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Counties in Arkansas ranked

7.7%of income goes to home energy in Nevada County, the highest of 75 Arkansas counties

Benton County is lowest at 2.0%, a gap of 3.9 times. The median Arkansas county sits at 3.5%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Arkansas: DOE LEAD 2022.

Arkansas county map

Arkansas counties, shaded by quintile of the selected measureMontgomery County: 3.9%Johnson County: 3.9%Craighead County: 2.4%Grant County: 2.6%St. Francis County: 4.2%Cross County: 3.4%Franklin County: 3.9%Nevada County: 7.7%Poinsett County: 3.8%Searcy County: 3.9%Cleburne County: 3.1%Jefferson County: 3.4%Newton County: 3.6%Van Buren County: 3.5%Lincoln County: 3.5%Boone County: 3.3%Bradley County: 3.8%Randolph County: 3.9%Drew County: 3.4%Conway County: 2.9%Dallas County: 3.7%Arkansas County: 3.3%Howard County: 3.6%Lafayette County: 4.2%Logan County: 3.7%Cleveland County: 3.5%Union County: 3.2%Garland County: 2.6%Monroe County: 3.8%Clark County: 2.9%Fulton County: 4.4%Little River County: 3.2%Faulkner County: 2.3%Columbia County: 3.4%Woodruff County: 3.3%Mississippi County: 4.2%Washington County: 2.8%Jackson County: 4.2%Lonoke County: 2.6%Pike County: 3.5%Calhoun County: 3.3%Scott County: 3.8%Sebastian County: 3.4%Sharp County: 4.2%Lee County: 4.3%Prairie County: 3.0%Phillips County: 4.3%Yell County: 3.1%Pope County: 2.6%Ouachita County: 3.5%Benton County: 2.0%Sevier County: 3.2%Crawford County: 3.4%Hempstead County: 3.7%Madison County: 3.7%Baxter County: 3.7%Stone County: 4.7%Clay County: 4.4%Greene County: 3.0%Independence County: 3.0%White County: 3.0%Marion County: 3.9%Hot Spring County: 3.0%Izard County: 3.9%Desha County: 4.3%Pulaski County: 2.2%Lawrence County: 3.9%Carroll County: 3.4%Crittenden County: 2.9%Perry County: 2.8%Miller County: 3.4%Saline County: 2.1%Chicot County: 4.1%Ashley County: 4.3%Polk County: 3.8%
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Arkansas counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Arkansas

Nevada County leads Arkansas on burden at 7.7% of income and Stone County follows at 4.7%. For lower-income homes the top is Nevada County: 20.3% of income, against 11.5% in the median Arkansas county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Arkansas counties

  • Nevada County7.7
  • Stone County4.7
  • Fulton County4.4
  • Clay County4.4
  • Lee County4.3
  • Phillips County4.3
  • Desha County4.3
  • Ashley County4.3
  • Sharp County4.2
  • St. Francis County4.2
  • Arkansas median county3.5
Arkansas counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in ArkansasShare of income (AR)Residents (AR)
Benton County2.0%294,541
Saline County2.1%125,724
Pulaski County2.2%398,949
Faulkner County2.3%126,001
Craighead County2.4%112,097

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Arkansas

NOAA logged 147 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Lafayette County from 2015 to 2025, 2,367 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Arkansas. FEMA scores Pulaski County highest at 96.8 (relatively high). In Arkansas these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Arkansas top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Arkansasreports 2015-2025 (AR)Residents (AR)Rank (AR)
Lafayette County2,3676,2111st
Lee County1,6808,5112nd
Nevada County1,4348,2283rd
Clay County1,10414,3994th
Phillips County1,02515,9105th
Arkansas top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Arkansasscore 0-100 (AR)Residents (AR)Rank (AR)
Pulaski County96.8398,9491st
Washington County92.3251,8632nd
Craighead County91.8112,0973rd
Garland County89.3100,0624th
Mississippi County89.239,7495th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Arkansas

Desha County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Arkansas: 17.9 from 2015 to 2025, against 2.0 in the median Arkansas county. Desha County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (4.2%, median county 0.5%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Arkansas top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Arkansasclaims 2015-2025 (AR)Residents (AR)Rank (AR)
Desha County17.911,0411st
Randolph County13.818,7332nd
Lee County11.78,5113rd
Chicot County8.69,9974th
Jefferson County7.665,7805th
Arkansas top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Arkansas% of homes insured (AR)Residents (AR)Rank (AR)
Desha County4.2%11,0411st
Chicot County3.0%9,9972nd
Monroe County2.7%6,6813rd
Lee County2.3%8,5114th
Crittenden County2.1%47,6095th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Arkansas counties far from the state median

10 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Arkansas median. Most extreme: Desha County, flood claims per 1,000 homes 17.9 against a median of 2.0.

Arkansas outliers by deviation from the state median
CountyMeasureValueArkansas medianDeviations
Desha CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes17.92.0+9.8
Lafayette CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents2,367337+9.1
Randolph CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes13.82.0+7.3
Desha CountyFlood insurance penetration4.2%0.5%+6.9
Nevada CountyHome energy burden7.7%3.5%+6.8
Lee CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents1,680337+6.0
Lee CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes11.72.0+6.0
Nevada CountyBurden, lower-income homes20.3%11.5%+5.9
Nevada CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents1,434337+4.9
Chicot CountyFlood insurance penetration3.0%0.5%+4.6

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Arkansas

Lee County has the oldest stock: 69% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in Greene County at 76% of homes, and Benton County lists 6 utilities, the most in Arkansas.

Arkansas top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Arkansas% of homes (AR)Residents (AR)Rank (AR)
Lee County69%8,5111st
Clay County67%14,3992nd
Jackson County65%16,7753rd
Phillips County62%15,9104th
Desha County60%11,0415th
Arkansas top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Arkansas% of homes (AR)Residents (AR)Rank (AR)
Greene County76%46,1821st
Sevier County70%15,7972nd
Perry County69%10,0733rd
Pope County68%63,8304th
Yell County67%20,1955th

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All 75 Arkansas counties, sortable

75 Arkansas counties, all measures
Arkansas County16,7733.3%11.9%41763.257%56%32.70.9%70
Ashley County18,7224.3%14.7%47553.958%52%12.40.6%89
Baxter County42,1503.7%10.4%17172.344%54%20.70.3%72
Benton County294,5412.0%9.2%7188.719%43%61.80.4%209
Boone County37,8963.3%10.7%13562.345%46%20.40.1%51
Bradley County10,3543.8%12.7%21230.858%52%32.80.3%22
Calhoun County4,7173.3%11.7%under 5,000 residents2.350%53%2no data0.1%27
Carroll County28,5263.4%11.9%19364.634%49%30.50.0%55
Chicot County9,9974.1%15.2%1,00043.855%52%18.63.0%100
Clark County21,3782.9%9.5%22941.139%57%21.30.6%49
Clay County14,3994.4%14.1%1,10471.667%31%26.81.2%159
Cleburne County25,0483.1%10.7%16872.738%58%31.40.8%42
Cleveland County7,4913.5%12.7%4149.540%58%2no datano data31
Columbia County22,5273.4%11.5%62142.149%55%2no data0.1%140
Conway County20,8722.9%8.8%28356.648%64%30.90.3%59
Craighead County112,0972.4%8.9%21191.835%57%33.02.0%237
Crawford County60,7923.4%11.3%14671.636%54%31.50.4%89
Crittenden County47,6092.9%10.5%34083.046%49%33.42.1%162
Cross County16,6813.4%11.5%1,00764.950%60%20.81.1%168
Dallas County6,3513.7%11.7%66110.154%55%4no data0.1%42
Desha County11,0414.3%12.9%29032.960%54%217.94.2%32
Drew County17,1433.4%12.0%35635.145%57%21.80.6%61
Faulkner County126,0012.3%9.7%9286.220%64%43.31.0%116
Franklin County17,2203.9%12.2%62149.443%61%30.80.1%107
Fulton County12,2394.4%12.2%37650.745%60%24.20.2%46
Garland County100,0622.6%9.2%8189.345%66%21.31.3%81
Grant County18,1112.6%10.7%28215.734%48%31.40.4%51
Greene County46,1823.0%10.8%35180.240%76%41.61.8%162
Hempstead County19,7783.7%12.7%65252.150%46%51.00.1%129
Hot Spring County33,1423.0%10.4%19055.552%56%2no data0.4%63
Howard County12,7013.6%10.6%1,00848.551%62%30.80.2%128
Independence County38,1203.0%10.1%12369.138%54%31.10.5%47
Izard County13,8663.9%12.5%19553.145%56%22.70.7%27
Jackson County16,7754.2%12.7%29867.865%48%16.51.9%50
Jefferson County65,7803.4%12.5%10285.257%54%37.60.9%67
Johnson County25,9323.9%10.0%28558.142%58%4no data0.4%74
Lafayette County6,2114.2%13.1%2,36733.256%54%3no data0.0%147
Lawrence County16,2653.9%11.3%60967.957%30%32.81.5%99
Lee County8,5114.3%14.8%1,68040.469%44%211.72.3%143
Lincoln County12,9663.5%13.0%32429.843%55%22.81.3%42
Little River County11,9593.2%11.0%1,01244.149%61%2no data0.1%121
Logan County21,2403.7%11.9%34448.252%59%4no data0.1%73
Lonoke County74,7472.6%10.1%14475.124%65%20.50.7%108
Madison County17,0323.7%12.0%25245.137%34%3no data0.1%43
Marion County17,0763.9%11.6%26448.042%56%30.70.2%45
Miller County42,5883.4%11.8%34870.846%58%32.20.8%148
Mississippi County39,7494.2%18.1%56489.256%43%21.50.7%224
Monroe County6,6813.8%12.7%44936.558%56%34.62.7%30
Montgomery County8,5713.9%13.6%88730.735%48%21.20.8%76
Nevada County8,2287.7%20.3%1,43430.648%45%3no data0.1%118
Newton County7,1753.6%11.2%53018.449%42%4no datano data38
Ouachita County22,3173.5%12.5%20251.259%41%21.70.6%45
Perry County10,0732.8%9.3%43728.133%69%25.00.6%44
Phillips County15,9104.3%13.9%1,02561.762%38%24.51.8%163
Pike County10,1823.5%11.1%33426.644%52%3no data0.4%34
Poinsett County22,7403.8%12.2%86272.555%51%22.40.7%196
Polk County19,3483.8%13.3%25346.143%54%20.60.1%49
Pope County63,8302.6%8.5%15277.835%68%40.60.3%97
Prairie County8,1623.0%10.8%49041.452%63%35.80.8%40
Pulaski County398,9492.2%11.1%5896.850%46%32.71.1%230
Randolph County18,7333.9%10.9%37467.052%28%313.81.0%70
Saline County125,7242.1%9.9%7577.624%58%31.50.5%94
Scott County9,8393.8%11.2%41726.853%53%4no data0.2%41
Searcy County7,8613.9%11.4%45827.750%49%2no datano data36
Sebastian County128,4483.4%11.8%11486.850%51%33.60.6%146
Sevier County15,7973.2%10.5%91264.950%70%21.70.3%144
Sharp County17,5974.2%12.0%23968.157%56%42.30.5%42
St. Francis County22,7404.2%11.4%69074.750%55%2no data1.2%157
Stone County12,4744.7%11.7%24149.936%46%4no data0.1%30
Union County38,3683.2%13.2%38853.955%52%11.20.5%149
Van Buren County15,9363.5%11.5%30750.638%58%2no data0.2%49
Washington County251,8632.8%9.6%6092.328%46%52.70.7%150
White County77,3953.0%9.3%9985.731%65%20.80.4%77
Woodruff County6,1573.3%11.0%37442.355%54%27.00.8%23
Yell County20,1953.1%8.4%29758.944%67%3no data0.2%60

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Arkansas: click a header to sort. Per-capita storm rates start at 5,000 residents.

Sources

Arkansas sources with periods and retrieval dates
SourcePeriodRetrieved
DOE LEAD (AR)20222 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (AR)Dec 20252 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (AR)2015 to 20252 Oct 2026
Census ACS (AR)2019 to 20232 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (AR)20241 Oct 2026

Arkansas LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Arkansas county has the highest home energy burden?

Nevada County: 7.7% of income, against 3.5% for the median Arkansas county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Arkansas county has the lowest energy burden?

Benton County at 2.0% of income.

How does Arkansas compare with the whole country?

The median Arkansas county has a burden of 3.5% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 75 Arkansas counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Arkansas?

Lafayette County has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 2,367 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Arkansas county has the highest FEMA risk score?

Pulaski County: 96.8, rated relatively high by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Arkansas?

Lee County: 69% of homes were built before 1980; the median Arkansas county is at 48% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Arkansas county relies most on electric heat?

Greene County: 76% of homes heat with electricity, against 54% in the median county.

Which Arkansas county has the most flood claims per home?

Desha County: 17.9 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Arkansas county has 2.0 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Arkansas?

No: in Arkansas they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Arkansas households get help with bills?

See the Arkansas help page. Highest burden: Nevada County.

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7.7% of income goes to home energy in Nevada County, the highest of 75 Arkansas counties