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Union County, Arkansas
12,729 Black residents · 32.6% of the county · ranked 7 of 75 in Arkansas by Black population
Union County is a Arkansas county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Union County held 39,054 residents in all, of whom 12,729 — 32.6% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 39,054 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 12,729 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 32.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Arkansas counties | 7 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 two-census record for Union County: 13,721 Black residents in 2010 and 12,729 in 2020. The population declined by 7.2%, and the Black share in Union County moved from 33.0% to 32.6%.
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; Union County holds 12,729 of it, rank 7 in the state's order. The county page for Union County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Union County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Union County page holds the frame around them — 39,054 people in all, 12,729 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.