Poverty Rate in Pulaski County, AR
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.7%
Rank #2,250/3,222 · #27 in AR
30th
Pulaski 16.7%
AR 16.0% +4.4%
US 12.6% +32.5%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Pulaski County's poverty rate of 16.7% 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 Pulaski County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,247 | Ingham County, MI | 16.7% |
| #2,248 | Wabash County, IL | 16.7% |
| #2,249 | Yolo County, CA | 16.7% |
| #2,250 | Pulaski County, AR | 16.7% |
| #2,251 | Cumberland County, NC | 16.7% |
| #2,252 | Coffee County, AL | 16.7% |
| #2,253 | Pontotoc County, MS | 16.7% |
About Poverty Rate
Pulaski County, Arkansas has a poverty rate of 16.7%, ranking #2,250 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 32.5% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Arkansas, it ranks #27 of 75. This places it in the 30th 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.