14,661 people (2024 Census estimate, −10.8% since 2020)
690 square miles of land · 21 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 Phillips County in the area they serve, reporting 16,357 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WEST HELENA WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000416 | 5,693 served |
| BARTON LEXA WATER ASSOCIATION groundwater · local government · AR0000415 | 3,565 served |
| HELENA WATER SEWER groundwater · local government · AR0000419 | 2,708 served |
| MARVELL RURAL WATER ASSOC groundwater · local government · AR0000637 | 1,305 served |
| ELAINE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000418 | 1,233 served |
| MARVELL WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000421 | 1,000 served |
| LAKE VIEW MUNICIPAL WATER groundwater · local government · AR0000420 | 665 served |
| LONG LAKE WATER ASSOCIATION buys groundwater · local government · AR0000274 | 188 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 59 people were held in Phillips County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2012), or 461 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2007 it was about 75.
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 Phillips County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $19.4 million — $14.8 million to run schools, about $14,610 per student, plus $3.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.9 million local (mostly property tax), $13.3 million state, $6.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $27.9 million.
Spent $10.6 million — $8.9 million to run schools, about $13,150 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $885,000 local (mostly property tax), $7.4 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.9 million.
Spent $7 million — $6.5 million to run schools, about $19,631 per student, plus $144,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $957,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.9 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.8 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 Phillips County about $13.5 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.
97 bridges in Phillips County: 36 in good condition, 42 fair, and 19 poor (19.6%). “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-49/Sec10/L17.99 over Ar Delta Heritage Trail · built 1948 | 8,056 vehicles a day |
| US 49- Phillips Co over Mississippi River-Dist 1 · built 1961 | 3,900 vehicles a day |
| Us-49/Sec-11/L0.08 over RR · built 1961 | 3,900 vehicles a day |
| Sh-20/Sec-1/L22.43 over Long Lake · built 1966 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
| Little Rock Street over Caney Creek · built 1986 | 460 vehicles a day |
| Cr-518/Z-K/L-5.56 over Cypress Bayou · built 1984 | 455 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $14.7 million of work in Phillips County in fiscal 2025, about $890 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: Coahoma County, MS (20 mi) · Lee County (25 mi) · Monroe County (27 mi) · Arkansas County (31 mi) · Tunica County, MS (32 mi) · Quitman County, MS (34 mi).