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Arkansas Business Applications by County

Explore annual Census business applications across Arkansas. Bubble size shows application volume; color can show volume or year-over-year change.

Latest year: 2025 · 75 counties

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Light to dark: lower to higher application volumeBubble size: applications

County points use official Census internal coordinates. Values are protected estimates from the published annual BFS county file.

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Ranked by 2025 business applications

Arkansas counties ranked by 2025 business applications
RankCountyApplicationsvs. prior yearShare of state
1Pulaski County7,128+3.5%18.0%
2Benton County4,798+5.4%12.1%
3Washington County3,523+9.1%8.9%
4Saline County1,726+16.5%4.4%
5Faulkner County1,680+10.6%4.3%
6Craighead County1,463+4.9%3.7%
7Sebastian County1,461+15.4%3.7%
8Garland County1,337+8.9%3.4%
9Baxter County972+18.4%2.5%
10Jefferson County841+8.8%2.1%
11White County836+6.5%2.1%
12Lonoke County808+9.0%2.0%
13Crittenden County716+11.2%1.8%
14Pope County660+15.4%1.7%
15Crawford County594+12.1%1.5%
16Miller County551-4.3%1.4%
17Mississippi County476+29.3%1.2%
18Boone County430+14.7%1.1%
19Union County415-5.5%1.1%
20Greene County409+13.0%1.0%
21Carroll County404+2.5%1.0%
22Hot Spring County334+17.6%0.8%
23Independence County322+15.8%0.8%
24Cleburne County320+35.6%0.8%
25Columbia County282+25.3%0.7%
26Drew County255+23.2%0.6%
27Ouachita County244-3.6%0.6%
28St. Francis County244+13.5%0.6%
29Clark County227+29.7%0.6%
30Hempstead County224+23.1%0.6%
31Phillips County213+6.0%0.5%
32Poinsett County209+10.6%0.5%
33Conway County202+11.6%0.5%
34Sharp County200+32.5%0.5%
35Madison County197-4.8%0.5%
36Randolph County192+23.1%0.5%
37Yell County192+27.2%0.5%
38Arkansas County189+18.1%0.5%
39Cross County188+9.3%0.5%
40Grant County181-12.6%0.5%
41Johnson County177-12.4%0.4%
42Ashley County176+1.7%0.4%
43Polk County176-0.6%0.4%
44Van Buren County168+31.3%0.4%
45Lawrence County167+36.9%0.4%
46Logan County162-10.0%0.4%
47Marion County158+22.5%0.4%
48Izard County138+22.1%0.3%
49Bradley County132+55.3%0.3%
50Franklin County132-18.5%0.3%
51Desha County128-24.3%0.3%
52Howard County128+45.5%0.3%
53Jackson County121-0.8%0.3%
54Chicot County117-18.8%0.3%
55Little River County117+18.2%0.3%
56Clay County115+9.5%0.3%
57Sevier County1130.0%0.3%
58Monroe County103+45.1%0.3%
59Lafayette County94+11.9%0.2%
60Lee County93+22.4%0.2%
61Prairie County91+26.4%0.2%
62Stone County91-22.9%0.2%
63Searcy County90+30.4%0.2%
64Fulton County89+2.3%0.2%
65Pike County89+6.0%0.2%
66Lincoln County87-10.3%0.2%
67Nevada County87+35.9%0.2%
68Perry County87+11.5%0.2%
69Scott County82+34.4%0.2%
70Dallas County76+100.0%0.2%
71Cleveland County73+9.0%0.2%
72Montgomery County69+35.3%0.2%
73Woodruff County67+6.3%0.2%
74Newton County57+7.5%0.1%
75Calhoun County29-19.4%0.1%