10,027 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.3% since 2020)
600 square miles of land · 17 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 Pike County in the area they serve, reporting 8,878 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| GLENWOOD WATER DEPARTMENT surface water · local government · AR0000422 | 2,073 served |
| NORTH PIKE CO RURAL WATER ASSN buys surface water · private · AR0000826 | 1,932 served |
| MURFREESBORO WATERWORKS surface water · local government · AR0000425 | 1,645 served |
| DELIGHT WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000423 | 1,577 served |
| SOUTH PIKE CO WATER buys surface water · local government · AR0000978 | 755 served |
| ANTOINE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000424 | 563 served |
| PIKE CITY WATER ASSN buys surface water · local government · AR0000818 | 333 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 51 people were held in Pike County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 793 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 47.
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 Pike County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $14.5 million — $13.9 million to run schools, about $14,251 per student, plus $338,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $9.7 million state, $4 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.7 million.
Spent $9.4 million — $8.7 million to run schools, about $13,273 per student, plus $516,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $6.9 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.8 million.
Spent $6.6 million — $4.9 million to run schools, about $10,929 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $687,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.2 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.5 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 Pike County about $6.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
95 bridges in Pike County: 28 in good condition, 62 fair, and 5 poor (5.3%). “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 26-SEC.03-16.63 over ANTOINE RIVER · built 1953 | 1,227 vehicles a day |
| SH 84 - 03 - 4.23 over ANTOINE CREEK · built 1956 | 840 vehicles a day |
| SH 84 - 03 - 7.51 over BIGSBY CREEK · built 1956 | 840 vehicles a day |
| SH 29 SEC.06- 2.58 over WOLF CREEK · built 1961 | 410 vehicles a day |
| CORD 103; BOWEN BR over CREEK · built 1972 | 23 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $416,378 of work in Pike County in fiscal 2025, about $41 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 Pike 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 Pike County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Howard County (20 mi) · Montgomery County (27 mi) · Clark County (28 mi) · Hempstead County (29 mi) · Sevier County (35 mi) · Nevada County (39 mi).