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Highest poverty rate, Arkansas counties · 2020

Arkansas counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 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, ARAR14,25531.3%−1.4 pts

02St. Francis County, ARAR21,80028.4%+0.9 pts

03Chicot County, ARAR9,10728.2%−0.4 pts

04Lee County, ARAR8,02927.0%−2.9 pts

05Searcy County, ARAR7,84825.9%+2.0 pts

06Desha County, ARAR9,98425.5%−3.3 pts

07Lafayette County, ARAR5,88824.7%+1.5 pts

08Columbia County, ARAR21,89424.3%+3.2 pts

09Monroe County, ARAR6,24422.9%−4.5 pts

10Jackson County, ARAR16,74122.8%+5.3 pts

11Woodruff County, ARAR5,71022.4%−4.6 pts

12Franklin County, ARAR17,72522.3%+7.1 pts

13Polk County, ARAR19,48622.2%+4.0 pts

14Hempstead County, ARAR19,08022.0%+1.7 pts

15Ouachita County, ARAR21,73121.6%+2.1 pts

16Mississippi County, ARAR37,82821.4%−1.6 pts

17Nevada County, ARAR7,94221.3%−1.4 pts

18Crittenden County, ARAR46,21021.0%−4.3 pts

19Clark County, ARAR20,93820.9%+1.8 pts

20Fulton County, ARAR12,49220.8%+4.5 pts

21Jefferson County, ARAR62,98720.8%+0.2 pts

22Poinsett County, ARAR22,48320.4%−0.8 pts

23Clay County, ARAR14,05220.4%+2.9 pts

24Stone County, ARAR12,70320.4%+1.5 pts

25Drew County, ARAR17,05420.4%+2.2 pts

26Conway County, ARAR21,39319.8%+3.7 pts

27Sevier County, ARAR15,75819.8%+0.6 pts

28Lincoln County, ARAR12,76419.7%+0.2 pts

29Union County, ARAR36,92619.7%+0.9 pts

30Howard County, ARAR12,30619.3%+3.8 pts

31Randolph County, ARAR18,87618.9%+3.6 pts

32Marion County, ARAR17,59318.6%+3.3 pts

33Montgomery County, ARAR8,57918.5%+1.5 pts

34Johnson County, ARAR26,22518.3%+1.9 pts

35Sharp County, ARAR18,12218.1%−0.2 pts

36Crawford County, ARAR62,65717.8%+3.6 pts

37Miller County, ARAR42,35717.7%−1.6 pts

38Craighead County, ARAR116,95717.7%+2.3 pts

39Scott County, ARAR9,96517.4%−0.9 pts

40Madison County, ARAR18,41017.3%−1.2 pts

41Cross County, ARAR16,18617.2%−2.7 pts

42Garland County, ARAR99,69517.0%+2.4 pts

43Sebastian County, ARAR130,64116.7%+3.1 pts

44Pike County, ARAR9,96416.7%−0.0 pts

45Greene County, ARAR47,41116.5%+3.2 pts

46Logan County, ARAR21,63316.4%+1.0 pts

47Van Buren County, ARAR16,23816.3%+0.9 pts

48Perry County, ARAR10,30916.2%+2.2 pts

49Ashley County, ARAR17,83116.2%−1.3 pts

50Washington County, ARAR271,21316.0%+1.4 pts

51Arkansas County, ARAR15,83616.0%−1.8 pts

52Pope County, ARAR64,97615.9%+0.7 pts

53Pulaski County, ARAR404,61115.8%+2.4 pts

54Bradley County, ARAR9,82815.7%−10.6 pts

55Faulkner County, ARAR133,97915.7%+3.1 pts

56Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45115.3%+1.3 pts

57Izard County, ARAR14,40515.2%−2.0 pts

58Independence County, ARAR38,78515.2%+2.2 pts

59Carroll County, ARAR29,26315.2%−0.3 pts

60Yell County, ARAR19,95614.8%−0.6 pts

61Cleveland County, ARAR7,22414.7%−0.5 pts

62White County, ARAR80,08514.4%+0.4 pts

63Cleburne County, ARAR25,67214.3%+1.2 pts

64Little River County, ARAR11,76314.2%−1.2 pts

65Lawrence County, ARAR16,27314.0%−4.4 pts

66Boone County, ARAR38,62813.7%−1.1 pts

67Dallas County, ARAR6,01113.4%−5.5 pts

68Calhoun County, ARAR4,63212.8%−3.7 pts

69Baxter County, ARAR42,98212.7%+1.6 pts

70Grant County, ARAR18,75612.7%+2.5 pts

71Lonoke County, ARAR76,66412.0%+1.4 pts

72Newton County, ARAR7,02610.5%−9.9 pts

73Prairie County, ARAR7,92310.4%−5.2 pts

74Benton County, ARAR332,5548.6%−1.5 pts

75Saline County, ARAR133,2888.4%+1.2 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS