6,415 people (2024 Census estimate, −5.3% since 2020)
607 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.
7 active community water systems list Monroe County in the area they serve, reporting 23,762 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| GRAND PRAIRIE REGIONAL WATER groundwater · local government · AR0000738 | 16,330 served |
| BRINKLEY WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000384 | 3,125 served |
| HOLLY GROVE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000388 | 1,557 served |
| CLARENDON WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000385 | 1,320 served |
| EAST MONROE COUNTY WATER USERS buys groundwater · local government · AR0000715 | 833 served |
| UNITED WATER ASSOCIATION buys groundwater · local government · AR0000654 | 473 served |
| ROE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000389 | 124 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 4 people were held in Monroe County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 105 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 35.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Monroe County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $8.7 million — $7.3 million to run schools, about $15,400 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $733,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.6 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.6 million.
Spent $8.1 million — $7.2 million to run schools, about $15,420 per student, plus $743,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $707,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.1 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.4 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 Monroe County about $7.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
85 bridges in Monroe County: 47 in good condition, 32 fair, and 6 poor (7.1%). “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.
| Us-79/Sec-13/L0.23 over Bayou Lagrue · built 1950 | 3,600 vehicles a day |
| Us-49/Sec-9/L-0.29 over 7th St SLSW RR · built 1962 | 1,700 vehicles a day |
| Sh-17/Sec-3/L-2.98 over Bayou Deview · built 1949 | 970 vehicles a day |
| Sh-17/Sec-1/L11.1 over Dials Creek · built 1955 | 430 vehicles a day |
| Sh-238/Sec-1/L7.63 over Little Piney Creek · built 1948 | 260 vehicles a day |
| Sh-366/Sec-2/L7.24 over Cypress Creek · built 1976 | 160 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $11.6 million of work in Monroe County in fiscal 2025, about $1,700 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 Monroe 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 Monroe County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Prairie County (22 mi) · Lee County (25 mi) · Phillips County (26 mi) · Arkansas County (29 mi) · St. Francis County (35 mi) · Woodruff County (35 mi).