46,928 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.3% since 2020)
577 square miles of land · 81 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 Greene County in the area they serve, reporting 129,980 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| JONESBORO WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · AR0000124 | 81,888 served |
| PARAGOULD MUNICIPAL UTILITIES groundwater · local government · AR0000222 | 31,188 served |
| WESTERN GREENE COUNTY R W D groundwater · local government · AR0000704 | 7,095 served |
| CLAY CO REG WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · AR0000722 | 5,633 served |
| LAFE REGIONAL WATER DISTRIBUTION DISTRIC groundwater · local government · AR0000483 | 2,583 served |
| MARMADUKE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000225 | 1,410 served |
| DELAPLAINE WATERWORKS buys groundwater · local government · AR0000224 | 183 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 280 people were held in Greene County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 963 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 160.
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 Greene County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $48.4 million — $41.1 million to run schools, about $11,247 per student, plus $5.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.4 million local (mostly property tax), $33.2 million state, $6.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $32.6 million.
Spent $41.2 million — $38.5 million to run schools, about $11,979 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.7 million local (mostly property tax), $30.1 million state, $10.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $29.2 million.
Spent $9.3 million — $8.3 million to run schools, about $11,616 per student, plus $533,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $6.4 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.3 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 Greene County about $33.9 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.
251 bridges in Greene County: 125 in good condition, 120 fair, and 6 poor (2.4%). “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 141-02- LM 3.85 over POPLAR CREEK · built 1977 | 980 vehicles a day |
| SH 34-04- LM 11.06 over AUNT BETTY DITCH · built 1969 | 480 vehicles a day |
| SH 168-00- LM 2.36 over DRAINAGE DITCH · built 1941 | 430 vehicles a day |
| SH 168-00- LM 1.31 over MAIN LATERAL DR. DITCH · built 1968 | 430 vehicles a day |
| CR 419 C over CREEK · built 1992 | 227 vehicles a day |
| CR 434 - C over JOHNSON CREEK · built 1986 | 93 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $4.1 million of work in Greene County in fiscal 2025, about $90 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
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Nearby counties: Clay County (19 mi) · Craighead County (21 mi) · Dunklin County, MO (28 mi) · Randolph County (30 mi) · Lawrence County (30 mi) · Mississippi County (38 mi).