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Jacksonville, Arkansas

11,876 Black residents · 40.3% of the place

In the published counts, Jacksonville, Arkansas, holds 11,876 Black residents among 29,477 people in all — a Black share of 40.3%, against the statewide 15.1%.

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Black share of state population — Arkansas highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202029,477
Black residents (alone), 202011,876
Black share of the place, 202040.3%
Rank by Black population among Arkansas places6 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 Jacksonville: 9,272 Black residents in 2010, 11,876 in 2020 — grew by 28.1% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 32.7% to 40.3%.

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

The gazetteer enters Jacksonville among Arkansas's 626 counted places, at rank 6 by Black population on a count of 11,876. The figures for Jacksonville are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.

Institutions

The institutions of Jacksonville — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 29,477 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Jacksonville: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.