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Counties in Arkansas by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate

Lee County had the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate of 75 counties in 2021, at 27.4%. Benton County had the lowest, at 15.6%. The median was 22.2%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest27.4Lee County
Lowest15.6Benton County
Median22.275 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Arkansas County: 20.8 %Ashley County: 24.5 %Baxter County: 20.6 %Benton County: 15.6 %Boone County: 20.4 %Bradley County: 22.4 %Calhoun County: 20.2 %Carroll County: 19.1 %Chicot County: 25.6 %Clark County: 17.2 %Clay County: 22.9 %Cleburne County: 20.8 %Cleveland County: 21.6 %Columbia County: 20.4 %Conway County: 21.9 %Craighead County: 19.2 %Crawford County: 21.3 %Crittenden County: 23.7 %Cross County: 23.2 %Dallas County: 20.7 %Desha County: 25.8 %Drew County: 20.4 %Faulkner County: 17.8 %Franklin County: 24.6 %Fulton County: 24.5 %Garland County: 19.2 %Grant County: 19.9 %Greene County: 22.5 %Hempstead County: 21.9 %Hot Spring County: 22.2 %Howard County: 21.7 %Independence County: 20.8 %Izard County: 22.6 %Jackson County: 24.9 %Jefferson County: 21.6 %Johnson County: 23.6 %Lafayette County: 25.2 %Lawrence County: 22.5 %Lee County: 27.4 %Lincoln County: 23.9 %Little River County: 19.9 %Logan County: 22.1 %Lonoke County: 19.7 %Madison County: 23 %Marion County: 21.9 %Miller County: 22.5 %Mississippi County: 24.5 %Monroe County: 24.2 %Montgomery County: 22.5 %Nevada County: 22.9 %Newton County: 19.9 %Ouachita County: 23 %Perry County: 20.7 %Phillips County: 24.8 %Pike County: 21.4 %Poinsett County: 24.8 %Polk County: 22.7 %Pope County: 20.5 %Prairie County: 20 %Pulaski County: 18.5 %Randolph County: 23.7 %St. Francis County: 26.4 %Saline County: 17.1 %Scott County: 22.7 %Searcy County: 24.7 %Sebastian County: 19.6 %Sevier County: 22.6 %Sharp County: 24.2 %Stone County: 23.3 %Union County: 20.4 %Van Buren County: 22.8 %Washington County: 17.1 %White County: 22.2 %Woodruff County: 22.8 %Yell County: 22.9 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Lee County: 27.4 %Lee County27.4St. Francis County: 26.4 %St. Francis County26.4Desha County: 25.8 %Desha County25.8Chicot County: 25.6 %Chicot County25.6Lafayette County: 25.2 %Lafayette County25.2Jackson County: 24.9 %Jackson County24.9Phillips County: 24.8 %Phillips County24.8Poinsett County: 24.8 %Poinsett County24.8Searcy County: 24.7 %Searcy County24.7Franklin County: 24.6 %Franklin County24.6Ashley County: 24.5 %Ashley County24.5Fulton County: 24.5 %Fulton County24.5Mississippi County: 24.5 %Mississippi County24.5Monroe County: 24.2 %Monroe County24.2Sharp County: 24.2 %Sharp County24.2Lincoln County: 23.9 %Lincoln County23.9Crittenden County: 23.7 %Crittenden County23.7Randolph County: 23.7 %Randolph County23.7Johnson County: 23.6 %Johnson County23.6Stone County: 23.3 %Stone County23.3Cross County: 23.2 %Cross County23.2Madison County: 23 %Madison County23Ouachita County: 23 %Ouachita County23Clay County: 22.9 %Clay County22.9Nevada County: 22.9 %Nevada County22.9Yell County: 22.9 %Yell County22.9Van Buren County: 22.8 %Van Buren County22.8Woodruff County: 22.8 %Woodruff County22.8Polk County: 22.7 %Polk County22.7Scott County: 22.7 %Scott County22.7Izard County: 22.6 %Izard County22.6Sevier County: 22.6 %Sevier County22.6Greene County: 22.5 %Greene County22.5Lawrence County: 22.5 %Lawrence County22.5Miller County: 22.5 %Miller County22.5Montgomery County: 22.5 %Montgomery County22.5Bradley County: 22.4 %Bradley County22.4Hot Spring County: 22.2 %Hot Spring County22.2White County: 22.2 %White County22.2Logan County: 22.1 %Logan County22.1Lee County: 27.4 %Lee County27.4St. Francis County: 26.4 %St. Francis County26.4Desha County: 25.8 %Desha County25.8Chicot County: 25.6 %Chicot County25.6Lafayette County: 25.2 %Lafayette County25.2Jackson County: 24.9 %Jackson County24.9Phillips County: 24.8 %Phillips County24.8Poinsett County: 24.8 %Poinsett County24.8Searcy County: 24.7 %Searcy County24.7Franklin County: 24.6 %Franklin County24.6Ashley County: 24.5 %Ashley County24.5Fulton County: 24.5 %Fulton County24.5Mississippi County: 24.5 %Mississippi County24.5Monroe County: 24.2 %Monroe County24.2Sharp County: 24.2 %Sharp County24.2Lincoln County: 23.9 %Lincoln County23.9Crittenden County: 23.7 %Crittenden County23.7Randolph County: 23.7 %Randolph County23.7Johnson County: 23.6 %Johnson County23.6Stone County: 23.3 %Stone County23.3Cross County: 23.2 %Cross County23.2Madison County: 23 %Madison County23Ouachita County: 23 %Ouachita County23Clay County: 22.9 %Clay County22.9Nevada County: 22.9 %Nevada County22.9Yell County: 22.9 %Yell County22.9Van Buren County: 22.8 %Van Buren County22.8Woodruff County: 22.8 %Woodruff County22.8Polk County: 22.7 %Polk County22.7Scott County: 22.7 %Scott County22.7Izard County: 22.6 %Izard County22.6Sevier County: 22.6 %Sevier County22.6Greene County: 22.5 %Greene County22.5Lawrence County: 22.5 %Lawrence County22.5Miller County: 22.5 %Miller County22.5Montgomery County: 22.5 %Montgomery County22.5Bradley County: 22.4 %Bradley County22.4Hot Spring County: 22.2 %Hot Spring County22.2White County: 22.2 %White County22.2Logan County: 22.1 %Logan County22.1
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Lee County27.4
2St. Francis County26.4
3Desha County25.8
4Chicot County25.6
5Lafayette County25.2
6Jackson County24.9
7Phillips County24.8
7Poinsett County24.8
9Searcy County24.7
10Franklin County24.6
11Ashley County24.5
11Fulton County24.5
11Mississippi County24.5
14Monroe County24.2
14Sharp County24.2
16Lincoln County23.9
17Crittenden County23.7
17Randolph County23.7
19Johnson County23.6
20Stone County23.3
21Cross County23.2
22Madison County23
22Ouachita County23
24Clay County22.9
24Nevada County22.9
24Yell County22.9
27Van Buren County22.8
27Woodruff County22.8
29Polk County22.7
29Scott County22.7
31Izard County22.6
31Sevier County22.6
33Greene County22.5
33Lawrence County22.5
33Miller County22.5
33Montgomery County22.5
37Bradley County22.4
38Hot Spring County22.2
38White County22.2
40Logan County22.1
41Conway County21.9
41Hempstead County21.9
41Marion County21.9
44Howard County21.7
45Cleveland County21.6
45Jefferson County21.6
47Pike County21.4
48Crawford County21.3
49Arkansas County20.8
49Cleburne County20.8
49Independence County20.8
52Dallas County20.7
52Perry County20.7
54Baxter County20.6
55Pope County20.5
56Boone County20.4
56Columbia County20.4
56Drew County20.4
56Union County20.4
60Calhoun County20.2
61Prairie County20
62Grant County19.9
62Little River County19.9
62Newton County19.9
65Lonoke County19.7
66Sebastian County19.6
67Craighead County19.2
67Garland County19.2
69Carroll County19.1
70Pulaski County18.5
71Faulkner County17.8
72Clark County17.2
73Saline County17.1
73Washington County17.1
75Benton County15.6

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or on some days. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries. State and national values come from direct BRFSS estimates under adult_smoking_rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence (Counties in Arkansas by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Counties in Arkansas by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/arkansas-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Counties in Arkansas by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/arkansas-counties?period=2021.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Counties in Arkansas by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/arkansas-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?

Lee County, with 27.4% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?

Benton County, with 15.6% in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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