County profile
Arkansas County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#1593 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,072
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
473
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,836
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$53.2k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
13.6%±2.2%
Poverty rate
19.0%±2.6%
Business applications
189 · 2025
Retail establishments
86
53.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing62%
Retail trade13%
Health care11%
Food & accommodation6%
Wholesale trade4%
Transportation4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,836
residents · 2025 · -7.4% since 2020
Income per capita $62.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−768
International migration+14
Natural change−498
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$138.1k±$11.9k
Median gross rent
$843/mo±$106/mo
Vacancy rate
22.9%±2.7%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$4.4M
24 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
63.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$922/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 92Strong wind 82Ice storm 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2322016
2332017
2342018
2402019
2432020
2612021
2842022
2862023
3212024
3112025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 33% since 2021182021
162022
152023
182024
242025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
55.1 km
I-530
Nearest freight rail
26.0 km
UP
Nearest port
24.6 km
BUNGE CORP ST CHARLES GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
91.9 km
BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON NTL/ADAMS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.3k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Arkansas?
Arkansas's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, contracting 5.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.