131,611 people (2024 Census estimate, +6.3% since 2020)
647 square miles of land · 203 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.
10 active community water systems list Faulkner County in the area they serve, reporting 153,682 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CONWAY WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · AR0000189 | 65,233 served |
| VILONIA WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000195 | 24,690 served |
| COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · AR0000101 | 18,628 served |
| GREENBRIER WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000191 | 12,938 served |
| MID-ARKANSAS UTILITIES P.W.A buys surface water · local government · AR0000725 | 11,745 served |
| MAYFLOWER WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000193 | 7,390 served |
| WOOSTER WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000196 | 5,000 served |
| BEAVERFORK PWA buys surface water · local government · AR0000844 | 4,220 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 498 people were held in Faulkner County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 568 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 400.
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.
6 school districts have their office in Faulkner County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $127.3 million — $119.8 million to run schools, about $11,689 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $19.6 million local (mostly property tax), $92.8 million state, $19.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $160.8 million.
Spent $50.8 million — $38.9 million to run schools, about $10,076 per student, plus $9.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.3 million local (mostly property tax), $33.7 million state, $5.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $60.8 million.
Spent $34.1 million — $31.8 million to run schools, about $10,431 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.3 million local (mostly property tax), $26.6 million state, $4.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $17.2 million.
Spent $13.2 million — $10.3 million to run schools, about $9,848 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $9.4 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.9 million.
Spent $7.3 million — $6.4 million to run schools, about $11,486 per student, plus $538,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $5.2 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.8 million.
Spent $5.1 million — $4.8 million to run schools, about $13,603 per student, plus $98,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $964,000 local (mostly property tax), $3 million state, $774,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.9 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Faulkner County about $74.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
218 bridges in Faulkner County: 117 in good condition, 98 fair, and 3 poor (1.4%). “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 266 over I 40-SEC 32 · built 1967 | 10,000 vehicles a day |
| SH 36 over Muddy Bayou Relief · built 1962 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| SH 107 over Cadron Creek · built 1963 | 639 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $18 million of work in Faulkner County in fiscal 2025, about $146 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 Faulkner 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 Faulkner County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Conway County (22 mi) · Pulaski County (26 mi) · Van Buren County (32 mi) · White County (34 mi) · Cleburne County (36 mi) · Perry County (36 mi).