State Profile

Arkansas

Population (2024): 2,973,600 million

Arkansas’s measures on emergency preparedness and population health betters the national averages in some instances but trails in others. The state placed in the middle-performance tier for public health emergency preparedness in TFAH’s 2025 Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report. Deaths within the state due to drug misuse, alcohol, or suicide are fewer than the average for other states. Based on 2024 data, its rates of obesity and related conditions indicate an area of concern, with the percentage of adults within the state with obesity, diabetes, and hypertension are higher than the U.S. median.