16,194 people (2024 Census estimate, −3.6% since 2020)
616 square miles of land · 26 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.
7 active community water systems list Cross County in the area they serve, reporting 21,757 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CROSS COUNTY RURAL WATER SYS groundwater · local government · AR0000459 | 8,750 served |
| WYNNE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000163 | 8,391 served |
| VANNDALE-BIRDEYE WATER ASSOC groundwater · local government · AR0000162 | 2,174 served |
| PARKIN WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000160 | 1,045 served |
| CHERRY VALLEY WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000158 | 650 served |
| HICKORY RIDGE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000159 | 424 served |
| PARKIN RURAL PUBLIC WATER AUTHORITY buys groundwater · local government · AR0000662 | 323 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 86 people were held in Cross County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 845 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 59.
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 Cross County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $32.6 million — $29.3 million to run schools, about $11,784 per student, plus $3.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.2 million local (mostly property tax), $22.1 million state, $6.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.8 million.
Spent $10.2 million — $7.7 million to run schools, about $11,062 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $6.5 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.2 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 Cross County about $19.6 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.
127 bridges in Cross County: 43 in good condition, 67 fair, and 17 poor (13.4%). “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-1/Sec14/L10.022 over Wolfe Creek · built 1950 | 4,400 vehicles a day |
| Sh-1/Sec14/L11.394 over Cooper Creek · built 1951 | 4,203 vehicles a day |
| Sh-350/Sec2/L0.579 over Turrey Creek · built 1976 | 1,100 vehicles a day |
| Sh-364/Sec2/L2.778 over Creek · built 1975 | 620 vehicles a day |
| Sh-42/Sec-2/L5.629 over Gum Slough · built 1934 | 609 vehicles a day |
| Sh-42/Sec-2/L6.421 over Brushy Lake · built 1956 | 609 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.5 million of work in Cross County in fiscal 2025, about $207 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 Cross 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 Cross County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: St. Francis County (18 mi) · Poinsett County (20 mi) · Crittenden County (27 mi) · Woodruff County (28 mi) · Jackson County (34 mi) · Lee County (35 mi).