A Demographic and Electoral Profile
Arkansas is the 33rd most populous state with 3,011,524 inhabitants and the 27th largest by land area, covering 52,035 square miles (134,770 km2). As of the 2020 United States census, Arkansas is divided into 75 counties and contains 500 municipalities, consisting of cities and towns.
The median age is 36 in Arkansas. Nearly 75% of the population is over eighteen years of age. Approximately 51% of the Arkansas population is female, with 49% male population.
The religions within Arkansas stand at 79% Christian-based faiths, 3% non-Christian faith, and 18% unaffiliated.
Arkansas Demographics
According to the most recent ACS, the racial composition of Arkansas was:
White: 74.08%
Black or African American: 15.24%
Two or more races: 5.29%
Other race: 2.91%
Asian: 1.54%
Native American: 0.58%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.35%
The number of people in Arkansas who believe in and practice a religious faith has always been high, with the most significant percentage identifying as Christian and Protestant. Numerically, the largest denomination in the state is now Baptist, including its Southern, Missionary, Free Will, Primitive, and other branches. Because of privacy issues and the separation of church and state, it is difficult to arrive at exact statistics about church membership or affiliation.
Muslims are about 7,000 or .02 percent of the population.
Most U.S. Muslims are immigrants or the children or grandchildren of immigrants.
While tens of thousands of American blacks influenced by the teachings of black Muslims like Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X converted to Islam in the last 50 years, fewer white Americans have become Muslims.
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