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PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas

Senior Food Insecurity in
Arkansas

Arkansas's senior poverty rate is 11.2%, and 27.7% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 75 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.

11.2%

Senior poverty (65+)

27.7%

Seniors living alone

32.7%

Senior SNAP take-up

$44,711

Senior median income

Arkansas by county

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Arkansas at a glance

Seniors in poverty

57K

Ages 65+

Senior poverty rate

11.2%

Ages 65+

Living alone

27.7%

1-person HH, 65+

Senior SNAP

32.7%

HH with 60+ member

Senior median income

$44,711

Householder 65+

Isolation index

0.41

Blended 0–1

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 75 counties in Arkansas.

Highest senior poverty

Ages 65+, rate

  1. 1 Searcy 21.7%
  2. 2 Bradley 21.5%
  3. 3 Chicot 21.5%
  4. 4 Lafayette 21.1%
  5. 5 St. Francis 19.7%

Most seniors living alone

1-person HH, 65+

  1. 1 Monroe 42.6%
  2. 2 Drew 42.2%
  3. 3 Prairie 40.8%
  4. 4 Desha 36.2%
  5. 5 Clay 34.7%

Largest senior population

Absolute count, 65+

  1. 1 Pulaski 63K
  2. 2 Benton 39K
  3. 3 Washington 30K
  4. 4 Garland 24K
  5. 5 Saline 22K

Every county in Arkansas

All 75 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.

County Senior poverty Living alone Senior SNAP Senior income Seniors (count) Isolation idx
Arkansas 16.0% 27.1% 44.2% $42,101 3,237 0.50
Ashley 18.3% 28.8% 29.5% $31,187 3,929 0.59
Baxter 8.0% 29.6% 32.0% $43,827 12,835 0.38
Benton 8.0% 21.3% 29.0% $59,211 39,221 0.19
Boone 12.6% 25.7% 33.6% $40,130 7,766 0.39
Bradley 21.5% 32.5% 29.8% $27,253 1,847 0.75
Calhoun 10.8% 26.9% 27.9% $55,156 1,024 0.38
Carroll 9.7% 25.1% 45.1% $41,541 6,525 0.31
Chicot 21.5% 30.1% 51.5% $33,529 2,093 0.69
Clark 12.3% 28.4% 31.9% $43,583 3,328 0.45
Clay 15.1% 34.7% 33.9% $35,893 3,066 0.66
Cleburne 9.0% 25.6% 34.6% $52,568 6,610 0.31
Cleveland 10.5% 27.8% 26.4% $31,111 1,489 0.39
Columbia 14.7% 30.6% 29.0% $34,049 3,692 0.55
Conway 11.3% 25.7% 40.2% $41,291 4,006 0.36
Craighead 9.6% 29.1% 23.4% $46,525 14,767 0.40
Crawford 9.4% 25.1% 29.4% $44,327 10,223 0.31
Crittenden 14.9% 27.5% 29.2% $44,138 6,805 0.49
Cross 17.5% 27.0% 36.5% $32,466 2,974 0.53
Dallas 8.7% 31.7% 52.6% $32,337 1,532 0.44
Desha 16.2% 36.2% 41.1% $33,107 2,138 0.71
Drew 11.8% 42.2% 41.0% $29,464 2,944 0.70
Faulkner 13.0% 23.1% 27.0% $47,822 16,429 0.34
Franklin 15.1% 31.1% 38.3% $36,316 3,287 0.57
Fulton 11.2% 26.2% 41.4% $36,509 3,023 0.37
Garland 11.6% 30.6% 34.0% $46,212 23,851 0.48
Grant 5.6% 26.4% 38.6% $52,128 3,207 0.25
Greene 14.6% 32.7% 32.1% $39,104 7,184 0.60
Hempstead 14.1% 30.0% 35.1% $36,692 3,564 0.52
Hot Spring 14.5% 24.2% 29.1% $37,684 6,305 0.40
Howard 14.3% 34.0% 31.0% $39,209 2,245 0.62
Independence 10.1% 25.2% 31.2% $42,866 6,344 0.33
Izard 17.5% 25.3% 45.6% $36,410 3,279 0.49
Jackson 9.7% 26.6% 34.7% $34,146 2,779 0.35
Jefferson 13.3% 28.6% 34.8% $42,787 11,303 0.47
Johnson 15.3% 26.6% 31.0% $31,845 4,229 0.47
Lafayette 21.1% 30.1% 51.8% $30,082 1,522 0.69
Lawrence 15.8% 31.1% 36.1% $31,817 2,922 0.59
Lee 15.3% 28.1% 34.7% $33,053 1,584 0.51
Lincoln 9.8% 29.9% 60.0% $34,259 1,732 0.42
Little River 12.7% 28.6% 36.9% $40,579 2,393 0.46
Logan 14.7% 26.8% 48.6% $40,034 4,152 0.47
Lonoke 8.7% 24.6% 30.0% $48,430 10,408 0.28
Madison 7.3% 19.5% 36.0% $39,420 3,213 0.13
Marion 8.6% 22.6% 37.0% $40,426 4,881 0.23
Miller 17.7% 26.7% 33.7% $39,562 6,934 0.53
Mississippi 13.9% 30.2% 33.1% $43,036 5,819 0.52
Monroe 18.9% 42.6% 42.0% $29,216 1,511 0.86
Montgomery 13.9% 23.6% 39.8% $43,650 2,260 0.38
Nevada 10.9% 22.9% 30.4% $40,665 1,629 0.29
Newton 9.8% 20.8% 38.4% $39,260 1,884 0.22
Ouachita 17.4% 29.6% 47.5% $34,459 4,484 0.59
Perry 10.6% 23.3% 65.9% $49,009 2,004 0.29
Phillips 17.1% 29.0% 32.0% $32,924 3,117 0.57
Pike 17.2% 31.0% 55.8% $37,193 1,982 0.62
Poinsett 12.8% 26.2% 35.0% $36,418 3,948 0.41
Polk 9.2% 31.3% 42.9% $41,817 4,263 0.44
Pope 9.2% 30.2% 35.6% $42,099 10,000 0.42
Prairie 12.2% 40.8% 48.8% $36,014 1,851 0.71
Pulaski 8.5% 32.2% 26.5% $55,074 62,932 0.45
Randolph 12.2% 27.4% 26.8% $41,814 3,455 0.42
Saline 6.4% 21.2% 33.9% $57,042 22,486 0.15
Scott 11.8% 24.4% 36.3% $37,600 2,004 0.35
Searcy 21.7% 30.8% 48.8% $29,050 1,978 0.71
Sebastian 12.2% 28.6% 32.6% $44,446 20,817 0.45
Sevier 10.2% 31.3% 24.7% $43,148 2,190 0.47
Sharp 13.5% 24.6% 49.2% $32,144 4,374 0.39
St. Francis 19.7% 27.3% 28.8% $34,591 3,879 0.59
Stone 14.1% 32.1% 51.6% $35,721 3,415 0.57
Union 16.2% 29.1% 41.3% $37,265 6,992 0.55
Van Buren 15.1% 26.6% 44.0% $40,717 4,149 0.47
Washington 9.5% 27.6% 24.0% $52,488 29,650 0.37
White 9.8% 25.1% 34.1% $43,279 12,454 0.32
Woodruff 18.1% 34.0% 44.4% $32,674 1,412 0.71
Yell 9.5% 27.2% 32.6% $42,050 3,362 0.36

Senior food help in Arkansas

SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.

Seniors Resource Guide

Arkansas senior SNAP

Senior-specific SNAP rules, how to apply in Arkansas, and benefit amounts.

Arkansas SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search Arkansas's verified pantries — many serve seniors with home delivery or box programs.

Arkansas food pantries