene County | 1.93 |
| 52 | Yell County | 1.9 |
| 53 | Benton County | 1.87 |
| 54 | Johnson County | 1.75 |
| 55 | Crawford County | 1.56 |
| 56 | Logan County | 1.29 |
| 57 | Randolph County | 1.23 |
| 58 | Lawrence County | 1.22 |
| 59 | Sharp County | 0.97 |
| 60 | Clay County | 0.83 |
| 61 | Fulton County | 0.81 |
| 62 | Scott County | 0.78 |
| 63 | Franklin County | 0.77 |
| 64 | Van Buren County | 0.7 |
| 65 | Marion County | 0.65 |
| 66 | Newton County | 0.61 |
| 67 | Carroll County | 0.6 |
| 68 | Polk County | 0.59 |
| 69 | Stone County | 0.56 |
| 70 | Montgomery County | 0.55 |
| 71 | Madison County | 0.54 |
| 72 | Baxter County | 0.47 |
| 73 | Boone County | 0.46 |
| 73 | Cleburne County | 0.46 |
| 73 | Searcy County | 0.46 |