Poverty Rate in Lafayette County, AR
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
22.3%
Rank #2,854/3,222 · #62 in AR
11th
Lafayette 22.3%
AR 16.0% +39.1%
US 12.6% +76.6%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Lafayette County's poverty rate of 22.3% 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 Lafayette County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,851 | Uvalde County, TX | 22.2% |
| #2,852 | Russell County, AL | 22.2% |
| #2,853 | Hyde County, NC | 22.2% |
| #2,854 | Lafayette County, AR | 22.3% |
| #2,855 | Izard County, AR | 22.3% |
| #2,856 | Jackson Parish, LA | 22.3% |
| #2,857 | Webster County, GA | 22.3% |
About Poverty Rate
Lafayette County, Arkansas has a poverty rate of 22.3%, ranking #2,854 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 76.6% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Arkansas, it ranks #62 of 75. This places it in the 11th 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.