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Highest poverty rate, Arkansas counties · 1990

Arkansas counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (1990 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 –

01Lee County, ARAR8,02947.3%–

02Phillips County, ARAR14,25543.0%–

03Chicot County, ARAR9,10740.4%–

04St. Francis County, ARAR21,80036.6%–

05Monroe County, ARAR6,24435.9%–

06Lafayette County, ARAR5,88834.7%–

07Woodruff County, ARAR5,71034.5%–

08Desha County, ARAR9,98434.0%–

09Searcy County, ARAR7,84829.9%–

10Newton County, ARAR7,02629.6%–

11Crittenden County, ARAR46,21027.1%–

12Jackson County, ARAR16,74126.6%–

13Fulton County, ARAR12,49226.3%–

14Lincoln County, ARAR12,76426.2%–

15Mississippi County, ARAR37,82826.2%–

16Stone County, ARAR12,70326.0%–

17Poinsett County, ARAR22,48325.6%–

18Cross County, ARAR16,18625.4%–

19Lawrence County, ARAR16,27325.0%–

20Bradley County, ARAR9,82824.9%–

21Columbia County, ARAR21,89424.4%–

22Drew County, ARAR17,05424.2%–

23Clark County, ARAR20,93823.9%–

24Jefferson County, ARAR62,98723.9%–

25Montgomery County, ARAR8,57923.8%–

26Hempstead County, ARAR19,08022.7%–

27Prairie County, ARAR7,92322.7%–

28Miller County, ARAR42,35722.4%–

29Dallas County, ARAR6,01122.3%–

30Van Buren County, ARAR16,23822.2%–

31Union County, ARAR36,92622.0%–

32Scott County, ARAR9,96521.9%–

33Sharp County, ARAR18,12221.8%–

34Ouachita County, ARAR21,73121.2%–

35Clay County, ARAR14,05221.2%–

36Izard County, ARAR14,40521.1%–

37Ashley County, ARAR17,83120.9%–

38Arkansas County, ARAR15,83620.4%–

39Franklin County, ARAR17,72520.4%–

40Randolph County, ARAR18,87620.4%–

41Perry County, ARAR10,30920.3%–

42Nevada County, ARAR7,94220.3%–

43Johnson County, ARAR26,22520.1%–

44Madison County, ARAR18,41020.1%–

45Little River County, ARAR11,76319.3%–

46Logan County, ARAR21,63319.3%–

47Cleveland County, ARAR7,22419.0%–

48Marion County, ARAR17,59318.9%–

49White County, ARAR80,08518.7%–

50Sevier County, ARAR15,75818.6%–

51Howard County, ARAR12,30618.6%–

52Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45118.6%–

53Polk County, ARAR19,48618.5%–

54Garland County, ARAR99,69518.0%–

55Pike County, ARAR9,96417.9%–

56Greene County, ARAR47,41117.9%–

57Cleburne County, ARAR25,67217.3%–

58Independence County, ARAR38,78517.1%–

59Yell County, ARAR19,95617.1%–

60Craighead County, ARAR116,95717.0%–

61Conway County, ARAR21,39316.5%–

62Baxter County, ARAR42,98216.3%–

63Crawford County, ARAR62,65716.3%–

64Calhoun County, ARAR4,63215.6%–

65Pope County, ARAR64,97615.4%–

66Carroll County, ARAR29,26315.2%–

67Grant County, ARAR18,75614.9%–

68Lonoke County, ARAR76,66414.9%–

69Washington County, ARAR271,21314.6%–

70Pulaski County, ARAR404,61114.1%–

71Boone County, ARAR38,62813.9%–

72Faulkner County, ARAR133,97913.8%–

73Sebastian County, ARAR130,64113.1%–

74Benton County, ARAR332,5549.6%–

75Saline County, ARAR133,2889.3%–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS