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Hempstead County, Arkansas
5,683 Black residents · 28.3% of the county · ranked 17 of 75 in Arkansas by Black population
The gazetteer enters Hempstead County, Arkansas, on its published figures: a total population of 20,065 in 2020, with 5,683 Black residents counted alone — 28.3% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 20,065 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,683 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 28.3% |
| Rank by Black population among Arkansas counties | 17 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 Hempstead County: 6,646 Black residents in 2010, 5,683 in 2020 — declined by 14.5% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 29.4% to 28.3%.
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
Hempstead County is one of 75 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Arkansas. Together they hold the state's 453,783 Black residents, and Hempstead County's 5,683 of them give it rank 17 of 75 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Hempstead County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Hempstead County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Hempstead County page holds the frame around them — 20,065 people in all, 5,683 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.