6,015 people (2024 Census estimate, −4.4% since 2020)
529 square miles of land · 11 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 Lafayette County in the area they serve, reporting 6,056 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LEWISVILLE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000297 | 1,951 served |
| STAMPS WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000296 | 1,633 served |
| WALKER CREEK STATELINE RWA groundwater · private · AR0000858 | 1,340 served |
| BRADLEY WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000294 | 567 served |
| BUCKNER WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000295 | 290 served |
| WALNUT HILL WATER ASSOCIATION buys groundwater · private · AR0000298 | 275 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 52 people were held in Lafayette County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 1,350 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2013 it was about 25.
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.
1 school district has its office in Lafayette County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $9.4 million — $8.8 million to run schools, about $17,107 per student, plus $407,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1 million local (mostly property tax), $5.4 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.7 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 Lafayette County about $6.9 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.
72 bridges in Lafayette County: 41 in good condition, 29 fair, and 2 poor (2.8%). “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 160 SEC.02-9.00 over BODCAW CREEK · built 1964 | 1,300 vehicles a day |
| C.R. 22 - B - 5.11 over CREEK · built 1998 | 75 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $131.8 million of work in Lafayette County in fiscal 2025, about $20,892 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Miller County (17 mi) · Columbia County (22 mi) · Nevada County (34 mi) · Hempstead County (34 mi) · Bossier Parish, LA (37 mi) · Webster Parish, LA (38 mi).