| Estimates of the Older Population, by County; July 1, 1997 | |||||
| Source: U. S. Bureau of the Census | |||||
| County | Total | 60 and over | % 60+ | 65 and over | % 65+ |
| ARKANSAS | 2,522,819 | 468,980 | 18.59% | 359,909 | 14.27% |
| Arkansas County | 20,794 | 4,254 | 20.46% | 3,323 | 15.98% |
| Ashley County | 24,421 | 4,327 | 17.72% | 3,317 | 13.58% |
| Baxter County | 36,578 | 13,070 | 35.73% | 10,443 | 28.55% |
| Benton County | 130,006 | 28,994 | 22.30% | 22,384 | 17.22% |
| Boone County | 31,980 | 7,038 | 22.01% | 5,411 | 16.92% |
| Bradley County | 11,558 | 2,568 | 22.22% | 2,014 | 17.43% |
| Calhoun County | 5,748 | 1,141 | 19.85% | 887 | 15.43% |
| Carroll County | 22,358 | 5,156 | 23.06% | 3,970 | 17.76% |
| Chicot County | 15,121 | 2,744 | 18.15% | 2,128 | 14.07% |
| Clark County | 22,119 | 4,402 | 19.90% | 3,492 | 15.79% |
| Clay County | 17,392 | 4,563 | 26.24% | 3,547 | 20.39% |
| Cleburne County | 22,454 | 6,016 | 26.79% | 4,536 | 20.20% |
| Cleveland County | 8,322 | 1,559 | 18.73% | 1,187 | 14.26% |
| Columbia County | 25,214 | 5,034 | 19.97% | 3,948 | 15.66% |
| Conway County | 19,999 | 4,081 | 20.41% | 3,129 | 15.65% |
| Craighead County | 76,932 | 12,093 | 15.72% | 9,043 | 11.75% |
| Crawford County | 49,545 | 7,602 | 15.34% | 5,744 | 11.59% |
| Crittenden County | 49,690 | 6,502 | 13.09% | 4,783 | 9.63% |
| Cross County | 19,484 | 3,352 | 17.20% | 2,555 | 13.11% |
| Dallas County | 9,175 | 1,969 | 21.46% | 1,550 | 16.89% |
| Desha County | 15,256 | 2,687 | 17.61% | 2,089 | 13.69% |
| Drew County | 17,743 | 2,914 | 16.42% | 2,251 | 12.69% |
| Faulkner County | 76,595 | 10,635 | 13.88% | 7,970 | 10.41% |
| Franklin County | 16,470 | 3,420 | 20.77% | 2,707 | 16.44% |
| Fulton County | 10,960 | 2,952 | 26.93% | 2,267 | 20.68% |
| Garland County | 83,201 | 22,832 | 27.44% | 17,642 | 21.20% |
| Grant County | 15,688 | 2,572 | 16.39% | 1,937 | 12.35% |
| Greene County | 35,538 | 7,048 | 19.83% | 5,369 | 15.11% |
| Hempstead County | 21,945 | 4,311 | 19.64% | 3,422 | 15.59% |
| Hot Spring County | 28,564 | 5,896 | 20.64% | 4,529 | 15.86% |
| Howard County | 13,867 | 2,850 | 20.55% | 2,268 | 16.36% |
| Independence County | 32,912 | 6,123 | 18.60% | 4,696 | 14.27% |
| Izard County | 12,919 | 3,960 | 30.65% | 3,201 | 24.78% |
| Jackson County | 17,751 | 3,892 | 21.93% | 3,041 | 17.13% |
| Jefferson County | 82,259 | 13,271 | 16.13% | 10,107 | 12.29% |
| Johnson County | 21,165 | 4,585 | 21.66% | 3,557 | 16.81% |
| Lafayette County | 9,084 | 1,872 | 20.61% | 1,494 | 16.45% |
| Lawrence County | 17,458 | 4,111 | 23.55% | 3,252 | 18.63% |
| Lee County | 12,495 | 2,207 | 17.66% | 1,680 | 13.45% |
| Lincoln County | 14,347 | 2,109 | 14.70% | 1,642 | 11.44% |
| Little River County | 13,209 | 2,274 | 17.22% | 1,742 | 13.19% |
| Logan County | 21,245 | 4,509 | 21.22% | 3,561 | 16.76% |
| Lonoke County | 49,270 | 7,179 | 14.57% | 5,442 | 11.05% |
| Madison County | 13,132 | 2,650 | 20.18% | 2,078 | 15.82% |
| Marion County | 14,419 | 4,159 | 28.84% | 3,166 | 21.96% |
| Miller County | 39,708 | 6,934 | 17.46% | 5,256 | 13.24% |
| Mississippi County | 50,506 | 7,373 | 14.60% | 5,635 | 11.16% |
| Monroe County | 10,359 | 2,198 | 21.22% | 1,727 | 16.67% |
| Montgomery County | 8,500 | 2,157 | 25.38% | 1,645 | 19.35% |
| Nevada County | 10,034 | 2,147 | 21.40% | 1,710 | 17.04% |
| Newton County | 8,110 | 1,561 | 19.25% | 1,196 | 14.75% |
| Ouachita County | 28,120 | 5,608 | 19.94% | 4,313 | 15.34% |
| Perry County | 9,458 | 1,990 | 21.04% | 1,479 | 15.64% |
| Phillips County | 27,632 | 4,866 | 17.61% | 3,784 | 13.69% |
| Pike County | 10,490 | 2,372 | 22.61% | 1,869 | 17.82% |
| Poinsett County | 24,602 | 4,739 | 19.26% | 3,621 | 14.72% |
| Polk County | 19,646 | 4,665 | 23.75% | 3,663 | 18.65% |
| Pope County | 51,219 | 8,205 | 16.02% | 6,200 | 12.10% |
| Prairie County | 9,285 | 1,936 | 20.85% | 1,480 | 15.94% |
| Pulaski County | 350,426 | 50,171 | 14.32% | 37,778 | 10.78% |
| Randolph County | 17,702 | 3,922 | 22.16% | 2,992 | 16.90% |
| St. Francis County | 28,385 | 4,532 | 15.97% | 3,458 | 12.18% |
| Saline County | 75,903 | 11,190 | 14.74% | 8,066 | 10.63% |
| Scott County | 10,850 | 2,311 | 21.30% | 1,785 | 16.45% |
| Searcy County | 7,785 | 1,937 | 24.88% | 1,506 | 19.34% |
| Sebastian County | 105,968 | 18,521 | 17.48% | 14,309 | 13.50% |
| Sevier County | 14,799 | 2,892 | 19.54% | 2,270 | 15.34% |
| Sharp County | 16,647 | 5,518 | 33.15% | 4,415 | 26.52% |
| Stone County | 10,939 | 2,484 | 22.71% | 1,841 | 16.83% |
| Union County | 45,488 | 9,084 | 19.97% | 7,143 | 15.70% |
| Van Buren County | 15,544 | 4,714 | 30.33% | 3,573 | 22.99% |
| Washington County | 136,974 | 19,949 | 14.56% | 15,154 | 11.06% |
| White County | 63,312 | 11,699 | 18.48% | 9,016 | 14.24% |
| Woodruff County | 8,957 | 1,871 | 20.89% | 1,477 | 16.49% |
| Yell County | 19,089 | 3,951 | 20.70% | 3,047 | 15.96% |