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Highest Medicare coverage, Arkansas counties

Arkansas counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). A close proxy for retirement geography. This list covers the 75 counties in Arkansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 75 is 23.7%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Desha County, AR, up 21 places to #24.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAREVS 2020

01▲3Stone County, ARAR12,70335.4%+2.2 pts

02▼1Baxter County, ARAR42,98234.9%−0.9 pts

03▲2Marion County, ARAR17,59334.0%+1.6 pts

04▼2Izard County, ARAR14,40532.4%−1.0 pts

05▲4Montgomery County, ARAR8,57932.0%+0.5 pts

06▲2Van Buren County, ARAR16,23831.8%+0.2 pts

07▲5Lafayette County, ARAR5,88831.2%+0.6 pts

08▼1Newton County, ARAR7,02631.0%−0.8 pts

09▲1Cleburne County, ARAR25,67230.7%−0.2 pts

10▼4Fulton County, ARAR12,49230.6%−1.6 pts

11▲2Dallas County, ARAR6,01130.3%+1.3 pts

12▼9Sharp County, ARAR18,12230.3%−3.1 pts

13▼2Searcy County, ARAR7,84829.8%−1.1 pts

14▲13Monroe County, ARAR6,24428.8%+3.6 pts

15▲11Calhoun County, ARAR4,63228.7%+3.5 pts

16▲2Woodruff County, ARAR5,71028.3%+1.8 pts

17▼3Garland County, ARAR99,69527.8%+0.4 pts

18▲2Lee County, ARAR8,02927.1%+0.7 pts

19▼3Nevada County, ARAR7,94227.0%+0.2 pts

20▲11Ouachita County, ARAR21,73126.9%+2.2 pts

21▲12Chicot County, ARAR9,10726.7%+2.3 pts

22▼3Clay County, ARAR14,05226.6%+0.2 pts

23▲2Ashley County, ARAR17,83126.2%+0.9 pts

24▲21Desha County, ARAR9,98425.9%+3.1 pts

25▼1Prairie County, ARAR7,92325.7%+0.3 pts

26▼11Polk County, ARAR19,48625.5%−1.4 pts

27▼6Carroll County, ARAR29,26325.3%−1.0 pts

28▲14Cleveland County, ARAR7,22425.3%+2.3 pts

29▼6Randolph County, ARAR18,87625.3%−0.2 pts

30Boone County, ARAR38,62825.1%+0.4 pts

31▼14Little River County, ARAR11,76325.1%−1.6 pts

32▲14Phillips County, ARAR14,25524.8%+2.0 pts

33▲7Scott County, ARAR9,96524.7%+1.5 pts

34▲10Arkansas County, ARAR15,83624.5%+1.7 pts

35▼6Jackson County, ARAR16,74124.5%−0.6 pts

36▲16St. Francis County, ARAR21,80024.5%+3.0 pts

37▲6Conway County, ARAR21,39323.9%+0.9 pts

38▲9Hempstead County, ARAR19,08023.7%+1.4 pts

39▲2Poinsett County, ARAR22,48323.7%+0.6 pts

40▼1Pike County, ARAR9,96423.5%0.0 pts

41▼6Lawrence County, ARAR16,27323.3%−1.0 pts

42▼8Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45123.1%−1.3 pts

43▼15Perry County, ARAR10,30923.0%−2.2 pts

44▼22Franklin County, ARAR17,72522.9%−2.7 pts

45▼8Logan County, ARAR21,63322.9%−1.0 pts

46▼14Madison County, ARAR18,41022.9%−1.6 pts

47▲3Jefferson County, ARAR62,98722.8%+1.2 pts

48▲8Bradley County, ARAR9,82822.5%+1.5 pts

49▲4Drew County, ARAR17,05422.5%+1.1 pts

50▼2Union County, ARAR36,92622.5%+0.6 pts

51▲9Grant County, ARAR18,75622.3%+1.9 pts

52▼16Lincoln County, ARAR12,76421.9%−2.4 pts

53▲1Cross County, ARAR16,18621.8%+0.7 pts

54▲4Johnson County, ARAR26,22521.8%+1.0 pts

55▼17Crawford County, ARAR62,65721.6%−2.0 pts

56▲6Howard County, ARAR12,30621.2%+1.1 pts

57▼8Independence County, ARAR38,78521.1%−0.5 pts

58▲1Saline County, ARAR133,28821.1%+0.6 pts

59▼4Yell County, ARAR19,95620.6%−0.5 pts

60▼9Miller County, ARAR42,35720.5%−1.1 pts

61▲4Sebastian County, ARAR130,64120.3%+1.0 pts

62▲6Clark County, ARAR20,93820.1%+2.0 pts

63▼2Greene County, ARAR47,41120.0%−0.2 pts

64White County, ARAR80,08519.9%+0.5 pts

65▼2Pope County, ARAR64,97619.7%−0.2 pts

66▼9Columbia County, ARAR21,89419.6%−1.2 pts

67▼1Mississippi County, ARAR37,82819.0%−0.2 pts

68▲4Sevier County, ARAR15,75819.0%+3.1 pts

69▼2Pulaski County, ARAR404,61118.8%0.0 pts

70▼1Crittenden County, ARAR46,21018.2%+0.7 pts

71▼1Lonoke County, ARAR76,66417.3%+0.7 pts

72▲1Faulkner County, ARAR133,97916.4%+0.6 pts

73▼2Craighead County, ARAR116,95716.2%−0.3 pts

74Benton County, ARAR332,55415.0%−0.1 pts

75Washington County, ARAR271,21313.7%+0.2 pts

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