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Jonesboro, Arkansas
17,889 Black residents · 22.8% of the place
Jonesboro is a city in Arkansas, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 78,576 residents in all, 17,889 of them Black alone — 22.8% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 78,576 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 17,889 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 22.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Arkansas places | 4 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 Jonesboro grew — 12,384 in 2010 and 17,889 in 2020, a change of +44.5%. The Black share of Jonesboro moved from 18.4% to 22.8% 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
The gazetteer enters Jonesboro among Arkansas's 626 counted places, at rank 4 by Black population on a count of 17,889. The figures for Jonesboro are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
In Jonesboro, a place of 78,576, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Jonesboro itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.