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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%+9.5 pts

02Phillips County, ARAR14,25529.3%−3.4 pts

03St. Francis County, ARAR21,80028.5%+1.0 pts

04Desha County, ARAR9,98428.3%−0.6 pts

05Miller County, ARAR42,35724.6%+5.3 pts

06Woodruff County, ARAR5,71024.1%−3.0 pts

07Searcy County, ARAR7,84823.0%−0.8 pts

08Chicot County, ARAR9,10722.6%−6.0 pts

09Howard County, ARAR12,30622.5%+7.0 pts

10Drew County, ARAR17,05422.4%+4.2 pts

11Montgomery County, ARAR8,57922.4%+5.4 pts

12Randolph County, ARAR18,87622.4%+7.1 pts

13Izard County, ARAR14,40522.3%+5.0 pts

14Lafayette County, ARAR5,88822.3%−1.0 pts

15Ashley County, ARAR17,83122.1%+4.7 pts

16Jackson County, ARAR16,74121.7%+4.2 pts

17Clark County, ARAR20,93821.6%+2.4 pts

18Mississippi County, ARAR37,82821.1%−1.9 pts

19Columbia County, ARAR21,89421.1%+0.0 pts

20Crittenden County, ARAR46,21021.0%−4.3 pts

21Pike County, ARAR9,96420.7%+3.9 pts

22Monroe County, ARAR6,24420.6%−6.9 pts

23Independence County, ARAR38,78520.4%+7.4 pts

24Nevada County, ARAR7,94220.3%−2.5 pts

25Hempstead County, ARAR19,08020.2%−0.1 pts

26Craighead County, ARAR116,95720.1%+4.7 pts

27Poinsett County, ARAR22,48320.1%−1.1 pts

28Lawrence County, ARAR16,27320.1%+1.7 pts

29Bradley County, ARAR9,82819.9%−6.4 pts

30Johnson County, ARAR26,22519.8%+3.4 pts

31Cross County, ARAR16,18619.7%−0.2 pts

32Conway County, ARAR21,39319.7%+3.6 pts

33Union County, ARAR36,92619.5%+0.8 pts

34Stone County, ARAR12,70319.3%+0.5 pts

35Van Buren County, ARAR16,23819.1%+3.7 pts

36Arkansas County, ARAR15,83619.0%+1.2 pts

37Ouachita County, ARAR21,73118.9%−0.7 pts

38Scott County, ARAR9,96518.7%+0.5 pts

39Jefferson County, ARAR62,98718.6%−2.0 pts

40Fulton County, ARAR12,49218.0%+1.7 pts

41Marion County, ARAR17,59318.0%+2.7 pts

42Franklin County, ARAR17,72518.0%+2.8 pts

43White County, ARAR80,08517.5%+3.6 pts

44Greene County, ARAR47,41117.4%+4.1 pts

45Sevier County, ARAR15,75817.3%−1.9 pts

46Clay County, ARAR14,05217.2%−0.3 pts

47Carroll County, ARAR29,26317.2%+1.7 pts

48Pope County, ARAR64,97616.9%+1.7 pts

49Pulaski County, ARAR404,61116.7%+3.4 pts

50Sharp County, ARAR18,12216.5%−1.8 pts

51Sebastian County, ARAR130,64116.0%+2.3 pts

52Polk County, ARAR19,48615.9%−2.3 pts

53Newton County, ARAR7,02615.9%−4.5 pts

54Garland County, ARAR99,69515.8%+1.2 pts

55Cleveland County, ARAR7,22415.8%+0.6 pts

56Yell County, ARAR19,95615.6%+0.2 pts

57Little River County, ARAR11,76315.5%+0.1 pts

58Baxter County, ARAR42,98215.5%+4.3 pts

59Lincoln County, ARAR12,76415.4%−4.2 pts

60Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45115.1%+1.1 pts

61Crawford County, ARAR62,65714.7%+0.4 pts

62Washington County, ARAR271,21314.6%−0.0 pts

63Faulkner County, ARAR133,97914.5%+2.0 pts

64Perry County, ARAR10,30914.2%+0.2 pts

65Madison County, ARAR18,41014.1%−4.5 pts

66Logan County, ARAR21,63313.9%−1.5 pts

67Dallas County, ARAR6,01113.9%−5.0 pts

68Cleburne County, ARAR25,67213.9%+0.8 pts

69Grant County, ARAR18,75613.1%+2.9 pts

70Prairie County, ARAR7,92311.8%−3.7 pts

71Boone County, ARAR38,62811.7%−3.1 pts

72Lonoke County, ARAR76,66410.4%−0.1 pts

73Calhoun County, ARAR4,63210.2%−6.4 pts

74Saline County, ARAR133,2888.8%+1.6 pts

75Benton County, ARAR332,5547.6%−2.5 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES