Arkansas
State Government
Governor
Sarah Huckabee Sander (R)
State Senate
6
Democrats,
29
Republicans
State House
18
Democrats,
82
Republicans
Arkansas
Economic well-being - Arkansas
Extreme poverty rate
0.1
Food insecurity
0.2
Minimum wage
11.0
Percent of working families under 200% of the poverty line
0.4
Poverty rate
15.5%
Unemployment rate
3.8
Number of Black or African American children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Number of Hispanic or Latino children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Percent of individuals who are uninsured
9.4
Poverty by demographic - Arkansas
Child poverty rate
0.2
Number of Asian and Pacific Islander children below 200% poverty
N/A
Number of Black or African American children below 200% poverty
80000
Number of Hispanic or Latino children below 200% poverty
58000
Senior poverty rate
12.1 %
Women in poverty
1,535,219
October 19, 2011
Equal Voice, October 19, 2011: Return to Sender
"Rural populations tend to be low-income, elderly and disabled, and many small-town residents receive their prescription medications by mail. They worry that if their post office were to close, they would have to drive to the closest town with a post office or pay a neighbor to make the trip."
August 23, 2011
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, August 23, 2011: School-voucher panelists push Arkansas adoption (Subscription Required)
"[Ford's] organization, D.C. Parents for School Choice, was started in 1998 as an information clearinghouse on charter schools and afterschool programs. It became a primary proponent of a taxpayer-funded school-voucher bill in Congress that beginning in 2004 enabled low-income parents to choose private schools."