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Forrest City, Arkansas
9,228 Black residents · 70.9% of the place
In the published counts, Forrest City, Arkansas, holds 9,228 Black residents among 13,015 people in all — a Black share of 70.9%, against the statewide 15.1%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 13,015 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,228 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 70.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Arkansas places | 9 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
The published record across two censuses for Forrest City: 10,350 Black residents in 2010, 9,228 in 2020 — declined by 10.8% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 67.3% to 70.9%.
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 gazetteer enters Forrest City among Arkansas's 626 counted places, at rank 9 by Black population on a count of 9,228. The figures for Forrest City are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
Forrest City is a place of 13,015 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 Forrest City itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.