Where fiber is being built in Arkansas
As of Dec 31, 2025, FCC filings show fiber at 62% of Arkansas's 1.6 million homes, and the number of fiber homes grew 3.1% from June 30, 2025.
Fiber was filed in 270 of 317 Arkansas cities and towns with 250 or more homes. In 211 of them it reached more than half of homes, and in the typical one it reached 87.1%.
Nationally, fiber was filed at 55.8% of homes. FCC Broadband Data Collection, residential units, 25/3 Mbps or faster. Filed by the providers themselves. How this is computed
Arkansas counties
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| County | Homes | Fiber share | Cable, no fiber | Fiber home growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas County | 10,314 | 78.5% | at least 0.3% | +2.4% |
| Ashley County | 11,238 | 93.3% | at least 0.2% | -0.7% |
| Baxter County | 25,727 | 92.1% | at least 6.7% | +3.7% |
| Benton County | 144,405 | 46.2% | at least 36.2% | +11.2% |
| Boone County | 19,854 | 40% | at least 28.3% | +17.4% |
| Bradley County | 6,100 | 39.2% | at least 53.5% | -7% |
| Calhoun County | 3,078 | 88.3% | at least 0.2% | -9.4% |
| Carroll County | 16,737 | 19.2% | at least 28.5% | -2.4% |
| Chicot County | 6,014 | 17.3% | at least 54.1% | +17.3 points (small June base) |
| Clark County | 11,912 | 75.3% | at least 17.9% | -20.4% |
| Clay County | 9,075 | 88.8% | at least 3% | +2.5% |
| Cleburne County | 18,458 | 72.5% | at least 12.2% | +2.4% |
| Cleveland County | 4,569 | 66.9% | none filed | +66.5% |
| Columbia County | 12,368 | 52.4% | at least 25.7% | -27.9% |
| Conway County | 11,556 | 40.9% | at least 19.2% | -1.4% |
| Craighead County | 56,844 | 73.6% | at least 19.8% | +1.1% |
| Crawford County | 29,396 | 68.2% | at least 21.5% | +7.4% |
| Crittenden County | 24,025 | 21.7% | at least 73.1% | -16.5% |
| Cross County | 8,817 | 61.1% | at least 32% | -0.4% |
| Dallas County | 4,336 | 60.2% | at least 2.1% | -4% |
| Desha County | 6,568 | 28.3% | at least 37.1% | +46.6% |
| Drew County | 9,391 | 26.1% | at least 36.4% | +13.7% |
| Faulkner County | 60,226 | 53.8% | at least 33.5% | +15.5% |
| Franklin County | 9,296 | 87.3% | none filed | -0.4% |
| Fulton County | 6,797 | 90.5% | at least 8% | -14.5% |
| Garland County | 59,056 | 45.2% | at least 47.6% | -0.7% |
| Grant County | 8,862 | 92.6% | none filed | -8.1% |
| Greene County | 21,939 | 99.8% | none filed | -2.8% |
| Hempstead County | 11,331 | 85.2% | at least 1.2% | -5.6% |
| Hot Spring County | 16,031 | 76.1% | at least 17.4% | -24.3% |
| Howard County | 6,957 | 77.3% | at least 2.7% | -0.7% |
| Independence County | 19,484 | 39.1% | at least 36.6% | -2.5% |
| Izard County | 8,632 | 78.8% | at least 9% | -3.9% |
| Jackson County | 8,444 | 83.4% | at least 6.3% | +10.8% |
| Jefferson County | 35,043 | 41.6% | at least 49.9% | +3.5% |
| Johnson County | 13,116 | 78.9% | at least 4.6% | -5.7% |
| Lafayette County | 4,741 | 79% | none filed | -6.7% |
| Lawrence County | 8,914 | 87.3% | at least 8.9% | -8.3% |
| Lee County | 4,446 | 4.8% | at least 50.4% | +1 points (small June base) |
| Lincoln County | 5,250 | 74.4% | none filed | +85.3% |
| Little River County | 7,417 | 44.1% | at least 34.6% | -9.4% |
| Logan County | 11,956 | 85% | none filed | +0.8% |
| Lonoke County | 34,263 | 90.6% | at least 5.6% | +4.9% |
| Madison County | 9,636 | 92.7% | none filed | -5.2% |
| Marion County | 10,750 | 66.9% | at least 6.8% | +7.9% |
| Miller County | 21,969 | 84.1% | at least 15.8% | -1.8% |
| Mississippi County | 22,092 | 37.4% | at least 55.1% | -7.1% |
| Monroe County | 4,629 | 51.3% | none filed | +29.6% |
| Montgomery County | 6,347 | 32.2% | at least 11.4% | -19.2% |
| Nevada County | 5,196 | 61.7% | at least 5.7% | -7.1% |
| Newton County | 5,845 | 3.8% | at least 0.1% | +0.1 points (small June base) |
| Ouachita County | 12,997 | 54.8% | at least 30.1% | -7.3% |
| Perry County | 5,589 | 93.3% | none filed | +0.4% |
| Phillips County | 10,156 | 7.4% | at least 63.7% | +3.6% |
| Pike County | 6,299 | 98.3% | none filed | -3.4% |
| Poinsett County | 9,167 | 52.4% | at least 41.5% | -14.3% |
| Polk County | 11,531 | 12.6% | at least 39.9% | -5.1% |
| Pope County | 30,355 | 62.7% | at least 19.8% | +4.1% |
| Prairie County | 4,939 | 39% | at least 7.2% | +22.7% |
| Pulaski County | 226,121 | 60.1% | at least 37.6% | +10.4% |
| Randolph County | 10,406 | 85.2% | at least 1.5% | +14.9% |
| Saline County | 58,089 | 72.2% | at least 22.1% | +8.1% |
| Scott County | 5,785 | 81.6% | at least 2.4% | -0.6% |
| Searcy County | 5,822 | 75.4% | none filed | -3.2% |
| Sebastian County | 64,966 | 74.2% | at least 21% | +8.2% |
| Sevier County | 7,921 | 79.1% | at least 7.2% | -4.6% |
| Sharp County | 11,428 | 57.2% | at least 31.5% | +2.6% |
| St. Francis County | 11,207 | 52.5% | at least 35.6% | +2.2% |
| Stone County | 7,925 | 39.9% | at least 21% | +0.6% |
| Union County | 21,310 | 22.8% | at least 44.5% | +33.4% |
| Van Buren County | 10,911 | 98.5% | none filed | -4.2% |
| Washington County | 123,367 | 80.5% | at least 16.5% | no change |
| White County | 38,335 | 58% | at least 24.3% | +14.1% |
| Woodruff County | 4,159 | 60.4% | none filed | +25% |
| Yell County | 10,548 | 67.2% | at least 1.7% | -3.1% |
The 30 largest places in Arkansas
By number of homes. Search above for any of the other 596 cities and towns.
| City or town | Homes | Fiber share | Cable, no fiber | Fiber home growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rock | 116,106 | 56.3% | at least 43.1% | +13.2% |
| Fayetteville | 51,028 | 71% | at least 25.3% | +1% |
| Fort Smith | 45,849 | 76.3% | at least 20.7% | +11.3% |
| North Little Rock | 41,273 | 66% | at least 33.3% | +1.1% |
| Jonesboro | 40,618 | 67.6% | at least 23.9% | +2.3% |
| Springdale | 35,425 | 74.4% | at least 20.8% | +2.7% |
| Rogers | 32,538 | 69.2% | at least 22.2% | +9.3% |
| Conway | 31,486 | 45.5% | at least 54.5% | +34.6% |
| Bentonville | 28,478 | 56.4% | at least 32.7% | +6.1% |
| Hot Springs | 24,204 | 45.7% | at least 54.2% | +10.5% |
| Pine Bluff | 21,618 | 21.6% | at least 76.5% | +6.6% |
| Sherwood | 17,112 | 70.6% | at least 29% | +4% |
| Benton | 16,442 | 80% | at least 19.9% | +4.8% |
| Bella Vista | 16,342 | 0.8% | at least 89.8% | +0.5 points (small June base) |
| Texarkana | 15,493 | 77.5% | at least 22.4% | -0.1% |
| Jacksonville | 14,900 | 73.5% | at least 26.2% | +31.4% |
| Paragould | 13,874 | 100% | none filed | -2.4% |
| Russellville | 13,745 | 86.2% | at least 9.6% | +5.5% |
| West Memphis | 12,267 | none filed | at least 98.5% | no change (small June base) |
| Cabot | 11,933 | 85.5% | at least 13.3% | +5.1% |
| Searcy | 11,287 | 54.8% | at least 44.9% | +11.4% |
| Van Buren | 10,873 | 73.6% | at least 21.1% | +15.2% |
| Hot Springs Village | 10,404 | 34.3% | at least 50.5% | no change |
| Maumelle | 9,624 | 75.8% | at least 23.7% | +20.5% |
| Bryant | 9,509 | 83.8% | at least 15.9% | +12.7% |
| Centerton | 9,365 | 82.1% | at least 13.7% | +4.2% |
| El Dorado | 9,113 | 50.3% | at least 38.6% | +91.7% |
| Siloam Springs | 8,183 | 55.8% | at least 38.8% | +61.8% |
| Blytheville | 8,099 | 11.6% | at least 85.6% | -21.8% |
| Mountain Home | 7,185 | 86.8% | at least 12.2% | +25.4% |
The data
Every number on this page traces to one cell in the download. Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, Fixed Broadband Summary by Geography, filings as of June 30, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025. Census figures: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024. Grants: FCC Broadband Funding Map and the state broadband office.
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