Special Report
This is the County in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area With the Most COVID-19
Published:
Though vaccine distribution is well underway across the United States, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 33,056,400 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan area, located in Arkansas, a total of 75,145 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 10,231 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 10,104 cases per 100,000 people.
Though there is little variance in the per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, there are parts of the metro area where the virus is slightly more common.
The broader Little Rock metro area comprises six counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Faulkner County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 12,855 infections in Faulkner County, or 10,501 for every 100,000 people.
A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Faulkner County than they are across all of the Little Rock area, however. There have been a total of 134 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Faulkner County, compared to 159 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 9, 2021.
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Faulkner County, AR | 10,501 | 12,855 | 134 | 164 |
2 | Lonoke County, AR | 10,410 | 7,517 | 169 | 122 |
3 | Saline County, AR | 10,350 | 12,214 | 146 | 172 |
4 | Pulaski County, AR | 10,167 | 40,002 | 170 | 668 |
5 | Grant County, AR | 9,455 | 1,710 | 182 | 33 |
6 | Perry County, AR | 8,206 | 847 | 97 | 10 |
Take the quiz below to get matched with a financial advisor today.
Each advisor has been vetted by SmartAsset and is held to a fiduciary standard to act in your best interests.
Here’s how it works:
1. Answer SmartAsset advisor match quiz
2. Review your pre-screened matches at your leisure. Check out the
advisors’ profiles.
3. Speak with advisors at no cost to you. Have an introductory call on the phone or introduction in person and choose whom to work with in the future
Take the retirement quiz right here.
Thank you for reading! Have some feedback for us?
Contact the 24/7 Wall St. editorial team.