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Highest poverty rate, Arkansas counties

Arkansas counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 75 counties in Arkansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Lee County, ARAR8,02939.4%+32%

02Phillips County, ARAR14,25529.3%−10%

03St. Francis County, ARAR21,80028.5%+4%

04Desha County, ARAR9,98428.3%−2%

05Miller County, ARAR42,35724.6%+27%

06Woodruff County, ARAR5,71024.1%−11%

07Searcy County, ARAR7,84823.0%−3%

08Chicot County, ARAR9,10722.6%−21%

09Howard County, ARAR12,30622.5%+45%

10Drew County, ARAR17,05422.4%+23%

11Montgomery County, ARAR8,57922.4%+32%

12Randolph County, ARAR18,87622.4%+46%

13Izard County, ARAR14,40522.3%+29%

14Lafayette County, ARAR5,88822.3%−4%

15Ashley County, ARAR17,83122.1%+27%

16Jackson County, ARAR16,74121.7%+24%

17Clark County, ARAR20,93821.6%+13%

18Mississippi County, ARAR37,82821.1%−8%

19Columbia County, ARAR21,89421.1%+0%

20Crittenden County, ARAR46,21021.0%−17%

21Pike County, ARAR9,96420.7%+23%

22Monroe County, ARAR6,24420.6%−25%

23Independence County, ARAR38,78520.4%+57%

24Nevada County, ARAR7,94220.3%−11%

25Hempstead County, ARAR19,08020.2%−0%

26Craighead County, ARAR116,95720.1%+31%

27Poinsett County, ARAR22,48320.1%−5%

28Lawrence County, ARAR16,27320.1%+9%

29Bradley County, ARAR9,82819.9%−24%

30Johnson County, ARAR26,22519.8%+20%

31Cross County, ARAR16,18619.7%−1%

32Conway County, ARAR21,39319.7%+22%

33Union County, ARAR36,92619.5%+4%

34Stone County, ARAR12,70319.3%+2%

35Van Buren County, ARAR16,23819.1%+24%

36Arkansas County, ARAR15,83619.0%+7%

37Ouachita County, ARAR21,73118.9%−3%

38Scott County, ARAR9,96518.7%+3%

39Jefferson County, ARAR62,98718.6%−10%

40Fulton County, ARAR12,49218.0%+11%

41Marion County, ARAR17,59318.0%+18%

42Franklin County, ARAR17,72518.0%+18%

43White County, ARAR80,08517.5%+26%

44Greene County, ARAR47,41117.4%+31%

45Sevier County, ARAR15,75817.3%−10%

46Clay County, ARAR14,05217.2%−2%

47Carroll County, ARAR29,26317.2%+11%

48Pope County, ARAR64,97616.9%+11%

49Pulaski County, ARAR404,61116.7%+25%

50Sharp County, ARAR18,12216.5%−10%

51Sebastian County, ARAR130,64116.0%+17%

52Polk County, ARAR19,48615.9%−13%

53Newton County, ARAR7,02615.9%−22%

54Garland County, ARAR99,69515.8%+8%

55Cleveland County, ARAR7,22415.8%+4%

56Yell County, ARAR19,95615.6%+1%

57Little River County, ARAR11,76315.5%+1%

58Baxter County, ARAR42,98215.5%+39%

59Lincoln County, ARAR12,76415.4%−21%

60Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45115.1%+8%

61Crawford County, ARAR62,65714.7%+3%

62Washington County, ARAR271,21314.6%−0%

63Faulkner County, ARAR133,97914.5%+16%

64Perry County, ARAR10,30914.2%+1%

65Madison County, ARAR18,41014.1%−24%

66Logan County, ARAR21,63313.9%−10%

67Dallas County, ARAR6,01113.9%−26%

68Cleburne County, ARAR25,67213.9%+6%

69Grant County, ARAR18,75613.1%+29%

70Prairie County, ARAR7,92311.8%−24%

71Boone County, ARAR38,62811.7%−21%

72Lonoke County, ARAR76,66410.4%−1%

73Calhoun County, ARAR4,63210.2%−39%

74Saline County, ARAR133,2888.8%+23%

75Benton County, ARAR332,5547.6%−25%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES