Arkansas counties ranked:

Polling locations per person

Quick guide to the chart:

• Darker coloring means fewer polling places per person. Lighter means more polling access.
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Benton County has just one polling place for every 9,178 people. That puts them in last place among all of Arkansas’ 75 counties. And it’s less than half the number of locations per person as their neighbor, Washington County, which has one location per 4,238 people.

Pope County has just one polling place for every 9,113 people. There are wide gaps between polling locations, impacting our rural communities the most.

Arkansas County has just one polling place for every 8,361 people. This is the worst performing county in the Delta.

Lonoke County has just one polling place for every 8,302 people. 

Craighead County has just one polling place for every 7,481 people.

Cleveland County has one polling place for every 537 people. That makes them the most accessible among all of Arkansas’ 75 counties. It’s a marked disparity from the worst county (one per 9,000 people) to the best (one per 500 people).

Newton County has one polling place for every 800 people. Like Cleveland, Newton is also a rural county which has a done a good job of ensuring polling locations are available to its residents.

Prairie County has one polling place for every 814 people. 

Scott County has one polling place for every 819 people.

Searcy County has one polling place for every 876 people.

Jefferson County has just one early voting location to serve its entire population of 65,861 people. That puts them in last place among all of Arkansas’ 75 counties. Jefferson fares much better with a rank of 21 in Election Day voting but provides little support for early voters.

Pope County has just one early voting location to serve its entire population of 63,789 people. Pope also ranked 74th (next to last) in Election Day polling locations per person.

Craighead County has just two early voting locations, amounting to one location per 56,109 people. Craighead also performs poorly in Election Day locations, ranking 71st out of 75.

Greene County has just one early voting location for all of its 46,317 people. 

Miller County has just one early voting location for all of its 42,649 people.

Desha County has an early voting location for every 1,442 people. That makes them the most accessible for early voting among all of Arkansas’ 75 counties. Some of these locations are only open on the Saturday and Monday prior to Election Day, however. Desha also does well in Election Day locations, ranked 25th.

Prairie County has an early voting location for every 4,068 people. Prairie also does well in Election Day locations, ranked 3rd.

Calhoun County has an early voting location for every 4,741 people. Calhoun also does well in Election Day locations, ranked 9th.

Pike County has an early voting location for every 5,033 people. Pike is ranked 54th in Election Day locations.

Sharp County has an early voting location for every 5,874 people. Pike is ranked 27th in Election Day locations.