# Counties in Arkansas by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 75 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/arkansas-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lee County | 39.4 |
| 2 | Phillips County | 29.4 |
| 3 | St. Francis County | 28.5 |
| 4 | Desha County | 28.3 |
| 5 | Miller County | 24.6 |
| 6 | Woodruff County | 24.1 |
| 7 | Searcy County | 23 |
| 8 | Chicot County | 22.6 |
| 9 | Howard County | 22.5 |
| 10 | Drew County | 22.4 |
| 11 | Montgomery County | 22.4 |
| 11 | Randolph County | 22.4 |
| 13 | Izard County | 22.3 |
| 14 | Lafayette County | 22.3 |
| 15 | Ashley County | 22.2 |
| 16 | Jackson County | 21.7 |
| 17 | Clark County | 21.6 |
| 18 | Columbia County | 21.1 |
| 18 | Mississippi County | 21.1 |
| 20 | Crittenden County | 21 |
| 21 | Pike County | 20.7 |
| 22 | Monroe County | 20.6 |
| 23 | Independence County | 20.4 |
| 24 | Nevada County | 20.3 |
| 25 | Hempstead County | 20.2 |
| 26 | Craighead County | 20.1 |
| 27 | Lawrence County | 20.1 |
| 27 | Poinsett County | 20.1 |
| 29 | Bradley County | 19.9 |
| 30 | Johnson County | 19.8 |
| 31 | Cross County | 19.7 |
| 32 | Conway County | 19.7 |
| 33 | Union County | 19.6 |
| 34 | Stone County | 19.4 |
| 35 | Van Buren County | 19.1 |
| 36 | Arkansas County | 19 |
| 37 | Ouachita County | 18.9 |
| 38 | Scott County | 18.7 |
| 39 | Jefferson County | 18.6 |
| 40 | Fulton County | 18 |
| 41 | Franklin County | 18 |
| 41 | Marion County | 18 |
| 43 | White County | 17.6 |
| 44 | Greene County | 17.4 |
| 45 | Sevier County | 17.3 |
| 46 | Clay County | 17.2 |
| 47 | Carroll County | 17.2 |
| 48 | Pope County | 16.9 |
| 49 | Pulaski County | 16.7 |
| 50 | Sharp County | 16.5 |
| 51 | Sebastian County | 16 |
| 52 | Polk County | 15.9 |
| 53 | Newton County | 15.9 |
| 54 | Garland County | 15.8 |
| 55 | Cleveland County | 15.8 |
| 56 | Yell County | 15.6 |
| 57 | Little River County | 15.5 |
| 58 | Baxter County | 15.5 |
| 59 | Lincoln County | 15.4 |
| 60 | Hot Spring County | 15.1 |
| 61 | Crawford County | 14.7 |
| 62 | Washington County | 14.6 |
| 63 | Faulkner County | 14.5 |
| 64 | Perry County | 14.2 |
| 65 | Madison County | 14.1 |
| 66 | Logan County | 13.9 |
| 67 | Dallas County | 13.9 |
| 68 | Cleburne County | 13.9 |
| 69 | Grant County | 13.1 |
| 70 | Prairie County | 11.8 |
| 71 | Boone County | 11.7 |
| 72 | Lonoke County | 10.4 |
| 73 | Calhoun County | 10.2 |
| 74 | Saline County | 8.8 |
| 75 | Benton County | 7.6 |