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Phillips County, Arkansas
10,343 Black residents · 62.4% of the county · ranked 11 of 75 in Arkansas by Black population
In Phillips County, Arkansas, the 2020 Census counted 16,568 people, 10,343 of them Black alone. At 62.4%, Phillips County's Black share stands against the state's 15.1% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 16,568 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,343 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 62.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Arkansas counties | 11 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 Phillips County counted 13,719 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 10,343. The population declined by 24.6% across the decade, and the Black share in Phillips County moved from 63.1% to 62.4%.
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, Phillips County among them; it stands 11 by Black population, with 10,343 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 Phillips County, Arkansas, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Phillips County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Phillips County page holds the frame around them — 16,568 people in all, 10,343 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.