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Below Poverty
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Total House- Total Total Total Percent Percent
Persons holds Families Persons Families Persons Families
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State Total 2,286,435 816,706 628,006 423,552 93,572 19.0 14.9
Arkansas 24,175 8,897 6,821 4,687 980 19.6 14.4
Ashley 26,538 9,039 7,167 5,482 1,277 20.9 17.8
Baxter 27,409 11,155 8,884 3,282 858 12.1 9.7
Benton 78,115 28,748 23,288 8,556 2,053 11.1 8.8
Boone 26,067 9,814 7,680 4,443 1,053 17.3 13.7
Bradley 13,803 5,028 3,856 3,557 840 26.2 21.8
Calhoun 6,079 2,141 1,660 1,439 332 24.7 20.0
Carroll 16,203 6,457 4,902 2,989 731 18.5 14.9
Chicot 17,793 5,987 4,490 7,065 1,481 40.0 33.0
Clark 23,326 8,081 5,926 3,792 812 18.1 13.7
Clay 20,616 7,847 6,010 4,591 1,163 22.5 19.4
Cleburne 16,909 6,347 5,150 3,375 897 20.1 17.4
Cleveland 7,868 2,793 2,231 1,362 296 17.5 13.3
Columbia 26,644 9,563 7,081 5,857 1,209 22.8 17.1
Conway 19,505 6,741 5,336 3,356 751 17.5 14.1
Craighead 63,239 22,262 17,177 9,048 2,149 15.0 12.5
Crawford 36,892 12,678 10,548 5,892 1,445 16.1 13.7
Crittenden 49,499 15,660 12,357 15,402 2,937 31.4 23.8
Cross 20,434 6,614 5,249 4,516 909 22.4 17.3
Dallas 10,515 3,770 2,857 1,784 359 17.3 12.6
Desha 19,760 6,627 4,939 5,287 1,032 27.0 20.9
Drew 17,910 6,208 4,742 3,055 693 17.8 14.6
Faulkner 46,192 15,500 11,912 5,795 1,151 13.6 9.7
Franklin 14,705 5,186 4,115 2,588 625 18.1 15.2
Fulton 9,975 3,791 3,045 2,138 553 21.7 18.2
Garland 70,531 28,238 20,189 10,733 2,164 15.5 10.7
Grant 13,008 4,483 3,679 1,996 488 15.5 13.3
Greene 30,744 11,222 8,970 5,444 1,317 18.0 14.7
Hempstead 23,635 8,557 6,518 4,481 1,012 19.1 15.5
Hot Spring 26,819 9,653 7,668 4,474 1,031 16.9 13.4
Howard 13,459 4,807 3,723 2,119 451 16.1 12.1
Independence 30,147 10,906 8,687 4,641 1,079 15.6 12.4
Izard 10,768 4,290 3,394 2,239 591 21.2 17.4
Jackson 21,646 7,818 6,040 4,963 1,200 23.2 19.9
Jefferson 90,718 30,686 23,549 19,909 4,244 22.7 18.0
Johnson 17,423 6,407 5,004 3,052 749 18.0 15.0
Lafayette 10,213 3,608 2,660 3,229 680 32.0 25.6
Lawrence 18,447 6,827 5,381 4,118 1,023 22.6 19.0
Lee 15,539 4,993 3,857 6,808 1,413 44.3 36.6
Lincoln 13,369 3,928 3,075 3,104 648 26.7 21.1
Little River 13,952 4,749 3,779 2,677 564 19.4 14.9
Logan 20,144 7,117 5,580 4,320 1,037 22.3 18.6
Lonoke 34,518 11,355 9,311 6,056 1,318 17.8 14.2
Madison 11,373 4,075 3,315 2,392 595 21.2 17.9
Marion 11,334 4,293 3,456 2,643 671 23.5 19.4
Miller 37,766 13,483 10,454 7,166 1,619 19.2 15.5
Mississippi 59,517 19,753 15,511 15,343 3,176 26.3 20.5
Monroe 14,052 4,959 3,665 4,846 1,035 34.7 28.2
Montgomery 7,771 2,944 2,398 1,747 471 22.7 19.6
Nevada 11,097 3,966 3,058 2,426 573 22.2 18.7
Newton 7,756 2,688 2,217 2,451 595 31.7 26.8
Ouachita 30,541 11,218 8,449 6,315 1,386 21.0 16.4
Perry 7,266 2,580 2,087 1,210 267 16.7 12.8
Phillips 34,772 11,411 8,558 13,699 2,674 39.8 31.2
Pike 10,373 3,857 3,023 1,891 461 18.5 15.2
Poinsett 27,032 9,555 7,653 6,050 1,426 22.5 18.6
Polk 17,007 6,328 4,942 3,865 927 23.0 18.8
Pope 39,021 13,675 10,910 6,168 1,447 16.4 13.3
Prairie 10,140 3,665 2,834 2,394 573 23.6 20.2
Pulaski 340,613 124,908 90,996 42,552 8,532 12.7 9.4
Randolph 16,834 6,054 4,820 3,215 807 19.2 16.7
St. Francis 30,858 9,938 7,782 10,321 2,162 33.8 27.8
Saline 53,161 17,635 14,890 4,950 1,119 9.6 7.5
Scott 9,685 3,563 2,853 2,292 594 23.9 20.8
Searcy 8,847 3,227 2,542 2,686 694 30.6 27.3
Sebastian 95,172 35,800 26,652 12,479 2,867 13.3 10.8
Sevier 14,060 5,053 3,965 2,370 544 17.1 13.7
Sharp 14,607 5,615 4,488 3,441 845 23.7 18.8
Stone 9,022 3,280 2,639 2,706 654 30.2 24.8
Union 48,573 17,991 13,431 9,661 2,096 20.2 15.6
Van Buren 13,357 4,979 4,046 2,589 700 19.5 17.3
Washington 100,494 35,914 26,180 14,096 2,706 14.9 10.3
White 50,835 17,410 13,768 8,912 2,197 18.5 16.0
Woodruff 11,222 4,045 3,000 3,666 798 32.9 26.6
Yell 17,026 6,266 4,937 3,309 766 19.8 15.5
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of the Census, General Social and Economic Characteristics, 1980
