Outage Almanac

Arkansas power outages

75 counties with outage records. Pick one to see its history.

Arkansas averaged 1.23 times the US outage time per person

That ranks 10 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. April and June made up 35% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.

Dallas County had the most outage time per resident of 72 rated counties.

Counties ranked by outage time

RankCountyMajor outages per yearLongest (hours)Times US rate
1Dallas County2.3726.77
2Bradley County1.9704.32
3Prairie County2.8784.29
4Ouachita County3.9923.97
5Ashley County3.0883.64
5Chicot County2.9663.64
7Drew County2.4743.58
8Phillips County3.0993.56
9Jefferson County5.4933.30
10Monroe County1.9883.25
11Sevier County2.41133.10
12Desha County1.6702.93
12Stone County1.6732.93
14Union County5.2952.77
15Cleveland County1.8702.69
16Nevada County2.4702.67
17Pike County3.8732.52
18Cross County1.21482.39
19Poinsett County2.6732.36
20Hot Spring County3.8702.34
21St. Francis County1.61332.32
22Columbia County4.3862.26
23Grant County3.1702.20
24Yell County3.4522.09
25Izard County1.4512.08
26Lafayette County1.1421.86
26Sharp County1.2661.86
28Little River County1.7641.78
28Marion County1.3511.78
30Clark County1.8701.72
30Garland County6.3611.72
32Pulaski County4.92341.67
33Mississippi County3.8821.61
34Hempstead County3.3901.55
34Woodruff County0.9621.55
36Pope County4.3811.43
37Lonoke County2.3721.24
38Lawrence County1.1641.23
39Scott County0.4251.19
40Perry County0.4371.15
41Fulton County1.0461.12
42Franklin County0.7391.09
42Independence County2.1351.09
44Baxter County0.9631.07
44Newton County0.3261.07
46Crittenden County2.11151.02
47Clay County1.0511.01
48Madison County0.4461.00
49Howard County0.8880.95
50Boone County2.1470.94
51Johnson County1.7300.92
52Logan County1.2780.91
53Conway County0.9500.87
53Jackson County0.8450.87
53Miller County3.2290.87
56Sebastian County3.21150.86
57Lee County0.9540.82
58Crawford County1.8720.77
59Saline County2.9540.76
60White County2.3460.71
61Carroll County1.0260.70
61Cleburne County1.0200.70
63Searcy County0.9250.67
64Randolph County1.6430.54
65Faulkner County2.2500.40
66Lincoln County0.4650.36
67Washington County1.3500.32
68Benton County1.3900.30
69Craighead County1.0520.25
70Polk County0.4120.18
71Greene County0.1330.07
72Van Buren County0.0None0.00

Rank uses outage time per resident. Times US rate compares each county with the national average.

When outages hit Arkansas

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These counties have short histories, very small populations, or customer counts that look too high for the population.