Arkansas Counties by Poverty Rate

Name: Arkansas Counties by Poverty Rate
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

The poverty rate measures the share of residents with income below the federal threshold. It varies by household size and is a key indicator of economic hardship.

All 75 counties ranked by Poverty Rate, from lowest to highest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.

States Counties Cities Metros ZIPs

#	Counties	Poverty Rate ↑
1	Lafayette County, Arkansas	0.0%
2	Craighead County, Arkansas	0.0%
3	Drew County, Arkansas	0.0%
4	Grant County, Arkansas	0.0%
5	Logan County, Arkansas	0.0%
6	Howard County, Arkansas	0.0%
7	Izard County, Arkansas	0.0%
8	Jackson County, Arkansas	0.0%
9	Johnson County, Arkansas	0.0%
10	Yell County, Arkansas	0.5%
11	Greene County, Arkansas	0.9%
12	Lawrence County, Arkansas	1.0%
13	Cross County, Arkansas	1.2%
14	Dallas County, Arkansas	1.4%
15	Marion County, Arkansas	1.4%
16	Washington County, Arkansas	1.5%
17	Garland County, Arkansas	3.4%
18	Crittenden County, Arkansas	4.0%
19	Miller County, Arkansas	4.1%
20	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	4.4%
21	Prairie County, Arkansas	4.4%
22	Benton County, Arkansas	5.7%
23	Faulkner County, Arkansas	6.4%
24	Newton County, Arkansas	6.5%
25	Saline County, Arkansas	6.5%
26	Crawford County, Arkansas	6.5%
27	Lonoke County, Arkansas	8.1%
28	Boone County, Arkansas	8.6%
29	Baxter County, Arkansas	9.0%
30	Arkansas County, Arkansas	9.4%
31	Calhoun County, Arkansas	9.9%
32	Jefferson County, Arkansas	10.5%
33	Perry County, Arkansas	10.6%
34	Cleburne County, Arkansas	10.6%
35	Fulton County, Arkansas	10.6%
36	Cleveland County, Arkansas	10.9%
37	Sebastian County, Arkansas	11.0%
38	Carroll County, Arkansas	11.5%
39	Madison County, Arkansas	11.6%
40	Franklin County, Arkansas	11.6%
41	Desha County, Arkansas	11.8%
42	Clark County, Arkansas	11.9%
43	Hempstead County, Arkansas	11.9%
44	Sharp County, Arkansas	12.0%
45	Ouachita County, Arkansas	12.2%
46	Scott County, Arkansas	12.3%
47	Pulaski County, Arkansas	12.3%
48	Pope County, Arkansas	12.6%
49	Sevier County, Arkansas	12.7%
50	Lincoln County, Arkansas	13.6%
51	Clay County, Arkansas	13.7%
52	White County, Arkansas	13.8%
53	Pike County, Arkansas	14.0%
54	Poinsett County, Arkansas	14.2%
55	Independence County, Arkansas	15.0%
56	Woodruff County, Arkansas	15.2%
57	Lee County, Arkansas	15.2%
58	Conway County, Arkansas	15.2%
59	Polk County, Arkansas	15.3%
60	Union County, Arkansas	15.6%
61	Chicot County, Arkansas	16.1%
62	Searcy County, Arkansas	16.3%
63	Stone County, Arkansas	16.5%
64	Mississippi County, Arkansas	16.7%
65	Montgomery County, Arkansas	16.8%
66	Randolph County, Arkansas	16.8%
67	Ashley County, Arkansas	17.0%
68	Van Buren County, Arkansas	17.9%
69	Monroe County, Arkansas	18.1%
70	Bradley County, Arkansas	18.5%
71	Columbia County, Arkansas	19.1%
72	Little River County, Arkansas	21.5%
73	St. Francis County, Arkansas	21.8%
74	Phillips County, Arkansas	25.4%
75	Nevada County, Arkansas	27.6%