Poverty Rate in Union County, AR
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
19.5%
Rank #2,632/3,222 · #43 in AR
18th
Union 19.5%
AR 16.0% +22.2%
US 12.6% +55.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Union County's poverty rate of 19.5% 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 Union County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,629 | Imperial County, CA | 19.5% |
| #2,630 | Union County, FL | 19.5% |
| #2,631 | Adams County, WA | 19.5% |
| #2,632 | Union County, AR | 19.5% |
| #2,633 | Harrison County, MO | 19.6% |
| #2,634 | Dawson County, TX | 19.6% |
| #2,635 | Colleton County, SC | 19.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Union County, Arkansas has a poverty rate of 19.5%, ranking #2,632 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 55.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Arkansas, it ranks #43 of 75. This places it in the 18th 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.