Upper Delta News

Cotton Plant ranked 77th in Arkansas for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 72 Cotton Plant households (27.4 percent) who received food stamps. Cotton Plant's population was 507 in 2020.

The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Mitchellville, which had 98 of 169 households receiving food stamps, 30.6 percent more than Cotton Plant. In 2020 the population of Mitchellville was 339.

The city with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Avoca, which had one of 750 households receiving food stamps, 27.3 percent less than Cotton Plant. In 2020 the population of Avoca was 1,936.

See the cities with the highest percentage of households receiving food stamps below.

Rank	City	Total Households	Total households receiving food stamps	Percentage of households receiving food stamps
1	Mitchellville	169	98	58
2	Bodcaw	52	29	55.8
3	Hackett	432	212	49.1
4	Havana	115	54	47
5	Marvell	621	290	46.7
6	Colt	200	88	44
7	Grady	117	50	42.7
7	Wabbaseka	124	53	42.7
9	Rison	450	186	41.3
10	Woodson	161	66	41
11	Fifty-Six	52	21	40.4
12	Reader	61	24	39.3
13	Hensley	41	16	39
14	Marianna	1,459	567	38.9
15	Holly Grove	242	94	38.8
16	Datto	26	10	38.5
17	Jasper	283	106	37.5
18	College Station	99	37	37.4
19	Joiner	237	88	37.1
20	Helena-West Helena	4,349	1,607	37
21	Sunset	87	32	36.8
22	Bearden	410	150	36.6
22	Allport	41	15	36.6
24	Swifton	401	145	36.2
25	Egypt	28	10	35.7
26	Fargo	46	16	34.8
27	Zinc	26	9	34.6
27	Maynard	188	65	34.6
29	Casa	32	11	34.4
29	McGehee	1,657	570	34.4
29	Luxora	372	128	34.4
32	Ozark	1,401	480	34.3
33	Sparkman	243	83	34.2
34	Denning	97	33	34
35	Marmaduke	549	185	33.7
36	Melbourne	714	238	33.3
37	Willisville	133	44	33.1
37	Ash Flat	495	164	33.1
39	Madison	482	159	33
39	Salem	670	221	33
41	Bassett	64	21	32.8
41	Prescott	1,219	400	32.8
43	Warren	2,156	703	32.6
43	Thornton	141	46	32.6
45	Eudora	996	324	32.5
46	Dermott	905	291	32.2
47	Russell	109	35	32.1
48	Hughes	421	132	31.4
49	Horatio	336	105	31.3
49	Mountain View	1,206	377	31.3
51	Cove	138	43	31.2
52	Lake View	168	52	31
52	Knoxville	248	77	31
54	Altheimer	299	92	30.8
54	Forrest City	4,276	1,317	30.8
56	Anthonyville	36	11	30.6
56	Hoxie	1,182	362	30.6
58	Blue Mountain	43	13	30.2
58	Letona	96	29	30.2
60	De Queen	1,998	599	30
61	McCrory	760	226	29.7
62	Augusta	1,099	322	29.3
62	Parkdale	75	22	29.3
62	Vandervoort	41	12	29.3
65	Cash	110	32	29.1
65	Flippin	502	146	29.1
67	Crossett	1,986	569	28.7
68	Washington	63	18	28.6
68	Alicia	56	16	28.6
70	Marked Tree	958	273	28.5
70	Coal Hill	376	107	28.5
70	Kensett	804	229	28.5
73	Newark	518	147	28.4
73	Edmondson	155	44	28.4
75	Wilmar	136	38	27.9
76	Stamps	706	196	27.8
77	Cotton Plant	263	72	27.4
78	Georgetown	33	9	27.3
79	Cave City	801	218	27.2
80	Bradford	258	70	27.1
81	Omaha	37	10	27
82	Wickes	342	92	26.9
83	Patterson	157	42	26.8
84	Morrilton	2,812	752	26.7
85	West Memphis	9,991	2,645	26.5
86	Waldron	1,420	375	26.4
87	Corning	1,429	368	25.8
88	McNeil	202	52	25.7
89	Clarendon	678	172	25.4
89	Mountain Pine	213	54	25.4
91	Kingsland	199	50	25.1
92	Gould	361	90	24.9
93	Lafe	154	38	24.7
93	Fordyce	1,315	325	24.7
95	Turrell	228	56	24.6
96	Pine Bluff	16,808	4,118	24.5
97	Western Grove	225	55	24.4
98	Murfreesboro	764	186	24.3
98	Trumann	2,991	726	24.3
100	Plainview	260	63	24.2