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Median household income, Black householders in Arkansas

Arkansas ranks 49th of 51 states measured the same way. Below, every county in Arkansas, starting with where Black residents are doing best.

Median household income, Black householders
Arkansas$40,164
plus or minus $879
United States$55,157
plus or minus $255
All households in Arkansas: $60,773 (plus or minus $467). Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best Benton County $84,151, plus or minus $15,878. Ranked 1st of 28 counties. What is Benton County doing that works? Furthest to go: Cleveland County, $20,168. See Benton County ›

Where you live

Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your county below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.

Ranked from doing best

Every county in Arkansas

28 ranked of 75
Margin of error
1 Benton County $84,151 plus or minus $15,878 $93,506
2 Saline County $71,946 plus or minus $12,858 $79,046
3 Randolph County $55,806 plus or minus $4,559 $50,911
4 Nevada County $53,992 plus or minus $9,667 $53,886
5 Faulkner County $51,333 plus or minus $4,594 $67,289
6 Little River County $46,250 plus or minus $8,306 $53,344
7 Pulaski County $44,762 plus or minus $2,216 $62,873
8 Jefferson County $44,515 plus or minus $2,982 $51,096
9 Washington County $44,345 plus or minus $10,023 $70,639
10 Crittenden County $40,889 plus or minus $2,118 $55,358
11 Columbia County $35,561 plus or minus $6,744 $55,334
12 Lafayette County $35,214 plus or minus $8,502 $41,278
13 Mississippi County $35,039 plus or minus $5,964 $52,548
14 Union County $34,632 plus or minus $3,477 $55,259
15 White County $34,336 plus or minus $5,518 $55,249
16 Garland County $33,969 plus or minus $3,653 $57,181
17 Lincoln County $33,620 plus or minus $6,252 $51,778
18 Cross County $32,708 plus or minus $7,672 $50,863
19 Craighead County $32,542 plus or minus $6,897 $59,548
20 Miller County $31,235 plus or minus $2,548 $48,836
21 Phillips County $29,353 plus or minus $6,567 $40,134
22 Chicot County $29,176 plus or minus $3,902 $39,045
23 Monroe County $28,814 plus or minus $1,740 $43,214
24 Ashley County $26,849 plus or minus $4,488 $44,266
25 Bradley County $23,944 plus or minus $5,563 $41,476
26 Drew County $22,560 plus or minus $2,991 $42,824
27 Lee County $20,762 plus or minus $4,160 $34,375
28 Cleveland County $20,168 plus or minus $3,028 $54,794
Not ranked Arkansas County $29,069 Wide margin of error plus or minus $8,238 $53,164
Not ranked Baxter County $105,641 Wide margin of error plus or minus $79,254 $48,452
Not ranked Boone County Not published: too few people in the survey $55,143
Not ranked Calhoun County $23,750 Wide margin of error plus or minus $17,273 $66,809
Not ranked Carroll County Not published: too few people in the survey $54,230
Not ranked Clark County $40,234 Wide margin of error plus or minus $13,247 $52,034
Not ranked Clay County Not published: too few people in the survey $51,481
Not ranked Cleburne County Not published: too few people in the survey $55,798
Not ranked Conway County $27,903 Wide margin of error plus or minus $9,296 $54,187
Not ranked Crawford County $55,855 Wide margin of error plus or minus $31,103 $64,132
Not ranked Dallas County $32,237 Wide margin of error plus or minus $14,857 $42,500
Not ranked Desha County $30,000 Wide margin of error plus or minus $7,854 $37,662
Not ranked Franklin County Not published: too few people in the survey $55,886
Not ranked Fulton County Not published: too few people in the survey $42,241
Not ranked Grant County $19,100 Wide margin of error plus or minus $18,920 $71,549
Not ranked Greene County Not published: too few people in the survey $57,839
Not ranked Hempstead County $30,089 Wide margin of error plus or minus $9,205 $46,787
Not ranked Hot Spring County $45,714 Wide margin of error plus or minus $14,889 $55,405
Not ranked Howard County $32,284 Wide margin of error plus or minus $13,085 $45,603
Not ranked Independence County $18,417 Wide margin of error plus or minus $5,099 $56,609
Not ranked Izard County Not published: too few people in the survey $49,405
Not ranked Jackson County $32,629 Wide margin of error plus or minus $18,022 $44,218
Not ranked Johnson County $31,196 Wide margin of error plus or minus $29,761 $45,995
Not ranked Lawrence County $60,417 Wide margin of error plus or minus $59,052 $44,882
Not ranked Logan County $47,765 Wide margin of error plus or minus $36,508 $58,555
Not ranked Lonoke County $40,319 Wide margin of error plus or minus $11,685 $72,828
Not ranked Madison County Not published: too few people in the survey $56,798
Not ranked Marion County Not published: too few people in the survey $48,619
Not ranked Montgomery County Not published: too few people in the survey $48,906
Not ranked Newton County Not published: too few people in the survey $48,986
Not ranked Ouachita County $36,167 Wide margin of error plus or minus $10,322 $49,268
Not ranked Perry County $143,098 Wide margin of error plus or minus $115,598 $55,764
Not ranked Pike County $33,112 Wide margin of error plus or minus $25,365 $49,269
Not ranked Poinsett County $38,438 Wide margin of error plus or minus $18,952 $46,707
Not ranked Polk County Not published: too few people in the survey $49,191
Not ranked Pope County $61,696 Wide margin of error plus or minus $20,018 $57,344
Not ranked Prairie County $30,682 Wide margin of error plus or minus $14,233 $51,646
Not ranked Scott County Not published: too few people in the survey $43,270
Not ranked Searcy County Not published: too few people in the survey $44,426
Not ranked Sebastian County $42,571 Wide margin of error plus or minus $10,878 $57,790
Not ranked Sevier County $39,219 Wide margin of error plus or minus $19,887 $53,527
Not ranked Sharp County Not published: too few people in the survey $44,637
Not ranked St. Francis County $30,019 Wide margin of error plus or minus $7,954 $42,574
Not ranked Stone County Not published: too few people in the survey $40,943
Not ranked Van Buren County Not published: too few people in the survey $50,354
Not ranked Woodruff County $23,533 Wide margin of error plus or minus $14,119 $48,158
Not ranked Yell County Not published: too few people in the survey $55,934

Ranked: the 28 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with a margin of error under a quarter of the figure. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.

Who decides

From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.

  1. You and your neighbors Buy from Black-owned businesses, pass along job openings, and back the people building firms here.

    Ask: Which local business can I send work to this month?

  2. Your mayor, council and county commission Award local contracts, issue business permits and steer development money.

    Ask: What share of city and county contracts went to Black-owned firms last year?

  3. Your state legislators Fund job training and set the minimum wage and the rules for state contracts.

    Ask: Does our state set aside contracts for small firms, as other states do?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund job training, small business loans and federal contracts.

    Ask: How many federal contracts in our district went to small Black-owned firms?

What you can do

  1. This weekSend one piece of work to a Black-owned business near you, and pass one job opening to someone looking.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next city council or county commission vote on contracts.
  3. Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources

Median household income, Black householders. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.

The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.

Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.

Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.

About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.