Poverty Rate in Lee County, AR
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
39.4%
Rank #3,159/3,222 · #75 in AR
2th
Lee 39.4%
AR 16.0% +146.6%
US 12.6% +213.0%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Lee County's poverty rate of 39.4% 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 Lee County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,156 | San Juan Municipio, PR | 38.8% |
| #3,157 | McCreary County, KY | 38.9% |
| #3,158 | Villalba Municipio, PR | 38.9% |
| #3,159 | Lee County, AR | 39.4% |
| #3,160 | Greene County, AL | 40.1% |
| #3,161 | Ceiba Municipio, PR | 40.3% |
| #3,162 | Fajardo Municipio, PR | 40.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Lee County, Arkansas has a poverty rate of 39.4%, ranking #3,159 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 213.0% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Arkansas, it ranks #75 of 75. This places it in the 2th 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.