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Highest Medicaid coverage, Arkansas counties

Arkansas counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicaid or other means-tested public insurance, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). This list covers the 75 counties in Arkansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 75 is 30.6%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Union County, AR, up 25 places to #38.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAIDVS 2020

01Phillips County, ARAR14,25547.5%+1.1 pts

02▲12Desha County, ARAR9,98443.7%+8.3 pts

03Lee County, ARAR8,02943.4%+1.6 pts

04St. Francis County, ARAR21,80042.8%+1.7 pts

05▼3Chicot County, ARAR9,10739.5%−2.3 pts

06▲13Randolph County, ARAR18,87639.3%+4.8 pts

07▲3Poinsett County, ARAR22,48338.8%+1.2 pts

08▲1Jackson County, ARAR16,74137.2%−0.6 pts

09▲4Crittenden County, ARAR46,21036.8%+1.4 pts

10▲6Van Buren County, ARAR16,23836.3%+1.4 pts

11▲20Jefferson County, ARAR62,98736.2%+4.0 pts

12▼6Stone County, ARAR12,70336.1%−2.5 pts

13▼8Sharp County, ARAR18,12236.0%−2.8 pts

14▲16Cross County, ARAR16,18635.8%+3.5 pts

15▲11Lawrence County, ARAR16,27335.0%+1.9 pts

16▲11Miller County, ARAR42,35735.0%+2.4 pts

17▲12Sevier County, ARAR15,75835.0%+2.6 pts

18▼11Nevada County, ARAR7,94234.9%−3.5 pts

19▼4Searcy County, ARAR7,84834.9%−0.1 pts

20▼12Monroe County, ARAR6,24434.7%−3.3 pts

21▲2Scott County, ARAR9,96534.7%+1.1 pts

22▲2Hempstead County, ARAR19,08034.6%+1.1 pts

23▲13Woodruff County, ARAR5,71034.6%+3.0 pts

24▼4Mississippi County, ARAR37,82834.5%+0.1 pts

25▼3Ouachita County, ARAR21,73134.3%+0.4 pts

26▼1Ashley County, ARAR17,83134.2%+0.8 pts

27▲18Drew County, ARAR17,05434.2%+4.8 pts

28▲20Fulton County, ARAR12,49233.9%+5.0 pts

29▼17Conway County, ARAR21,39333.7%−1.9 pts

30▲7Yell County, ARAR19,95633.4%+2.2 pts

31▲3Johnson County, ARAR26,22532.3%+0.5 pts

32▲10Greene County, ARAR47,41131.9%+1.8 pts

33▲2Polk County, ARAR19,48631.6%−0.1 pts

34▼23Howard County, ARAR12,30631.2%−4.6 pts

35▼14Lafayette County, ARAR5,88831.1%−3.0 pts

36▼8Arkansas County, ARAR15,83631.0%−1.5 pts

37▼5Bradley County, ARAR9,82830.8%−1.1 pts

38▲25Union County, ARAR36,92630.6%+4.7 pts

39▲4Montgomery County, ARAR8,57930.5%+0.5 pts

40▲9Madison County, ARAR18,41030.3%+1.6 pts

41▲6Independence County, ARAR38,78529.9%+0.9 pts

42▼2Crawford County, ARAR62,65729.5%−1.2 pts

43▲9Pike County, ARAR9,96429.3%+1.1 pts

44▲9White County, ARAR80,08529.2%+1.2 pts

45▲12Craighead County, ARAR116,95729.2%+1.9 pts

46Dallas County, ARAR6,01129.0%0.0 pts

47▼3Columbia County, ARAR21,89428.5%−1.3 pts

48▼31Clay County, ARAR14,05228.4%−6.2 pts

49▼31Franklin County, ARAR17,72528.4%−6.2 pts

50▼12Izard County, ARAR14,40528.4%−2.6 pts

51▲9Carroll County, ARAR29,26328.3%+1.6 pts

52▲4Cleburne County, ARAR25,67228.0%+0.7 pts

53▼2Pope County, ARAR64,97627.9%−0.4 pts

54▼13Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45127.9%−2.3 pts

55▲4Logan County, ARAR21,63327.7%+0.7 pts

56▲8Boone County, ARAR38,62827.1%+1.3 pts

57▼3Garland County, ARAR99,69527.0%−0.5 pts

58Marion County, ARAR17,59327.0%−0.1 pts

59▼4Newton County, ARAR7,02626.9%−0.6 pts

60▲1Prairie County, ARAR7,92326.3%−0.3 pts

61▲9Baxter County, ARAR42,98226.2%+3.9 pts

62▼23Perry County, ARAR10,30926.2%−4.6 pts

63▼1Lincoln County, ARAR12,76426.1%−0.2 pts

64▲1Little River County, ARAR11,76326.0%+0.3 pts

65▲4Clark County, ARAR20,93825.8%+1.4 pts

66Sebastian County, ARAR130,64125.3%−0.1 pts

67▼17Cleveland County, ARAR7,22424.6%−3.7 pts

68▼35Calhoun County, ARAR4,63224.5%−7.4 pts

69▼2Pulaski County, ARAR404,61124.4%−0.9 pts

70▼2Grant County, ARAR18,75623.7%−1.5 pts

71Lonoke County, ARAR76,66422.3%0.0 pts

72Faulkner County, ARAR133,97921.2%+0.9 pts

73Washington County, ARAR271,21319.7%+0.8 pts

74Saline County, ARAR133,28817.2%−0.6 pts

75Benton County, ARAR332,55416.0%−0.2 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES