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Columbia County, Arkansas
7,866 Black residents · 34.5% of the county · ranked 16 of 75 in Arkansas by Black population
The gazetteer enters Columbia County, Arkansas, on its published figures: a total population of 22,801 in 2020, with 7,866 Black residents counted alone — 34.5% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 22,801 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 7,866 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 34.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Arkansas counties | 16 of 75 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The published record across two censuses for Columbia County: 9,059 Black residents in 2010, 7,866 in 2020 — declined by 13.2% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 36.9% to 34.5%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Within Arkansas, the Census Bureau counts 75 counties and county equivalents, Columbia County among them; it stands 16 by Black population, with 7,866 Black residents of the state's 453,783. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Columbia County, Arkansas, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Columbia County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Columbia County page holds the frame around them — 22,801 people in all, 7,866 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.