Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Arkansas by County
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Value
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
Families (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 8.7 | 7,176,933 | N/A |
| Arkansas | N/A | 11.5 | 89,060 | 46 of 52 |
| Prairie County | Rural | 4.4 | 90 | 257 |
| Benton County | Urban | 5.7 | 4,530 | 561 |
| Saline County | Urban | 6.5 | 2,270 | 777 |
| Grant County | Urban | 7.0 | 332 | 929 |
| Logan County | Rural | 8.1 | 463 | 1,265 |
| Lonoke County | Urban | 8.1 | 1,592 | 1,265 |
| Washington County | Urban | 8.4 | 4,967 | 1,362 |
| Yell County | Rural | 8.5 | 473 | 1,400 |
| Boone County | Rural | 8.6 | 864 | 1,424 |
| Arkansas County | Rural | 8.7 | 368 | 1,453 |
| Baxter County | Rural | 9.0 | 1,073 | 1,551 |
| Dallas County | Rural | 9.5 | 146 | 1,694 |
| Calhoun County | Rural | 9.9 | 112 | 1,792 |
| Faulkner County | Urban | 9.9 | 3,186 | 1,792 |
| Newton County | Rural | 10.3 | 209 | 1,873 |
| Cleburne County | Rural | 10.6 | 722 | 1,933 |
| Fulton County | Rural | 10.6 | 315 | 1,933 |
| Perry County | Urban | 10.6 | 296 | 1,933 |
| Crawford County | Urban | 10.7 | 1,789 | 1,959 |
| Marion County | Rural | 10.8 | 526 | 1,985 |
| Cleveland County | Rural | 10.9 | 213 | 2,012 |
| Sebastian County | Urban | 11.0 | 3,655 | 2,031 |
| Carroll County | Rural | 11.5 | 864 | 2,148 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 11.6 | 522 | 2,163 |
| Madison County | Urban | 11.6 | 558 | 2,163 |
| Garland County | Urban | 11.7 | 3,200 | 2,189 |
| Clark County | Rural | 11.9 | 581 | 2,216 |
| Hempstead County | Rural | 11.9 | 560 | 2,216 |
| Little River County | Urban | 11.9 | 376 | 2,216 |
| Sharp County | Rural | 12.0 | 531 | 2,237 |
| Greene County | Rural | 12.1 | 1,455 | 2,262 |
| Ouachita County | Rural | 12.2 | 676 | 2,277 |
| Pulaski County | Urban | 12.3 | 12,004 | 2,288 |
| Scott County | Rural | 12.3 | 329 | 2,288 |
| Pope County | Rural | 12.6 | 2,009 | 2,341 |
| Sevier County | Rural | 12.7 | 495 | 2,361 |
| Hot Spring County | Rural | 13.1 | 1,094 | 2,423 |
| Craighead County | Urban | 13.2 | 3,811 | 2,441 |
| Lawrence County | Rural | 13.4 | 577 | 2,470 |
| Clay County | Rural | 13.7 | 544 | 2,510 |
| White County | Rural | 13.8 | 2,730 | 2,525 |
| Pike County | Rural | 14.0 | 376 | 2,544 |
| Johnson County | Rural | 14.1 | 942 | 2,551 |
| Poinsett County | Urban | 14.2 | 777 | 2,563 |
| Van Buren County | Rural | 14.9 | 706 | 2,637 |
| Independence County | Rural | 15.0 | 1,505 | 2,650 |
| Conway County | Rural | 15.2 | 865 | 2,664 |
| Lincoln County | Rural | 15.2 | 373 | 2,664 |
| Woodruff County | Rural | 15.2 | 231 | 2,664 |
| Polk County | Rural | 15.3 | 778 | 2,678 |
| Union County | Rural | 15.6 | 1,407 | 2,710 |
| Drew County | Rural | 15.7 | 638 | 2,719 |
| Izard County | Rural | 15.8 | 473 | 2,725 |
| Miller County | Urban | 15.8 | 1,613 | 2,725 |
| Chicot County | Rural | 16.1 | 388 | 2,757 |
| Crittenden County | Urban | 16.2 | 1,912 | 2,767 |
| Searcy County | Rural | 16.3 | 324 | 2,775 |
| Stone County | Rural | 16.5 | 496 | 2,792 |
| Mississippi County | Rural | 16.7 | 1,677 | 2,811 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 16.8 | 452 | 2,820 |
| Randolph County | Rural | 16.8 | 777 | 2,820 |
| Ashley County | Rural | 17.0 | 744 | 2,836 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 17.1 | 2,580 | 2,852 |
| Cross County | Rural | 17.8 | 837 | 2,897 |
| Monroe County | Rural | 18.1 | 273 | 2,912 |
| Howard County | Rural | 18.4 | 646 | 2,921 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 18.4 | 692 | 2,921 |
| Bradley County | Rural | 18.5 | 403 | 2,928 |
| Lafayette County | Rural | 18.6 | 297 | 2,934 |
| Columbia County | Rural | 19.1 | 1,024 | 2,957 |
| St. Francis County | Rural | 21.8 | 1,060 | 3,041 |
| Desha County | Rural | 22.5 | 715 | 3,058 |
| Lee County | Rural | 23.1 | 377 | 3,067 |
| Phillips County | Rural | 25.4 | 984 | 3,097 |
| Nevada County | Rural | 27.6 | 611 | 3,112 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/09/2025 9:53 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/09/2025 9:53 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.