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Garland County, Arkansas

8,128 Black residents · 8.1% of the county · ranked 14 of 75 in Arkansas by Black population

In Garland County, Arkansas, the 2020 Census counted 100,180 people, 8,128 of them Black alone. At 8.1%, Garland County's Black share stands against the state's 15.1% — the comparison this entry is built around.

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Black share of state population — Arkansas highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 2020100,180
Black residents (alone), 20208,128
Black share of the county, 20208.1%
Rank by Black population among Arkansas counties14 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

In 2010 Garland County counted 7,615 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 8,128. The population grew by 6.7% across the decade, and the Black share in Garland County moved from 7.9% to 8.1%.

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; Garland County holds 8,128 of it, rank 14 in the state's order. The county page for Garland County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Garland County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Garland County page is their frame: 100,180 residents, 8,128 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.