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Highest poverty rate, Arkansas counties · 2000

Arkansas counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2023 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

01Phillips County, ARAR14,25532.7%+0%

02Lee County, ARAR8,02929.9%+0%

03Desha County, ARAR9,98428.9%+0%

04Chicot County, ARAR9,10728.6%+0%

05St. Francis County, ARAR21,80027.5%+0%

06Monroe County, ARAR6,24427.5%+0%

07Woodruff County, ARAR5,71027.0%+0%

08Bradley County, ARAR9,82826.3%+0%

09Crittenden County, ARAR46,21025.3%+0%

10Searcy County, ARAR7,84823.8%+0%

11Lafayette County, ARAR5,88823.2%+0%

12Mississippi County, ARAR37,82823.0%+0%

13Nevada County, ARAR7,94222.8%+0%

14Poinsett County, ARAR22,48321.2%+0%

15Columbia County, ARAR21,89421.1%+0%

16Jefferson County, ARAR62,98720.5%+0%

17Newton County, ARAR7,02620.4%+0%

18Hempstead County, ARAR19,08020.3%+0%

19Cross County, ARAR16,18619.9%+0%

20Lincoln County, ARAR12,76419.5%+0%

21Ouachita County, ARAR21,73119.5%+0%

22Miller County, ARAR42,35719.3%+0%

23Sevier County, ARAR15,75819.2%+0%

24Clark County, ARAR20,93819.1%+0%

25Dallas County, ARAR6,01118.9%+0%

26Stone County, ARAR12,70318.9%+0%

27Union County, ARAR36,92618.7%+0%

28Madison County, ARAR18,41018.6%+0%

29Lawrence County, ARAR16,27318.4%+0%

30Scott County, ARAR9,96518.2%+0%

31Sharp County, ARAR18,12218.2%+0%

32Polk County, ARAR19,48618.2%+0%

33Drew County, ARAR17,05418.2%+0%

34Arkansas County, ARAR15,83617.8%+0%

35Clay County, ARAR14,05217.5%+0%

36Ashley County, ARAR17,83117.5%+0%

37Jackson County, ARAR16,74117.4%+0%

38Izard County, ARAR14,40517.2%+0%

39Montgomery County, ARAR8,57917.0%+0%

40Pike County, ARAR9,96416.8%+0%

41Calhoun County, ARAR4,63216.5%+0%

42Johnson County, ARAR26,22516.4%+0%

43Fulton County, ARAR12,49216.3%+0%

44Conway County, ARAR21,39316.1%+0%

45Prairie County, ARAR7,92315.5%+0%

46Howard County, ARAR12,30615.5%+0%

47Carroll County, ARAR29,26315.5%+0%

48Logan County, ARAR21,63315.4%+0%

49Van Buren County, ARAR16,23815.4%+0%

50Yell County, ARAR19,95615.4%+0%

51Craighead County, ARAR116,95715.4%+0%

52Little River County, ARAR11,76315.4%+0%

53Randolph County, ARAR18,87615.3%+0%

54Marion County, ARAR17,59315.2%+0%

55Franklin County, ARAR17,72515.2%+0%

56Cleveland County, ARAR7,22415.2%+0%

57Pope County, ARAR64,97615.2%+0%

58Boone County, ARAR38,62814.8%+0%

59Washington County, ARAR271,21314.6%+0%

60Garland County, ARAR99,69514.6%+0%

61Crawford County, ARAR62,65714.2%+0%

62Perry County, ARAR10,30914.0%+0%

63Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45114.0%+0%

64White County, ARAR80,08514.0%+0%

65Sebastian County, ARAR130,64113.6%+0%

66Pulaski County, ARAR404,61113.3%+0%

67Greene County, ARAR47,41113.3%+0%

68Cleburne County, ARAR25,67213.1%+0%

69Independence County, ARAR38,78513.0%+0%

70Faulkner County, ARAR133,97912.5%+0%

71Baxter County, ARAR42,98211.1%+0%

72Lonoke County, ARAR76,66410.5%+0%

73Grant County, ARAR18,75610.2%+0%

74Benton County, ARAR332,55410.1%+0%

75Saline County, ARAR133,2887.2%+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES