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

Poinsett County had the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate of 75 counties in 2022, at 25.9%. Benton County had the lowest, at 13.8%. The median was 21.4%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest25.9Poinsett County
Lowest13.8Benton County
Median21.475 counties

Map of counties, 2022

Arkansas County: 22.1 %Ashley County: 20 %Baxter County: 19.6 %Benton County: 13.8 %Boone County: 18.5 %Bradley County: 21.5 %Calhoun County: 20.5 %Carroll County: 18.1 %Chicot County: 22.7 %Clark County: 17.6 %Clay County: 22 %Cleburne County: 18.5 %Cleveland County: 23 %Columbia County: 17.4 %Conway County: 23.3 %Craighead County: 19.3 %Crawford County: 18.8 %Crittenden County: 21.6 %Cross County: 21.3 %Dallas County: 20.7 %Desha County: 25.2 %Drew County: 19.2 %Faulkner County: 14.7 %Franklin County: 23.4 %Fulton County: 25.1 %Garland County: 16.4 %Grant County: 19.5 %Greene County: 22.1 %Hempstead County: 19.8 %Hot Spring County: 21.4 %Howard County: 17.7 %Independence County: 22.6 %Izard County: 19.8 %Jackson County: 24 %Jefferson County: 22.2 %Johnson County: 23.1 %Lafayette County: 24.6 %Lawrence County: 23 %Lee County: 25.7 %Lincoln County: 23.2 %Little River County: 19.6 %Logan County: 21.4 %Lonoke County: 18.3 %Madison County: 22.3 %Marion County: 20.5 %Miller County: 22.9 %Mississippi County: 24.1 %Monroe County: 23.4 %Montgomery County: 20.4 %Nevada County: 21.7 %Newton County: 21.8 %Ouachita County: 20.2 %Perry County: 19.7 %Phillips County: 23.6 %Pike County: 19.6 %Poinsett County: 25.9 %Polk County: 20.6 %Pope County: 18.2 %Prairie County: 21.9 %Pulaski County: 16.3 %Randolph County: 22.8 %St. Francis County: 25.6 %Saline County: 15.1 %Scott County: 22.2 %Searcy County: 24.2 %Sebastian County: 18.9 %Sevier County: 19.4 %Sharp County: 22.3 %Stone County: 21.8 %Union County: 17.4 %Van Buren County: 23.6 %Washington County: 16.5 %White County: 21.7 %Woodruff County: 22.1 %Yell County: 21 %
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%, 2022. 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, 2022

Poinsett County: 25.9 %Poinsett County25.9Lee County: 25.7 %Lee County25.7St. Francis County: 25.6 %St. Francis County25.6Desha County: 25.2 %Desha County25.2Fulton County: 25.1 %Fulton County25.1Lafayette County: 24.6 %Lafayette County24.6Searcy County: 24.2 %Searcy County24.2Mississippi County: 24.1 %Mississippi County24.1Jackson County: 24 %Jackson County24Phillips County: 23.6 %Phillips County23.6Van Buren County: 23.6 %Van Buren County23.6Franklin County: 23.4 %Franklin County23.4Monroe County: 23.4 %Monroe County23.4Conway County: 23.3 %Conway County23.3Lincoln County: 23.2 %Lincoln County23.2Johnson County: 23.1 %Johnson County23.1Cleveland County: 23 %Cleveland County23Lawrence County: 23 %Lawrence County23Miller County: 22.9 %Miller County22.9Randolph County: 22.8 %Randolph County22.8Chicot County: 22.7 %Chicot County22.7Independence County: 22.6 %Independence County22.6Madison County: 22.3 %Madison County22.3Sharp County: 22.3 %Sharp County22.3Jefferson County: 22.2 %Jefferson County22.2Scott County: 22.2 %Scott County22.2Arkansas County: 22.1 %Arkansas County22.1Greene County: 22.1 %Greene County22.1Woodruff County: 22.1 %Woodruff County22.1Clay County: 22 %Clay County22Prairie County: 21.9 %Prairie County21.9Newton County: 21.8 %Newton County21.8Stone County: 21.8 %Stone County21.8Nevada County: 21.7 %Nevada County21.7White County: 21.7 %White County21.7Crittenden County: 21.6 %Crittenden County21.6Bradley County: 21.5 %Bradley County21.5Hot Spring County: 21.4 %Hot Spring County21.4Logan County: 21.4 %Logan County21.4Cross County: 21.3 %Cross County21.3Poinsett County: 25.9 %Poinsett County25.9Lee County: 25.7 %Lee County25.7St. Francis County: 25.6 %St. Francis County25.6Desha County: 25.2 %Desha County25.2Fulton County: 25.1 %Fulton County25.1Lafayette County: 24.6 %Lafayette County24.6Searcy County: 24.2 %Searcy County24.2Mississippi County: 24.1 %Mississippi County24.1Jackson County: 24 %Jackson County24Phillips County: 23.6 %Phillips County23.6Van Buren County: 23.6 %Van Buren County23.6Franklin County: 23.4 %Franklin County23.4Monroe County: 23.4 %Monroe County23.4Conway County: 23.3 %Conway County23.3Lincoln County: 23.2 %Lincoln County23.2Johnson County: 23.1 %Johnson County23.1Cleveland County: 23 %Cleveland County23Lawrence County: 23 %Lawrence County23Miller County: 22.9 %Miller County22.9Randolph County: 22.8 %Randolph County22.8Chicot County: 22.7 %Chicot County22.7Independence County: 22.6 %Independence County22.6Madison County: 22.3 %Madison County22.3Sharp County: 22.3 %Sharp County22.3Jefferson County: 22.2 %Jefferson County22.2Scott County: 22.2 %Scott County22.2Arkansas County: 22.1 %Arkansas County22.1Greene County: 22.1 %Greene County22.1Woodruff County: 22.1 %Woodruff County22.1Clay County: 22 %Clay County22Prairie County: 21.9 %Prairie County21.9Newton County: 21.8 %Newton County21.8Stone County: 21.8 %Stone County21.8Nevada County: 21.7 %Nevada County21.7White County: 21.7 %White County21.7Crittenden County: 21.6 %Crittenden County21.6Bradley County: 21.5 %Bradley County21.5Hot Spring County: 21.4 %Hot Spring County21.4Logan County: 21.4 %Logan County21.4Cross County: 21.3 %Cross County21.3
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Poinsett County25.9+1.1 pts
2Lee County25.7-1.7 pts
3St. Francis County25.6-0.8 pts
4Desha County25.2-0.6 pts
5Fulton County25.1+0.6 pts
6Lafayette County24.6-0.6 pts
7Searcy County24.2-0.5 pts
8Mississippi County24.1-0.4 pts
9Jackson County24-0.9 pts
10Phillips County23.6-1.2 pts
10Van Buren County23.6+0.8 pts
12Franklin County23.4-1.2 pts
12Monroe County23.4-0.8 pts
14Conway County23.3+1.4 pts
15Lincoln County23.2-0.7 pts
16Johnson County23.1-0.5 pts
17Cleveland County23+1.4 pts
17Lawrence County23+0.5 pts
19Miller County22.9+0.4 pts
20Randolph County22.8-0.9 pts
21Chicot County22.7-2.9 pts
22Independence County22.6+1.8 pts
23Madison County22.3-0.7 pts
23Sharp County22.3-1.9 pts
25Jefferson County22.2+0.6 pts
25Scott County22.2-0.5 pts
27Arkansas County22.1+1.3 pts
27Greene County22.1-0.4 pts
27Woodruff County22.1-0.7 pts
30Clay County22-0.9 pts
31Prairie County21.9+1.9 pts
32Newton County21.8+1.9 pts
32Stone County21.8-1.5 pts
34Nevada County21.7-1.2 pts
34White County21.7-0.5 pts
36Crittenden County21.6-2.1 pts
37Bradley County21.5-0.9 pts
38Hot Spring County21.4-0.8 pts
38Logan County21.4-0.7 pts
40Cross County21.3-1.9 pts
41Yell County21-1.9 pts
42Dallas County20.70 pts
43Polk County20.6-2.1 pts
44Calhoun County20.5+0.3 pts
44Marion County20.5-1.4 pts
46Montgomery County20.4-2.1 pts
47Ouachita County20.2-2.8 pts
48Ashley County20-4.5 pts
49Hempstead County19.8-2.1 pts
49Izard County19.8-2.8 pts
51Perry County19.7-1 pts
52Baxter County19.6-1 pts
52Little River County19.6-0.3 pts
52Pike County19.6-1.8 pts
55Grant County19.5-0.4 pts
56Sevier County19.4-3.2 pts
57Craighead County19.3+0.1 pts
58Drew County19.2-1.2 pts
59Sebastian County18.9-0.7 pts
60Crawford County18.8-2.5 pts
61Boone County18.5-1.9 pts
61Cleburne County18.5-2.3 pts
63Lonoke County18.3-1.4 pts
64Pope County18.2-2.3 pts
65Carroll County18.1-1 pts
66Howard County17.7-4 pts
67Clark County17.6+0.4 pts
68Columbia County17.4-3 pts
68Union County17.4-3 pts
70Washington County16.5-0.6 pts
71Garland County16.4-2.8 pts
72Pulaski County16.3-2.2 pts
73Saline County15.1-2 pts
74Faulkner County14.7-3.1 pts
75Benton County13.8-1.8 pts

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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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/arkansas-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Poinsett County, with 25.9% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Benton County, with 13.8% in 2022.

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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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