76,389 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.1% since 2020)
772 square miles of land · 99 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.
13 active community water systems list Lonoke County in the area they serve, reporting 90,919 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CABOT WATERWORKS buys surface water · federal · AR0000338 | 27,578 served |
| GRAND PRAIRIE REGIONAL WATER groundwater · local government · AR0000738 | 16,330 served |
| GRAND PRAIRIE BAYOU 2 PWA buys surface water · local government · AR0000734 | 13,138 served |
| WARD WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000345 | 12,579 served |
| LONOKE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000343 | 4,277 served |
| DES ARC WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000449 | 4,245 served |
| AUSTIN WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000346 | 3,600 served |
| FURLOW PUBLIC WATER AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · AR0000645 | 3,138 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 229 people were held in Lonoke County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2020), or 473 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2015 it was about 166.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Lonoke County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $126.4 million — $115.4 million to run schools, about $10,792 per student, plus $9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.4 million local (mostly property tax), $94.1 million state, $14.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $65.2 million.
Spent $21.8 million — $18.5 million to run schools, about $11,548 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $15.2 million state, $4.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $36.3 million.
Spent $9.2 million — $8.7 million to run schools, about $12,900 per student, plus $234,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.2 million.
Spent $10.1 million — $9.2 million to run schools, about $14,270 per student, plus $546,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $6.5 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.1 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 Lonoke County about $41.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
189 bridges in Lonoke County: 105 in good condition, 75 fair, and 9 poor (4.8%). “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 367 Log 9.36 over CYPRESS RELIEF · built 1939 | 3,524 vehicles a day |
| SH 31 Log 3.54 over SALT BAYOU · built 1955 | 720 vehicles a day |
| SH 13 Log 0.88 over CROOKED CREEK · built 1968 | 340 vehicles a day |
| CR 61 KERR RD over I-40 LOG 164.81 · built 1963 | 280 vehicles a day |
| CR 67 FAIRVIEW over WATTENSAW · built 2000 | 160 vehicles a day |
| Northcutt Road over TWO PRAIRIE BAYOU · built 1990 | 86 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $22 million of work in Lonoke County in fiscal 2025, about $297 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 Lonoke 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 Lonoke County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Prairie County (20 mi) · Pulaski County (24 mi) · Jefferson County (33 mi) · White County (35 mi) · Faulkner County (37 mi) · Monroe County (40 mi).