12,546 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.1% since 2020)
618 square miles of land · 20 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 Fulton County in the area they serve, reporting 14,571 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CHEROKEE VILLAGE WATER ASSOC groundwater · local government · AR0000521 | 4,780 served |
| FULTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORI groundwater · local government · AR0000814 | 2,411 served |
| HIGHLAND WATER ASSOCIATION groundwater · local government · AR0000672 | 2,390 served |
| MAMMOTH SPRING WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000206 | 1,777 served |
| SALEM WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000204 | 1,639 served |
| ASH FLAT WATER COMPANY groundwater · local government · AR0000527 | 1,186 served |
| VIOLA WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000205 | 336 served |
| HOSANNA HEIGHTS WATER groundwater · local government · AR0000884 | 52 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 26 people were held in Fulton County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 365 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.
3 school districts have their office in Fulton County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $10.8 million — $9.6 million to run schools, about $10,983 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $7.4 million state, $2.3 million federal.
Spent $8.4 million — $6.9 million to run schools, about $13,494 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $891,000 local (mostly property tax), $5.3 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 million.
Spent $6.2 million — $5.7 million to run schools, about $14,610 per student, plus $467,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $4.1 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.2 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 Fulton County about $9.4 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.
104 bridges in Fulton County: 32 in good condition, 59 fair, and 13 poor (12.5%). “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 9/Fulton County over CREEK · built 1926 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| SH 9/Fulton County over Little Strawberry Creek · built 1926 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| SH 9/Fulton County over CREEK · built 1926 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| SH 395/Fulton Co. over PINE HILL CREEK · built 1960 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| Cr74/Fulton Co. over SPRING RIVER · built 1916 | 779 vehicles a day |
| SH 223/Fulton Co. over BIG CREEK · built 1919 | 740 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $7.7 million of work in Fulton County in fiscal 2025, about $641 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 Fulton 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 Fulton County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Izard County (20 mi) · Sharp County (24 mi) · Howell County, MO (27 mi) · Baxter County (29 mi) · Oregon County, MO (31 mi) · Ozark County, MO (40 mi).