Poverty Rate in Cleveland County, AR
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
15.8%
Rank #2,085/3,222 · #21 in AR
35th
Cleveland 15.8%
AR 16.0% -1.3%
US 12.6% +25.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Cleveland County's poverty rate of 15.8% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Cleveland County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,082 | Wyandotte County, KS | 15.8% |
| #2,083 | Belmont County, OH | 15.8% |
| #2,084 | Logan County, CO | 15.8% |
| #2,085 | Cleveland County, AR | 15.8% |
| #2,086 | Custer County, ID | 15.8% |
| #2,087 | Alcorn County, MS | 15.8% |
| #2,088 | Garland County, AR | 15.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Cleveland County, Arkansas has a poverty rate of 15.8%, ranking #2,085 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 25.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Arkansas, it ranks #21 of 75. This places it in the 35th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.