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Saline County, Arkansas
10,414 Black residents · 8.4% of the county · ranked 10 of 75 in Arkansas by Black population
The gazetteer enters Saline County, Arkansas, on its published figures: a total population of 123,416 in 2020, with 10,414 Black residents counted alone — 8.4% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 123,416 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,414 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 8.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Arkansas counties | 10 of 75 |
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 Saline County: 4,994 Black residents in 2010, 10,414 in 2020 — grew by 108.5% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 4.7% to 8.4%.
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 state's Black population of 453,783 is spread across 75 counties and county equivalents; Saline County holds 10,414 of it, rank 10 in the state's order. The county page for Saline County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Saline County, Arkansas, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Saline County page gives the frame they stand in: 123,416 residents in all, 10,414 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.