Poverty Rate in Monroe County, AR
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
20.6%
Rank #2,721/3,222 · #54 in AR
16th
Monroe 20.6%
AR 16.0% +28.6%
US 12.6% +63.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Monroe County's poverty rate of 20.6% 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 Monroe County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,718 | Hale County, TX | 20.5% |
| #2,719 | Montgomery County, GA | 20.6% |
| #2,720 | Worth County, MO | 20.6% |
| #2,721 | Monroe County, AR | 20.6% |
| #2,722 | Shelby County, TX | 20.6% |
| #2,723 | Berrien County, GA | 20.6% |
| #2,724 | Trigg County, KY | 20.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Monroe County, Arkansas has a poverty rate of 20.6%, ranking #2,721 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 63.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Arkansas, it ranks #54 of 75. This places it in the 16th 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.