22,300 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.9% since 2020)
758 square miles of land · 29 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 Poinsett County in the area they serve, reporting 120,650 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| JONESBORO WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · AR0000124 | 81,888 served |
| TRUMANN WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000435 | 10,000 served |
| CROSS COUNTY RURAL WATER SYS groundwater · local government · AR0000459 | 8,750 served |
| CROWLEYS RIDGE WATER ASSOC groundwater · local government · AR0000180 | 3,873 served |
| BUFFALO ISLAND REG WATER DIST buys surface water · local government · AR0000671 | 3,055 served |
| HARRISBURG WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000431 | 2,824 served |
| MARKED TREE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000430 | 2,610 served |
| LEPANTO WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000432 | 2,231 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 65 people were held in Poinsett County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 462 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 122.
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 Poinsett County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $19.1 million — $16.5 million to run schools, about $10,508 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $14.6 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.5 million.
Spent $16.7 million — $15.4 million to run schools, about $14,381 per student, plus $852,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $11.1 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.3 million.
Spent $8.1 million — $8 million to run schools, about $12,824 per student, plus $99,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $784,000 local (mostly property tax), $5.7 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $8.1 million — $7.1 million to run schools, about $13,306 per student, plus $893,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $753,000 local (mostly property tax), $5 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.8 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 Poinsett County about $24.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
194 bridges in Poinsett County: 82 in good condition, 81 fair, and 31 poor (16.0%). “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 140-01- LM 9.93 over LITTLE RIVER · built 1948 | 3,500 vehicles a day |
| SH 140-01- LM 1.74 over LEFT HAND CHUTE · built 1948 | 2,700 vehicles a day |
| SH 140-01- LM 9.11 over LITTLE RIVER · built 1948 | 2,700 vehicles a day |
| Co. Rd 852 over Hwy 14 Side Drain · built 1965 | 2,500 vehicles a day |
| SH 69-06- LM 1.51 over DITCH NO 7 · built 1962 | 1,666 vehicles a day |
| SH 135-01-LM 15.09 over Right Chute Little River · built 1954 | 1,500 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $20.2 million of work in Poinsett County in fiscal 2025, about $879 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 Poinsett 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 Poinsett County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Craighead County (18 mi) · Cross County (20 mi) · Jackson County (30 mi) · Crittenden County (33 mi) · Mississippi County (38 mi) · St. Francis County (38 mi).