Highest poverty rate in Arkansas

Arkansas counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Arkansas by poverty rate — which have the highest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Desha County leads at 28.9%.

Among cities & places, Edgemont leads at 100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Desha County	28.9%
2	Phillips County	28.7%
3	Nevada County	28.5%
4	St. Francis County	27.8%
5	Lee County	27.7%
6	Lafayette County	27.2%
7	Searcy County	24.5%
8	Chicot County	24.4%
9	Woodruff County	22.8%
10	Drew County	22.7%
11	Ashley County	22.7%
12	Columbia County	22.7%
13	Monroe County	22.2%
14	Stone County	21.6%
15	Jackson County	21.2%
16	Randolph County	21.1%
17	Izard County	21.1%
18	Miller County	21.0%
19	Mississippi County	21.0%
20	Montgomery County	20.8%
21	Crittenden County	20.7%
22	Conway County	20.6%
23	Jefferson County	20.6%
24	Clark County	20.2%
25	Cross County	20.1%
26	Poinsett County	20.1%
27	Bradley County	20.1%
28	Howard County	19.8%
29	Independence County	19.6%
30	Sevier County	19.6%
31	Van Buren County	19.5%
32	Union County	19.4%
33	Johnson County	19.4%
34	Craighead County	19.1%
35	Hempstead County	19.0%
36	Polk County	19.0%
37	Franklin County	18.9%
38	Pike County	18.8%
39	Lawrence County	18.2%
40	Ouachita County	17.9%
41	Marion County	17.8%
42	Lincoln County	17.7%
43	Pope County	17.6%
44	Sharp County	17.3%
45	Clay County	17.2%
46	Scott County	17.2%
47	Hot Spring County	17.1%
48	Greene County	17.0%
49	Crawford County	16.8%
50	Garland County	16.5%
51	Little River County	16.5%
52	White County	16.4%
53	Sebastian County	16.3%
54	Carroll County	16.3%
55	Pulaski County	16.2%
56	Perry County	15.6%
57	Cleveland County	15.6%
58	Faulkner County	15.0%
59	Madison County	15.0%
60	Washington County	14.8%
61	Fulton County	14.8%
62	Arkansas County	14.7%
63	Baxter County	14.5%
64	Logan County	14.4%
65	Cleburne County	13.8%
66	Boone County	13.4%
67	Newton County	13.3%
68	Calhoun County	13.3%
69	Yell County	13.3%
70	Grant County	12.3%
71	Dallas County	11.2%
72	Lonoke County	11.1%
73	Prairie County	9.4%
74	Saline County	9.1%
75	Benton County	7.6%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Edgemont	100.0%
2	Hensley	100.0%
3	Ozone	100.0%
4	Guion	90.9%
5	Sherrill	87.5%
6	Blue Eye	81.0%
7	Pencil Bluff	78.6%
8	Blue Mountain	78.0%
9	Big Flat	72.6%
10	Center Point	70.0%
11	Anthonyville	68.3%
12	Fourche	62.5%
13	McCaskill	59.4%
14	Centerville	58.2%
15	Jerusalem	56.8%
16	Russell	56.5%
17	Cotton Plant	56.4%
18	Tucker	56.0%
19	St. Joe	55.4%
20	Birdsong	53.7%
21	Patmos	53.3%
22	Joiner	53.1%
23	Lacey	52.0%
24	Bearden	52.0%
25	West Point	50.8%
26	Cash	49.6%
27	Oil Trough	49.1%
28	Fargo	48.8%
29	Morrow	48.3%
30	Chidester	48.3%
31	Banks	48.0%
32	Magnet Cove	46.9%
33	Vanndale	46.9%
34	Earle	45.4%
35	Colt	44.6%
36	Rison	44.3%
37	Turrell	43.0%
38	Leslie	43.0%
39	Dierks	42.8%
40	Amity	42.7%
41	Hughes	42.4%
42	Alicia	42.4%
43	Norfork	42.2%
44	Hermitage	42.0%
45	Wilton	41.8%
46	McAlmont	41.5%
47	Delaplaine	41.5%
48	Marianna	41.3%
49	Sweet Home	41.3%
50	Louann	41.1%
51	Kingsland	40.7%
52	Rudy	40.3%
53	Landmark	39.8%
54	Dermott	39.7%
55	Lafe	39.5%
56	Etowah	39.5%
57	Wickes	39.4%
58	Ola	39.0%
59	Garland	39.0%
60	Rivervale	38.6%
61	Sedgwick	38.1%
62	Georgetown	37.3%
63	Havana	37.2%
64	Stamps	37.0%
65	McGehee	36.8%
66	Melbourne	36.4%
67	Cove	36.2%
68	Forrest City	36.1%
69	Edmondson	36.0%
70	Salem	35.8%
71	Holly Grove	35.5%
72	Swifton	34.3%
73	Prescott	34.1%
74	Hickory Ridge	33.9%
75	Shirley	33.9%
76	Sulphur Springs	33.7%
77	Williford	33.3%
78	Bellefonte	33.1%
79	Emerson	33.0%
80	Lewisville	33.0%
81	Biggers	32.5%
82	Palestine	32.5%
83	Strong	32.5%
84	Helena-West Helena	32.4%
85	Luxora	32.4%
86	Hartman	32.1%
87	Branch	31.9%
88	Allport	31.7%
89	Marshall	31.6%
90	Oden	31.4%
91	Western Grove	31.4%
92	Woodson	31.4%
93	Altus	31.2%
94	Wilmar	30.9%
95	Brinkley	30.9%
96	Bradford	30.8%
97	Kensett	30.7%
98	Ratcliff	30.6%
99	Franklin	30.6%
100	Gould	30.4%

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