Ranking of Arkansas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2021
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Arkansas counties, Phillips County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (62.24%), followed by Jefferson County (57.35%), and Crittenden County (55.15%).
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 2021
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phillips County | 62.24 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 57.35 |
| 3 | Crittenden County | 55.15 |
| 4 | St. Francis County | 53.8 |
| 5 | Lee County | 53.74 |
| 6 | Chicot County | 53.4 |
| 7 | Desha County | 47.59 |
| 8 | Dallas County | 40.77 |
| 9 | Monroe County | 40.36 |
| 10 | Ouachita County | 39.97 |
| 11 | Pulaski County | 37.59 |
| 12 | Mississippi County | 35.95 |
| 13 | Columbia County | 35.17 |
| 14 | Lafayette County | 34.96 |
| 15 | Union County | 32.89 |
| 16 | Lincoln County | 30.66 |
| 17 | Nevada County | 29.66 |
| 18 | Hempstead County | 29.34 |
| 19 | Bradley County | 27.79 |
| 20 | Drew County | 27.74 |
| 21 | Miller County | 25.48 |
| 22 | Woodruff County | 25.25 |
| 23 | Arkansas County | 25.12 |
| 24 | Ashley County | 23.82 |
| 25 | Clark County | 23.28 |
| 26 | Cross County | 23.18 |
| 27 | Calhoun County | 21.4 |
| 28 | Howard County | 21.04 |
| 29 | Little River County | 19.6 |
| 30 | Jackson County | 17.63 |
| 31 | Craighead County | 17.27 |
| 32 | Faulkner County | 12.26 |
| 33 | Conway County | 11.4 |
| 34 | Hot Spring County | 11.12 |
| 35 | Cleveland County | 11.06 |
| 36 | Prairie County | 10.7 |
| 37 | Saline County | 8.97 |
| 38 | Garland County | 8.51 |
| 39 | Poinsett County | 8.18 |
| 40 | Sebastian County | 6.71 |
| 41 | Lonoke County | 6.36 |
| 42 | White County | 4.52 |
| 43 | Sevier County | 3.7 |
| 44 | Pike County | 3.52 |
| 44 | Washington County | 3.52 |
| 45 | Pope County | 3.16 |
| 46 | Grant County | 2.86 |
| 47 | Izard County | 2.68 |
| 48 | Independence County | 2.47 |
| 49 | Greene County | 2.17 |
| 50 | Perry County | 2.15 |
| 51 | Benton County | 1.91 |
| 52 | Yell County | 1.86 |
| 53 | Johnson County | 1.78 |
| 54 | Crawford County | 1.61 |
| 55 | Logan County | 1.34 |
| 56 | Randolph County | 1.32 |
| 57 | Lawrence County | 1.29 |
| 58 | Sharp County | 1.13 |
| 59 | Scott County | 0.9 |
| 60 | Clay County | 0.87 |
| 61 | Fulton County | 0.82 |
| 62 | Van Buren County | 0.79 |
| 63 | Franklin County | 0.73 |
| 64 | Marion County | 0.7 |
| 65 | Carroll County | 0.64 |
| 66 | Polk County | 0.62 |
| 67 | Montgomery County | 0.61 |
| 68 | Stone County | 0.6 |
| 69 | Madison County | 0.59 |
| 70 | Newton County | 0.52 |
| 71 | Cleburne County | 0.51 |
| 72 | Searcy County | 0.49 |
| 73 | Baxter County | 0.47 |
| 74 | Boone County | 0.46 |