7,367 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.5% since 2020)
598 square miles of land · 12 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.
6 active community water systems list Cleveland County in the area they serve, reporting 13,355 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HWY 63 WATER ASSOCIATION groundwater · local government · AR0000107 | 7,187 served |
| CLEVELAND CO RURAL WATER USERS ASSOC groundwater · local government · AR0000069 | 2,244 served |
| WEST SALINE WATER USERS ASSN groundwater · local government · AR0000682 | 1,825 served |
| RISON WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000106 | 1,344 served |
| KINGSLAND WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000108 | 447 served |
| OUTSIDE KINGSLAND WATER ASSOC groundwater · private · AR0000802 | 308 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 5 people were held in Cleveland County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 111 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 6.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Cleveland County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $11 million — $9.2 million to run schools, about $12,407 per student, plus $468,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $6.7 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.2 million.
Spent $6.5 million — $6.2 million to run schools, about $10,757 per student, plus $174,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $685,000 local (mostly property tax), $5 million state, $927,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.5 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Cleveland County about $2.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
78 bridges in Cleveland County: 35 in good condition, 39 fair, and 4 poor (5.1%). “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.
| SH 35 S-4 LM 6.60 over DERISAUX RELIEF · built 1956 | 630 vehicles a day |
| SH 35 S-4 LM 9.18 over HARRISON CREEK · built 1956 | 630 vehicles a day |
| CR 20 (Russell Rd) over SMITH CREEK · built 1953 | 272 vehicles a day |
| Cleve. CR 16 Z-E over EAGLE CREEK · built 1985 | 223 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.2 million of work in Cleveland County in fiscal 2025, about $694 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 Cleveland 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 Cleveland County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Lincoln County (26 mi) · Dallas County (27 mi) · Bradley County (29 mi) · Calhoun County (30 mi) · Grant County (30 mi) · Jefferson County (30 mi).