64,829 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.2% since 2020)
811 square miles of land · 80 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.
9 active community water systems list Pope County in the area they serve, reporting 66,121 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY CORPORATION surface water · local government · AR0000446 | 29,260 served |
| TRI-COUNTY WATER DISTBR DIST buys surface water · local government · AR0000782 | 16,084 served |
| EAST JOHNSON CO WATER ASSN buys surface water · local government · AR0000772 | 5,200 served |
| ATKINS WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · AR0000441 | 4,439 served |
| POTTSVILLE WATER ASSOCIATION buys surface water · local government · AR0000445 | 4,045 served |
| VAN BUREN COUNTY PWA buys surface water · local government · AR0000727 | 3,500 served |
| DOVER WATERWORKS surface water · local government · AR0000444 | 1,797 served |
| LONDON WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000443 | 1,443 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 188 people were held in Pope County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 453 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 193.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Pope County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $79.7 million — $74.2 million to run schools, about $13,246 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.3 million local (mostly property tax), $55.2 million state, $12.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $81.4 million.
Spent $21.4 million — $19.2 million to run schools, about $10,323 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $16.5 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.8 million.
Spent $16.2 million — $14.8 million to run schools, about $11,773 per student, plus $698,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $11.4 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $15.9 million.
Spent $12.6 million — $11.7 million to run schools, about $11,803 per student, plus $460,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $9.3 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.6 million.
Spent $9.2 million — $8.2 million to run schools, about $13,142 per student, plus $749,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $895,000 local (mostly property tax), $6.1 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Pope County about $38.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
191 bridges in Pope County: 74 in good condition, 115 fair, and 2 poor (1.0%). “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 124 over Clear Creek · built 1962 | 887 vehicles a day |
| East Gumlog Rd - B over Gumlog Creek · built 1970 | 385 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $35.2 million of work in Pope County in fiscal 2025, about $555 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 Pope 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 Pope County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Conway County (23 mi) · Johnson County (26 mi) · Van Buren County (30 mi) · Newton County (33 mi) · Searcy County (36 mi) · Perry County (36 mi).