401,209 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.5% since 2020)
758 square miles of land · 529 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.
11 active community water systems list Pulaski County in the area they serve, reporting 478,409 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CENTRAL ARKANSAS WATER surface water · local government · AR0000465 | 368,455 served |
| JACKSONVILLE WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000466 | 32,875 served |
| CABOT WATERWORKS buys surface water · federal · AR0000338 | 27,578 served |
| GRAND PRAIRIE REGIONAL WATER groundwater · local government · AR0000738 | 16,330 served |
| MID-ARKANSAS UTILITIES P.W.A buys surface water · local government · AR0000725 | 11,745 served |
| US AIR FORCE BASE LITTLE ROCK buys surface water · federal · AR0000690 | 8,618 served |
| PERRYVILLE WATERWORKS surface water · local government · AR0000413 | 5,550 served |
| MAUMELLE WATER CORPORATION groundwater · local government · AR0000464 | 2,832 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 1,267 people were held in Pulaski County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 497 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 1,172.
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 Pulaski County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $447.9 million — $342.4 million to run schools, about $15,959 per student, plus $86.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $69 million local (mostly property tax), $235.8 million state, $74.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $410.8 million.
Spent $197.3 million — $170.6 million to run schools, about $13,934 per student, plus $15.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $40.8 million local (mostly property tax), $123 million state, $26.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $322.6 million.
Spent $115.7 million — $106.2 million to run schools, about $12,947 per student, plus $3.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.6 million local (mostly property tax), $84.1 million state, $25.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $223 million.
Spent $67.8 million — $50.9 million to run schools, about $11,264 per student, plus $12.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.4 million local (mostly property tax), $45.1 million state, $15.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $28.7 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 High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Pulaski County about $212.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
730 bridges in Pulaski County: 367 in good condition, 344 fair, and 19 poor (2.6%). “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.
| I-30 Log 141.70 over UNION PACIFIC RR · built 1961 | 119,000 vehicles a day |
| I-630 WB Log 2.10 over Rice Thayer RR Creek · built 1969 | 55,000 vehicles a day |
| I-630 EB Log 2.10 over Rice Thayer RR Creek · built 1969 | 55,000 vehicles a day |
| I-30 EB Log 136.91 over SH 367 RR CREEK · built 1961 | 53,500 vehicles a day |
| I-30 WB Log 136.90 over SH 367 RR CREEK · built 1961 | 53,500 vehicles a day |
| US 67 NB Log 10.89 over SH 161 · built 1958 | 50,000 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2.1 billion of work in Pulaski County in fiscal 2025, about $5,164 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: Saline County (22 mi) · Lonoke County (24 mi) · Faulkner County (26 mi) · Grant County (34 mi) · Perry County (37 mi) · Conway County (40 mi).