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Blytheville, Arkansas
8,083 Black residents · 60.3% of the place
Blytheville is a city in Arkansas, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 13,406 residents in all, 8,083 of them Black alone — 60.3% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 13,406 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,083 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 60.3% |
| Rank by Black population among Arkansas places | 12 of 626 |
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
Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Blytheville declined — 8,771 in 2010 and 8,083 in 2020, a change of -7.8%. The Black share of Blytheville moved from 56.2% to 60.3% over the same span.
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
Blytheville stands in the gazetteer as one of the 626 places the Census Bureau counts in Arkansas. Blytheville's Black population of 8,083 ranks 12 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Blytheville as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
The institutions of Blytheville — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 13,406 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Blytheville: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.