County · Arkansas

Pulaski County, Arkansas

Pulaski County, Arkansas has a quality-of-life score of 41 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,860 of 3,143 US counties. Within Arkansas it ranks #6 of 75 counties. It ranks best on distance to an airport (low), mental health care shortage (low) and primary care physicians (high). It ranks worst on violent crime rate (high), property crime rate (high) and median Air Quality Index (high).

41Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,860 of 3,143 counties
Arkansas: #6 of 75 in AR
Population: 404,611 (2025)
Land area: 758 mi²
Density: 533.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 05119

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety2#3,030/3,096
Economy45#1,727/3,143
Housing40#1,895/3,140
Health35#2,052/3,144
Healthcare82#578/3,143
Environment2#3,061/3,108
Education53#1,491/3,144
Infrastructure87#396/3,144
Community33#2,097/3,144
Leisure & amenities70#943/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Pulaski County, Arkansas ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low9 mi
97/100Arkansas 46 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Arkansas 12.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Primary care physicians · high123 /100k
96/100Arkansas 69 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health providers · high544 /100k
93/100Arkansas 281 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an emergency room · low3.6 mi
92/100Arkansas 7.3 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
92/100Arkansas 60 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau

Weaknesses

Violent crime rate · high1,164 /100k
1/100Arkansas 532 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Property crime rate · high3,395 /100k
1/100Arkansas 1,645 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Median Air Quality Index · high55
2/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Time spent in the emergency room · high245 min
2/100Arkansas 165 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.506
3/100Arkansas 0.479United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.2 µg/m³
4/100Arkansas 8.6 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
5% (2021) → 85% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+80 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.4% (2015-2019) → 89.5% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
25.5% (2020 & 2021) → 34.8% (2023 & 2024)
+9.3 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Traffic deathsWorsening
14.6 /100k (2015-2019) → 21.3 /100k (2020-2024)
+45%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
33.4 /100k (2021) → 18.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−45%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
76.3% (2010 & 2021) → 85.0% (2022 & 2024)
+8.7 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Pulaski County, Arkansas improved on 11 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 16 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Firearm deaths−28%31.3 /100k → 22.5 /100k
Homicides−51%23.8 /100k → 11.7 /100k
Unemployment−3.2 points7.4% → 4.2%
Bachelor's++3.6 points34.3% → 37.9%
Real income+34%$56,764 → $75,802

Declined4

New businesses−8.7%19.3 /1k → 17.6 /1k
Students / teacher+0.8×13.7× → 14.5×
Traffic deaths+45%14.6 /100k → 21.3 /100k
Price / income+0.4×3.0× → 3.4×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Pulaski County, Arkansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.2 /10k2020	4.3 /10k2025	+3.4%	Within the margin of error	46%
Average commute time	20.4 min2015-2019	20.3 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	59%
Average weekly wage	$1,0572020	$1,2632025	+19%	Improved	20%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%2015-2019	37.9%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Improved	65%
Broadband subscriptions	78.4%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	60%
Child poverty rate	19.9%2019	20.8%2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Distance to an airport	9 mi2020	9 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	26.0 /100k2020	18.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−29%	Improved	52%
Effective property tax rate	0.86%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	49%
Firearm deaths	31.3 /100k2020	22.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−28%	Improved	87%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−7.1%	Within the margin of error	32%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.7 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−2.8%	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	90.4%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	51%
Homicide rate	23.8 /100k2020	11.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−51%	Improved	73%
Income adjusted for local prices	$56,7642019	$75,8022024	+34%	Improved	61%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5092015-2019	0.5062020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$52,6842019	$66,7062024	+27%	Improved	59%
New business applications	19.3 /1k2020	17.6 /1k2025	−8.7%	Declined	5%
Pharmacies	2.7 /10k2020	2.6 /10k2025	−0.4%	Within the margin of error	66%
Poverty rate	14.6%2019	16.0%2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Property crime rate	4,128 /100k2020	3,395 /100k2025	−18%	Improved	24%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	+3.7%	Within the margin of error	77%
Public transit commuters	0.8%2015-2019	0.7%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent as share of income	29.3%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Rent-burdened households	48.2%2015-2019	47.9%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Restaurants and bars	10.1 /10k2020	9.9 /10k2025	−2.3%	Within the margin of error	42%
Students per teacher	13.7×2019	14.5×2024	+0.8×	Declined	11%
Suicide rate	17.3 /100k2020	17.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−1.7%	Within the margin of error	61%
Traffic deaths	14.6 /100k2015-2019	21.3 /100k2020-2024	+45%	Declined	15%
Unemployment rate	7.4%2020	4.2%2025	−3.2 points	Improved	67%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.9%2019	11.0%2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Violent crime rate	1,410 /100k2020	1,164 /100k2025	−17%	Improved	52%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Pulaski County, Arkansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pulaski County, Arkansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Pulaski County, Arkansas itself moved −1.3 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

399,818 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−0.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

399,818 residents

Pulaski County, Arkansas
Arkansas share

White48%192,526
Black37%146,572
Hispanic or Latino8.4%33,418
Asian2.2%8,752
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%735
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%164
Other or two or more races4.4%17,651

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−4.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

271,489 residents (±107)

Pulaski County, Arkansas
Arkansas share

No high school diploma7.8%21,112
High school or GED25%67,220
Some college21%57,747
Associate degree8.3%22,430
Bachelor's degree23%61,275
Graduate degree15%41,705

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+1.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

172,409 households (±1,380)

Pulaski County, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $25k19%33,447
$25k–50k22%38,194
$50k–75k15%26,686
$75k–100k12%21,153
$100k–150k15%25,739
$150k–200k6.6%11,427
$200k or more9.1%15,763

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−4.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

172,409 households (±1,380)

Pulaski County, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Own57%98,266
Rent43%74,143

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−1.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

70,648 households (±1,966)

Pulaski County, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $75016%11,523
$750–1,00025%17,994
$1,000–1,50041%28,758

Home values

98,266 homes (±1,975)

Pulaski County, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $150k29%28,288
$150k–250k31%30,267
$250k–400k24%23,325

Age of homes

193,408 homes (±125)

Pulaski County, Arkansas
Arkansas share

2010 or later13%25,122
2000–200912%23,398
1980–199926%49,542

Size of homes

193,408 homes (±125)

Pulaski County, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Studio2.3%4,360
1 bedroom13%24,457
2 bedrooms25%47,587

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

185,280 workers (±2,470)

Pulaski County, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Drive alone76%141,416
Carpool8.6%15,861
Public transit0.7%1,324
Walk1.0%1,849
Bike0.2%†331
Work from home12%22,114
Other1.3%2,385

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

163,166 workers (±2,694)

Pulaski County, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under 15 min31%50,322
15–29 min47%77,090
30–44 min16%26,313

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Pulaski County has 12,185 employer establishments, 304 for every 10,000 residents (1.22× the US rate of 248; 1.32× Arkansas's), with 235,849 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,955. The Census Bureau also counts 34,697 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 12,185; 34,697 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 304; US 248 · Arkansas 229
Paid employees: 235,849
Average annual pay: $60,955; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Pulaski County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,234	30.8	1.48×More than typical	14,636	$86,082	2,223
Restaurants and other eating places	872	21.7	1.18×About typical	17,583	$21,467	180
Lessors of real estate	564	14.1	1.14×About typical	2,330	$54,814	3,784
Specialty trade contractors	506	12.6	0.81×About typical	7,711	$63,867	1,774
Offices of physicians	498	12.4	1.92×More than typical	5,976	$117,410	508
Legal services	463	11.5	2.15×More than typical	2,401	$82,370	459
Limited-service restaurants	407	10.1	1.26×More than typical	8,166	$19,168	75
Religious organizations	390	9.7	1.75×More than typical	3,878	$26,995	—
Full-service restaurants	360	9	1.17×About typical	8,175	$24,136	71
Offices of other health practitioners	345	8.6	1.41×More than typical	1,783	$48,476	783
Insurance agencies and brokerages	319	7.9	1.81×More than typical	2,205	$81,478	647
Construction of buildings	265	6.6	0.87×About typical	2,138	$76,435	959

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 401,297 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $267M on contracts performed in Pulaski County, Arkansas: $660 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $267M; +42% vs FY2025
Per resident: $660; US $1,994
Sole-source: 11%; US 30%
Single offer: 29%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$88.3M33%
Department of Veterans Affairs$74.6M28%
Department of the Air Force$45M17%
Defense Logistics Agency$10M3.7%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$7.8M2.9%
Department of the Navy$6.6M2.5%
Public Buildings Service$6.2M2.3%
Office of Procurement Operations$5.3M2.0%

Top recipients

ALBERICI CONSTRUCTORS INC$68.2M26%
TLS-CES SERVICES I, LLC$32.4M12%
GIDEON CONTRACTING, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY$19.6M7.3%
JETT'S SPECIALTY CONTRACTING, LLC$8.7M3.3%
SERRATO CORPORATION$8.3M3.1%

Spending by fiscal year

209.6MFY2017
149.7MFY2018
229.6MFY2019
643.3MFY2020
452.3MFY2021
369MFY2022
328.6MFY2023
270.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$68.2M26%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$43M16%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$40.7M15%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$14.5M5.4%
Facilities support services · 5612$9.2M3.5%
Investigation and security services · 5616

Largest awards

LOCK CHAMBER BULKHEAD FOR 110-FOOT STOPLOGS AT LOCK AND DAMS 7 (MURRAY), 8 (TOAD SUCK), AND 9 (ORMOND), MKARNS, PULASKI, PERRY, AND CONWAY COUNTIES, ARKANSAS. COMPLETION EXPECTED NO LATER THAN 365 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF NOTICE TO PROCEED.$68.2M
ALBERICI CONSTRUCTORS INC· Pulaski County, AR· Construction & real property· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· W9127S26FA016
LITTLE ROCK JCC 2020 CONTRACT$48.5M
SERRATO CORPORATION· Pulaski County, AR· Education & social services· Jun 9, 2020 – Jun 8, 2026· 1605JW20C0004
OTHER FUNCTIONS - LITTLE ROCK VAMC, NORTH LITTLE ROCK VAMC - ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT.$47.6M
TLS-CES SERVICES I, LLC· Pulaski County, AR· Construction & real property· May 18, 2020 – Sep 10, 2026· 36E77620C0021

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Pulaski County, Arkansas: $8,154 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.3B; −26% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,154; US $12,955
Loan face value: $177.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.5B45%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$370.4M11%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$257.7M7.8%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$167.4M5.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$132.7M4.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$124.9M3.8%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$117.3M3.6%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$106.8M3.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION$78.2M2.4%
LITTLE ROCK, AR
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES$75.8M2.3%
LITTLE ROCK, AR
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM$27.7M0.8%
LITTLE ROCK, AR
LITTLE ROCK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT COMMISSION$24.5M0.7%
LITTLE ROCK, AR
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - PULASKI TECHNICAL COLLEGE

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2B61%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$421.2M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$391.5M12%
Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development$88.7M2.7%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

3.1BFY2021
2.9BFY2022
3BFY2023
3.2BFY2024
4.5BFY2025
3.3BFY2026

County aggregates

87%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Pulaski County, Arkansas compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Pulaski County, Arkansas
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pulaski County, Arkansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
FY2017	$533	$1,436
FY2018	$382	$1,552
FY2019	$585	$1,654
FY2020	$1,611	$1,880
FY2021	$1,136	$1,810
FY2022	$922	$1,917
FY2023	$819	$2,079
FY2024	$670	$2,047
FY2025	$463	$2,165
FY2026	$660 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pulaski County, Arkansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
FY2017	$74.17	$93.28
FY2018	-$36.58	$105
FY2019	$133	$128
FY2020	$774	$145
FY2021	$259	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pulaski County, Arkansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
FY2021	$2,380	$5,748
FY2022	$1,401	$5,221
FY2023	$1,369	$5,364
FY2024	$1,282	$5,501
FY2025	$3,677	$5,732
FY2026	$1,302

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pulaski County, Arkansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
FY2021	$45.47	$298
FY2022	$35.30	$357
FY2023	$53.26	$301
FY2024	$79.78	$319
FY2025	$109	$360
FY2026	$68.75

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pulaski County, Arkansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
FY2021	$353	$239
FY2022	$315	$185
FY2023	$260	$229
FY2024	$163	$229
FY2025	$298	$249
FY2026	$363

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pulaski County, Arkansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
FY2021	$494	$2,304
FY2022	$108	$2,197
FY2023	$163	$2,274
FY2024	$316	$2,267
FY2025	$142	$2,397
FY2026	$273

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pulaski County, Arkansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
FY2021	$1,195	$1,186
FY2022	$409	$465
FY2023	$50.01	$76.52
FY2024	$76.75	$120
FY2025	$142	$148
FY2026	$75.72

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Pulaski County, Arkansas
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Pulaski County, Arkansas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
2014	−0.3%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2020

$774 per resident in FY2020, against an earlier average of $56.80 (14× that).

Compared with 8 similar counties

Pulaski County, Arkansas
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/05119

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Pulaski County, Arkansas is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Pulaski County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR43Central county

Cities and towns in Pulaski County

Places whose residents live mostly in Pulaski County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/05119

Calendar years	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
2014	−3.8%	−4.2%
2015	−1.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.9%	+3.3%
2018	+3.9%	+6.8%
2019	+7.1%	+10.5%
2020	+15.5%	+19.4%
2021	+20.5%	+26.1%
2022	+25.7%	+30.6%
2023	+29.2%	+35.0%
2024	+33.4%	+41.0%
2025	+38.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
2014	−4.9%	−5.5%
2015	−1.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.7%	+4.1%
2018	+3.5%	+8.9%
2019	+7.9%	+13.5%
2020	+17.4%	+20.8%
2021	+28.8%	+32.1%
2022	+27.1%	+35.4%
2023	+36.1%	+42.9%
2024	+42.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
2014	2.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
2014	−4.7%	−6.9%
2015	−3.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+9.2%	+4.7%
2018	+4.2%	+7.5%
2019	+9.8%	+14.0%
2020	+17.1%	+16.9%
2021	+11.7%	+21.0%
2022	+19.0%	+29.7%
2023	+27.9%	+34.9%
2024	+39.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
2014	16.1%	15.5%
2015	19.4%	14.7%
2016	17.2%	14.0%
2017	15.0%	13.4%
2018	16.7%	13.1%
2019	14.6%	12.3%
2020	15.3%	11.9%
2021	17.6%	12.8%
2022	17.3%	12.6%
2023	15.7%	12.5%
2024	16.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
2014	5.4%	6.2%
2015	4.5%	5.3%
2016	3.5%	4.9%
2017	3.4%	4.4%
2018	3.4%	3.9%
2019	3.3%	3.7%
2020	7.4%	8.1%
2021	4.8%	5.4%
2022	3.3%	3.7%
2023	3.1%	3.6%
2024	3.5%	4.0%
2025	4.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
2014	−1.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	+2.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+2.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+5.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+12.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+25.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+34.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+35.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+40.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+41.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
2015	−2.0% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.4% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+3.5% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+6.5% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+13.7% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+25.6% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+31.3% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+37.5% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+41.9% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+46.2% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
2014	12.6%	13.5%
2015	10.0%	10.9%
2016	7.9%	10.0%
2017	7.7%	10.2%
2018	8.3%	10.4%
2019	9.9%	10.8%
2020	10.1%	10.4%
2021	10.7%	10.2%
2022	9.0%	9.5%
2023	10.3%	9.5%
2024	11.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Pulaski County, Arkansas	United States
2014	9.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	9.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	10.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	11.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	13.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	13.8/1k	10.6/1k
2020	19.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	24.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	19.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	18.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	17.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	17.6/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Pulaski County, Arkansas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.6 points	+0.4 points	−1.0 points to +2.0 points
Year −2	+0.2 points	+0.9 points	−0.4 points to +2.9 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−5.6 points	−3.5 points	−7.0 points to −0.5 points
Year +1	+1.6 points	+1.8 points	+0.3 points to +4.1 points
Year +2	+3.1 points	+3.9 points	+1.9 points to +5.0 points

Year	Pulaski County, Arkansas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.5 per 1,000 people	+0.1 per 1,000 people	−0.3 per 1,000 people to +0.4 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−2.3 per 1,000 people	+0.0 per 1,000 people	−0.5 per 1,000 people to +0.7 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	−1.5 per 1,000 people	+1.3 per 1,000 people	+0.1 per 1,000 people to +3.8 per 1,000 people
Year +1	+0.1 per 1,000 people	+1.2 per 1,000 people	−1.3 per 1,000 people to +4.0 per 1,000 people
Year +2	−1.1 per 1,000 people	+1.4 per 1,000 people	−1.4 per 1,000 people to +5.5 per 1,000 people

Year	Pulaski County, Arkansas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−4.9%	−5.4%	−6.1% to −4.9%
Year −2	−3.0%	−2.4%	−3.4% to −1.2%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+7.9%	+5.5%	+3.7% to +7.3%
Year +1	+12.6%	+9.1%	+6.1% to +11.0%
Year +2	+17.3%	+14.5%	+11.2% to +17.0%

Year	Pulaski County, Arkansas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.1 points	+0.3 points	+0.2 points to +0.4 points
Year −2	+0.1 points	+0.3 points	+0.2 points to +0.3 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+4.1 points	+2.8 points	+1.9 points to +4.2 points
Year +1	+1.5 points	+0.6 points	+0.2 points to +1.2 points
Year +2	0.0 points	−0.1 points	−0.3 points to +0.1 points

Year	Pulaski County, Arkansas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−5.8%	−5.9%	−6.5% to −5.3%
Year −2	−4.1%	−3.3%	−4.9% to −2.5%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+8.8%	+5.5%	+3.9% to +9.4%
Year +1	+19.4%	+14.1%	+11.5% to +21.4%
Year +2	+17.7%	+15.6%	+12.9% to +19.7%

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined4

Counties like Pulaski County, Arkansas five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 8 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Pulaski County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined4

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

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Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 8 similar counties

Compared with 15 similar counties

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year