25,646 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.8% since 2020)
554 square miles of land · 46 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
8 active community water systems list Cleburne County in the area they serve, reporting 55,760 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · AR0000101 | 18,628 served |
| HEBER SPRINGS WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · AR0000104 | 14,015 served |
| MOUNTAIN TOP WATER ASSOCIATION buys surface water · local government · AR0000454 | 9,253 served |
| TUMBLING SHOALS WATER ASSOC buys surface water · local government · AR0000579 | 6,608 served |
| WEST STONE COUNTY WATER ASSN buys surface water · local government · AR0000735 | 5,188 served |
| QUITMAN WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000105 | 1,400 served |
| WILBURN WATER ASSOCIATION buys surface water · local government · AR0000686 | 668 served |
| LONOKE WHITE PUBLIC WATER AUTHORITY surface water · local government · AR0001076 | 0 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 47 people were held in Cleburne County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 321 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 75.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
4 school districts have their office in Cleburne County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $18.8 million — $17.2 million to run schools, about $10,613 per student, plus $583,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $13.6 million state, $5 million federal. Long-term debt: $22.7 million.
Spent $10.7 million — $9.3 million to run schools, about $10,512 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.2 million local (mostly property tax), $7.6 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $9 million.
Spent $8.4 million — $7.9 million to run schools, about $15,557 per student, plus $341,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $5.5 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.2 million.
Spent $7.4 million — $6.2 million to run schools, about $16,507 per student, plus $776,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $4.5 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.8 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Cleburne County about $23.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
53 bridges in Cleburne County: 25 in good condition, 26 fair, and 2 poor (3.8%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| E.8TH ST. Heber Sp over SULPHUR CREEK · built 1994 | 457 vehicles a day |
| CR13/Cleburne Co. over TAYLOR CREEK · built 1930 | 66 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.8 million of work in Cleburne County in fiscal 2025, about $235 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-19 to 2026-11-02. Absentee application due (by mail, email, or fax): 2026-10-27. Absentee ballot hand-delivered by you: last day: 2026-10-30. Election Day — and mailed absentee ballots must arrive: 2026-11-03. Provisional ballot: show your ID by noon: 2026-11-09. General runoff (only where a race needs one): 2026-12-01.
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State, 2026 election calendar · Fayetteville Flyer, Oct. 5, 2026 · sos.arkansas.gov — voting in Arkansas
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Cleburne County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Cleburne County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Stone County (20 mi) · Independence County (27 mi) · White County (27 mi) · Van Buren County (28 mi) · Izard County (35 mi) · Faulkner County (36 mi).