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Highest poverty rate, Arkansas counties · 2020

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, ARAR14,25531.3%−4%

02St. Francis County, ARAR21,80028.4%+3%

03Chicot County, ARAR9,10728.2%−1%

04Lee County, ARAR8,02927.0%−10%

05Searcy County, ARAR7,84825.9%+9%

06Desha County, ARAR9,98425.5%−12%

07Lafayette County, ARAR5,88824.7%+6%

08Columbia County, ARAR21,89424.3%+15%

09Monroe County, ARAR6,24422.9%−17%

10Jackson County, ARAR16,74122.8%+31%

11Woodruff County, ARAR5,71022.4%−17%

12Franklin County, ARAR17,72522.3%+46%

13Polk County, ARAR19,48622.2%+22%

14Hempstead County, ARAR19,08022.0%+9%

15Ouachita County, ARAR21,73121.6%+11%

16Mississippi County, ARAR37,82821.4%−7%

17Nevada County, ARAR7,94221.3%−6%

18Crittenden County, ARAR46,21021.0%−17%

19Clark County, ARAR20,93820.9%+10%

20Fulton County, ARAR12,49220.8%+28%

21Jefferson County, ARAR62,98720.8%+1%

22Poinsett County, ARAR22,48320.4%−4%

23Clay County, ARAR14,05220.4%+17%

24Stone County, ARAR12,70320.4%+8%

25Drew County, ARAR17,05420.4%+12%

26Conway County, ARAR21,39319.8%+23%

27Sevier County, ARAR15,75819.8%+3%

28Lincoln County, ARAR12,76419.7%+1%

29Union County, ARAR36,92619.7%+5%

30Howard County, ARAR12,30619.3%+24%

31Randolph County, ARAR18,87618.9%+24%

32Marion County, ARAR17,59318.6%+22%

33Montgomery County, ARAR8,57918.5%+9%

34Johnson County, ARAR26,22518.3%+11%

35Sharp County, ARAR18,12218.1%−1%

36Crawford County, ARAR62,65717.8%+25%

37Miller County, ARAR42,35717.7%−8%

38Craighead County, ARAR116,95717.7%+15%

39Scott County, ARAR9,96517.4%−5%

40Madison County, ARAR18,41017.3%−7%

41Cross County, ARAR16,18617.2%−14%

42Garland County, ARAR99,69517.0%+17%

43Sebastian County, ARAR130,64116.7%+23%

44Pike County, ARAR9,96416.7%−0%

45Greene County, ARAR47,41116.5%+24%

46Logan County, ARAR21,63316.4%+6%

47Van Buren County, ARAR16,23816.3%+6%

48Perry County, ARAR10,30916.2%+15%

49Ashley County, ARAR17,83116.2%−7%

50Washington County, ARAR271,21316.0%+9%

51Arkansas County, ARAR15,83616.0%−10%

52Pope County, ARAR64,97615.9%+4%

53Pulaski County, ARAR404,61115.8%+18%

54Bradley County, ARAR9,82815.7%−40%

55Faulkner County, ARAR133,97915.7%+25%

56Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45115.3%+9%

57Izard County, ARAR14,40515.2%−12%

58Independence County, ARAR38,78515.2%+17%

59Carroll County, ARAR29,26315.2%−2%

60Yell County, ARAR19,95614.8%−4%

61Cleveland County, ARAR7,22414.7%−3%

62White County, ARAR80,08514.4%+3%

63Cleburne County, ARAR25,67214.3%+9%

64Little River County, ARAR11,76314.2%−8%

65Lawrence County, ARAR16,27314.0%−24%

66Boone County, ARAR38,62813.7%−8%

67Dallas County, ARAR6,01113.4%−29%

68Calhoun County, ARAR4,63212.8%−23%

69Baxter County, ARAR42,98212.7%+14%

70Grant County, ARAR18,75612.7%+25%

71Lonoke County, ARAR76,66412.0%+14%

72Newton County, ARAR7,02610.5%−49%

73Prairie County, ARAR7,92310.4%−33%

74Benton County, ARAR332,5548.6%−15%

75Saline County, ARAR133,2888.4%+17%

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