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Arkansas in 2025

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2025 the FHFA house price index for Arkansas changed +3.4%, against +2.8% for the United States and +4.4% in 2024.

15,492 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (10,298 single-family), +13.2% on 2024; the national total was 1,431,616.

+3.4%Arkansas index, 2024–2025US +2.8%
15,492housing units permitted in 202510,298 single-family
49 of 59counties with a rising indexmedian county +3.2%
1,431,616units permitted nationally in 2025
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Counties in 2025

Ranked by the county index change from 2024 to 2025 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2025; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2025Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Fulton County+27.3%000.0
Cleveland County+20.8%000.0
Scott County+16.1%000.0
Jackson County+16.0%770.4
Randolph County+15.6%000.0
Stone County+15.1%000.0
Crittenden County+12.5%96922.1
Howard County+12.2%000.0
Ouachita County+10.6%110.0
Van Buren County+10.4%660.4
Drew County+10.3%440.2
Clay County+9.7%990.6
Sevier County+9.7%660.4
Polk County+8.7%440.2
Cleburne County+6.6%550.2
Grant County+6.2%33331.8
Sebastian County+5.9%5251434.0
Little River County+5.8%000.0
Marion County+5.8%19019010.8
Benton County+4.7%6,3074,02319.0
Crawford County+4.6%46300.7
Clark County+4.2%660.3
Izard County+4.1%990.6
Garland County+3.9%326983.3
Faulkner County+3.5%7034005.2
Franklin County+3.4%31111.7
Madison County+3.3%22221.2
Sharp County+3.3%16160.9
Pope County+3.2%55300.8
Washington County+3.2%2,6321,6219.7
Craighead County+2.9%9735808.3
Ashley County+2.8%840.4
Baxter County+2.8%80691.9
Logan County+2.5%660.3
Independence County+2.4%3390.9
Jefferson County+2.3%60501.0
Mississippi County+2.2%69591.8
Saline County+2.2%4774773.6
Boone County+1.8%13573.5
Columbia County+1.5%1170.5
White County+1.5%2542503.2
Conway County+1.4%21211.0
Greene County+1.2%1561223.3
Hot Spring County+1.2%770.2
Miller County+1.2%37290.9
Pulaski County+1.1%1,7051,4834.2
Yell County+0.4%15150.8
Johnson County+0.3%13130.5
Perry County+0.1%000.0
Union County−0.3%19190.5
Carroll County−0.7%22200.8
Lonoke County−1.3%2241732.9
Poinsett County−1.6%44362.0
Arkansas County−3.2%24241.5
Hempstead County−4.6%220.1
Lawrence County−4.7%16111.0
Cross County−6.5%28281.7
Searcy County−7.7%000.0
St. Francis County−20.7%110.0
Bradley County—110.1
Chicot County—000.0
Desha County—220.2
Lincoln County—000.0
Montgomery County—000.0
Newton County—110.1
Phillips County—300.2
Pike County—000.0
Woodruff County—000.0

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Arkansas by year010,00020,0001995: 11,707 units (7,295 single-family, 4,412 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 11,144 units (7,671 single-family, 3,473 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 11,026 units (6,831 single-family, 4,195 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 10,021 units (7,160 single-family, 2,861 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 11,502 units (7,749 single-family, 3,753 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 9,203 units (6,927 single-family, 2,276 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 10,407 units (7,457 single-family, 2,950 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 12,436 units (8,007 single-family, 4,429 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 14,839 units (10,072 single-family, 4,767 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 15,855 units (10,563 single-family, 5,292 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 17,932 units (13,191 single-family, 4,741 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 13,885 units (10,769 single-family, 3,116 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 11,031 units (7,990 single-family, 3,041 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 8,810 units (5,219 single-family, 3,591 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 7,056 units (4,526 single-family, 2,530 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 7,177 units (4,648 single-family, 2,529 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 6,800 units (4,141 single-family, 2,659 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 8,231 units (5,417 single-family, 2,814 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 7,481 units (5,521 single-family, 1,960 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 7,666 units (5,257 single-family, 2,409 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 8,500 units (5,709 single-family, 2,791 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 9,474 units (6,816 single-family, 2,658 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 10,795 units (7,376 single-family, 3,419 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 10,179 units (7,354 single-family, 2,825 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 12,723 units (7,869 single-family, 4,854 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 12,493 units (8,802 single-family, 3,691 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 14,198 units (10,563 single-family, 3,635 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 14,364 units (9,473 single-family, 4,891 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 12,842 units (9,360 single-family, 3,482 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 13,684 units (9,819 single-family, 3,865 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 15,492 units (10,298 single-family, 5,194 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Arkansas by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.