Poverty Rate in Phillips County, AR
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
29.3%
Rank #3,078/3,222 · #74 in AR
4th
Phillips 29.3%
AR 16.0% +83.5%
US 12.6% +132.9%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Phillips County's poverty rate of 29.3% 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 Phillips County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,075 | Gurabo Municipio, PR | 29.0% |
| #3,076 | Bienville Parish, LA | 29.2% |
| #3,077 | Morehouse Parish, LA | 29.3% |
| #3,078 | Phillips County, AR | 29.3% |
| #3,079 | Union Parish, LA | 29.4% |
| #3,080 | Pemiscot County, MO | 29.6% |
| #3,081 | Quitman County, MS | 29.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Phillips County, Arkansas has a poverty rate of 29.3%, ranking #3,078 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 132.9% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Arkansas, it ranks #74 of 75. This places it in the 4th 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.