Best counties in Arkansas

Ranked by composite score — 75 counties

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Rank	County	Score	Tax	Cost	Income
1	Grant County	76.3	87	84.4	30.7
2	Newton County	75.9	90.8	88.6	14.3
3	Calhoun County	75.6	88.2	86	24.9
4	Dallas County	75.4	89.1	89.3	12.6
5	Perry County	75.4	87.7	87.7	22.6
6	Cleveland County	74.8	86	88.2	16.4
7	Searcy County	74.4	88.8	91	10.8
8	Montgomery County	73.7	91.5	87.8	15.4
9	Pike County	73.7	86.6	88.3	16.7
10	Scott County	73.6	90.7	87.7	13.4
11	Drew County	73	89.7	86.4	10.2
12	Madison County	73	89.8	87.3	18.6
13	Polk County	72.7	89.9	88	15.5
14	Columbia County	72.6	88.7	87	14.3
15	Lincoln County	72.6	87.1	87.2	17.1
16	Little River County	72.6	88.7	85.1	17.5
17	Woodruff County	72.6	86.1	90.5	16
18	Stone County	72.1	92.3	87.9	8.6
19	Logan County	72	87.4	86.7	18.8
20	Marion County	72	87.8	86.1	14
21	Nevada County	72	87.1	84.8	10.7
22	Izard County	71.9	85.8	88.7	14.6
23	Prairie County	71.8	84.9	87.5	16.7
24	Howard County	71.7	87.6	87.4	12.4
25	Monroe County	71.7	88.4	90.3	12.1
26	Bradley County	71.5	86.5	89.2	9.2
27	Franklin County	71.5	88.1	86.7	17.3
28	Fulton County	71.5	89.3	89.3	8.8
29	Ouachita County	71.5	88.2	86.7	15.9
30	Van Buren County	71.4	89.3	86.7	14.2
31	Clark County	71.3	86.2	85.2	16.7
32	Boone County	71	87.3	84.3	18.8
33	Hempstead County	71	88.2	86.3	14.5
34	Hot Spring County	71	88	84.6	17.8
35	Yell County	71	87.7	87.8	21.8
36	Randolph County	70.9	89.9	88.4	17.9
37	Conway County	70.8	87.5	86.5	16.8
38	Ashley County	70.4	85.1	89.6	12.4
39	Lafayette County	70.2	86.4	88.1	7.7
40	Cleburne County	70.1	89.2	83	19.9
41	Lee County	70	87.5	89.3	7.5
42	Union County	69.9	86.1	83.2	16.2
43	Clay County	69.8	87.6	87.4	15.1
44	Chicot County	69.7	86.9	88.3	9.3
45	Lawrence County	69.6	88.5	87.3	12.2
46	Carroll County	69.5	87.5	83.5	19.4
47	Baxter County	69.4	89.3	83.2	15
48	Desha County	69.4	86	87.4	6.9
49	Sharp County	69.3	86	88.1	11.4
50	Crawford County	69.1	87.3	81.9	22.8
51	Johnson County	69.1	86.4	86.4	12.6
52	Arkansas County	68.9	86.6	83.3	23.1
53	Jackson County	68.9	86.4	88.3	10.3
54	Sevier County	68.9	88.8	87.3	17.1
55	Independence County	68.8	86.9	83.1	20
56	Saline County	68.6	84.5	75.1	33.3
57	Greene County	68.3	88.5	80.6	20.5
58	Cross County	68.2	86.7	83.8	14.1
59	Poinsett County	68.2	87.8	87.9	14.2
60	Pope County	68.1	86.3	81.7	19
61	White County	67.8	88.9	82.3	18.3
62	Lonoke County	67.6	84.3	75.2	30
63	Faulkner County	67.4	86.3	75	25.9
64	Miller County	67.3	84.9	82.7	16
65	Garland County	67.2	87.7	79.9	19.6
66	Benton County	66.2	85.2	67.7	42
67	Phillips County	66.2	83.8	86.5	8.8
68	Craighead County	66	86.9	77.7	21
69	Jefferson County	65.8	84.6	82.7	15.1
70	Sebastian County	65.6	84	80.4	20.2
71	St. Francis County	65.6	87.1	84.8	10.7
72	Mississippi County	65.5	86.6	83.4	18.3
73	Crittenden County	64.6	85.3	79.4	18.8
74	Washington County	64.5	86.8	72.7	26.7
75	Pulaski County	63.4	80.3	73.5	22.8