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Arkansas #44
34.5 composite of 100 Based on 68% of intended metrics
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Sarah Sanders R
Governor · since 2023-01-10
Source: Wikidata (P6 head of government), retrieved 2026-06-18
Median household income58,700 · ACS 1-year 2023 ·
8.3
Income growth (YoY)5.9% · 2022→2023 ·
66.3
Poverty rate15.4% · SAIPE 2023 ·
30.2
Income inequality (Gini)0.474 · ACS 1-year 2023 ·
45.1
Not yet sourced: Real (cost-of-living-adjusted) income (BEA Regional Price Parities API key pending); Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights dataset download pending).