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Conway, Arkansas
11,808 Black residents · 18.4% of the place
Conway is a city in Arkansas, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 64,134 residents in all, 11,808 of them Black alone — 18.4% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 64,134 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 11,808 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 18.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Arkansas places | 7 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 Conway grew — 9,177 in 2010 and 11,808 in 2020, a change of +28.7%. The Black share of Conway moved from 15.6% to 18.4% 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
Of the 626 places the Census Bureau counts in Arkansas, Conway ranks 7 by Black population, with 11,808 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Conway within its official bounds, printed as released.
Institutions
Conway is a place of 64,134 people, and it carries its institutions at its own scale — congregations, schools, and businesses recorded in the federal counts as counts, and in this gazetteer as part of the county and state frames above this entry. The entry's work is the fixing of Conway itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.