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Crittenden County, Arkansas
25,905 Black residents · 53.8% of the county · ranked 3 of 75 in Arkansas by Black population
The gazetteer enters Crittenden County, Arkansas, on its published figures: a total population of 48,163 in 2020, with 25,905 Black residents counted alone — 53.8% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 48,163 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 25,905 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 53.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Arkansas counties | 3 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 Crittenden County: 26,051 Black residents in 2010, 25,905 in 2020 — declined by 0.6% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 51.2% to 53.8%.
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
The state's Black population of 453,783 is spread across 75 counties and county equivalents; Crittenden County holds 25,905 of it, rank 3 in the state's order. The county page for Crittenden County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Crittenden County, Arkansas, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Crittenden County page gives the frame they stand in: 48,163 residents in all, 25,905 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.