20,134 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.4% since 2020)
930 square miles of land · 22 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 Yell County in the area they serve, reporting 22,508 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| NE YELL COUNTY WATER ASSOC buys surface water · local government · AR0000697 | 7,198 served |
| DARDANELLE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000601 | 4,517 served |
| TRI COUNTY RWDD -MOORES CHAPEL buys surface water · local government · AR0000846 | 3,112 served |
| DANVILLE WATERWORKS surface water · local government · AR0000603 | 2,810 served |
| HAVANA WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000602 | 1,411 served |
| OLA WATERWORKS surface water · local government · AR0000604 | 1,204 served |
| CASA WATER DEPT buys surface water · local government · AR0000660 | 1,153 served |
| BELLEVILLE WATER buys surface water · local government · AR0000600 | 1,103 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 45 people were held in Yell County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 353 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 24.
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 Yell County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $26.2 million — $24.5 million to run schools, about $11,856 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.6 million local (mostly property tax), $20.4 million state, $4.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.8 million.
Spent $11 million — $10.4 million to run schools, about $13,177 per student, plus $283,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $822,000 local (mostly property tax), $7.8 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.8 million.
Spent $12.1 million — $10.7 million to run schools, about $13,635 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $7.8 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $9 million.
Spent $6.8 million — $5.1 million to run schools, about $15,969 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $538,000 local (mostly property tax), $4 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.1 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 Yell County about $15 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.
227 bridges in Yell County: 113 in good condition, 108 fair, and 6 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.
| SH 27 over ABANDONED RAILROAD · built 1955 | 4,932 vehicles a day |
| Hwy 27 Side Drain over Creek · built 1968 | 610 vehicles a day |
| SH 154 over CHICKALAH CREEK · built 1969 | 560 vehicles a day |
| FDR 11 over CEDAR CREEK · built 1923 | 50 vehicles a day |
| FDR 519 over DRAIN · built 1982 | 50 vehicles a day |
| CR8/Duck Pond Rd over Fourche LaFave River · built 1905 | 15 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.3 million of work in Yell County in fiscal 2025, about $162 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 Yell 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 Yell County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Logan County (23 mi) · Perry County (27 mi) · Garland County (32 mi) · Montgomery County (34 mi) · Scott County (38 mi) · Pope County (38 mi).