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Arkansas: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity

By Kevin Schwaner, Founder; Chief Marketing OfficerUpdated

Arkansas recorded 35,161 births in 2024 across 75 counties, served by 31 hospitals confirmed to provide inpatient labour and delivery, with 24 more whose status CMS does not report. There are 1,262 Offices of Lawyers establishments statewide, across all practice areas.

Births, 2024
35,161+0.7% since 2021
Delivering hospitals
3124 more not reported
Offices of Lawyers
1,262CBP 2023, NAICS 541110, all practice areas
Births per lawyer office
27.9national median for 500+ birth counties: 34.3

Births by county

Births by county in Arkansas, 2024A choropleth of Arkansas counties shaded by births recorded in 2024.
Births, 2024 ≤ 98 > 3,200

Figure 1. Hover any county for births, lawyer offices and delivering hospitals. Projected at build time; no mapping library on this page.

Arkansas births, 2021 to 2024. Four-year births series for Arkansas alongside the national total. Arkansas 35,161 +0.7% 2021→2024 United States 3,605,563 +0.6% 2021→2024 Delivering hospitals 31 +0.0% 2024 only Lawyer offices 1,262 +0.0% CBP 2023
Figure 2 — Arkansas against the national series. Only the first two series are time series; the third and fourth are single-vintage values shown flat, and are labelled as such rather than being interpolated into a trend. National births detail. Sources: Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county population estimates (components of change), released June 2025; Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023, NAICS 541110 Offices of Lawyers, released May 2025; CMS Care Compare, Maternal Health · Hospital, reporting period 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2024.

Every county

All 75 counties in Arkansas. Sorted by births. Copy it into a spreadsheet — it is a real table.
CountyPopulation 2024Births 2024Lawyer officesBirths per officeDelivering hospitalsStatus unknown
Pulaski County401,2094,92342711.531
Benton County321,5664,0018845.511
Washington County266,1843,39115721.621
Sebastian County130,0351,5827122.320
Craighead County115,8521,4996423.420
Faulkner County131,6111,4663443.120
Saline County131,2521,4002653.810
Garland County99,9029605716.820
White County79,0919192046.010
Lonoke County76,3898581945.200
Jefferson County63,6727291260.810
Pope County64,8297282529.110
Crawford County62,2587041450.300
Greene County46,9285311148.310
Crittenden County46,6335281340.600
Mississippi County38,0955163172.011
Union County37,0084441726.110
Independence County38,3454321824.010
Boone County38,6363981136.210
Baxter County43,0073441326.511
Carroll County28,968329654.801
Johnson County26,1722980undefined10
Poinsett County22,300298399.300
Hot Spring County33,313294742.000
Miller County41,958283835.400
Randolph County19,040259386.301
St. Francis County21,8222511417.910
Yell County20,134249383.001
Logan County21,457247830.900
Clark County20,9202401615.010
Cleburne County25,646232546.400
Ouachita County21,684231457.810
Conway County21,422220373.300
Columbia County22,024213730.400
Phillips County14,661208826.001
Hempstead County19,105204540.802
Polk County19,434202540.401
Madison County17,8651970undefined00
Arkansas County16,050196824.511
Grant County18,546192364.000
Franklin County17,586188447.000
Drew County16,935187537.410
Ashley County17,984185446.301
Cross County16,194183920.300
Lawrence County16,3051750undefined01
Sevier County15,7351750undefined01
Sharp County18,1301750undefined00
Jackson County16,673167533.400
Howard County12,387144348.001
Clay County14,1121360undefined01
Marion County17,593136527.200
Van Buren County16,152134526.801
Scott County9,8371280undefined00
Izard County14,291121340.300
Stone County12,7851200undefined00
Bradley County9,9351140undefined01
Fulton County12,5461090undefined01
Desha County10,3211060undefined10
Perry County10,2511060undefined00
Pike County10,0271050undefined00
Monroe County6,415940undefined00
Lincoln County12,868910undefined00
Lee County8,10485328.300
Searcy County7,836810undefined00
Little River County11,626780undefined01
Prairie County7,935770undefined00
Cleveland County7,367760undefined00
Nevada County8,004750undefined00
Chicot County9,272720undefined01
Montgomery County8,510720undefined00
Newton County7,026720undefined00
Woodruff County5,808580undefined00
Dallas County6,076540undefined01
Calhoun County4,690490undefined00
Lafayette County6,015370undefined00

34 counties record births with no confirmed delivering hospital, covering 6,562 births. As on the national page, this describes where facilities sit relative to where births are recorded by residence — not access to care.

Hospitals with obstetric services

55 Arkansas hospitals reporting an obstetric service status. Facilities confirming they do not provide labour and delivery are excluded from this table and counted on the national page.
HospitalCityCountyOwnershipLabour & deliveryBirthing Friendly
Arkansas Children'S HospitalLittle RockPulaskiVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Arkansas Children'S Northwest, IncSpringdaleWashingtonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Arkansas Methodist Medical CenterParagouldGreeneVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Ashley County Medical CenterCrossettAshleyVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Baptist Health - Fort SmithFort SmithSebastianVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baptist Health Medical Center North Little RockNorth Little RockPulaskiVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baptist Health Medical Center- ConwayConwayFaulknerVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baptist Health Medical Center-ArkadelphiaArkadelphiaClarkVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baptist Health Medical Center-Drew CountyMonticelloDrewVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baptist Health Medical Center-Little RockLittle RockPulaskiVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baptist Health Medical Center-StuttgartStuttgartArkansasVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc.JonesboroCraigheadVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baxter HealthMountain HomeBaxterVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baxter Health Fulton County HospitalSalemFultonGovernment - LocalNot reported—
Bradley County Medical CenterWarrenBradleyVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Chi St. Vincent Hospital Hot SpringsHot SpringsGarlandVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Chicot Memorial Medical CenterLake VillageChicotVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Conway Regional Medical Center, IncConwayFaulknerVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Dallas County Medical CenterFordyceDallasGovernment - LocalNot reported—
Dardanelle Regional Medical CenterDardanelleYellGovernment - LocalNot reported—
Delta Memorial HospitalDumasDeshaVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Dewitt Hospital & Nursing Home, IncDe WittArkansasVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Eureka Springs Hospital CommissionEureka SpringsCarrollGovernment - LocalNot reported—
Forrest City Medical CenterForrest CitySt. FrancisProprietaryYesDesignated
Great River Medical CenterBlythevilleMississippiGovernment - LocalYesDesignated
Helena Regional Medical CenterHelenaPhillipsProprietaryNot reported—
Howard Memorial HospitalNashvilleHowardVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Izard Regional Hospital LlcCalico RockBaxterVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Jefferson Regional Medical CenterPine BluffJeffersonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Johnson Regional Medical CenterClarksvilleJohnsonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Lawrence Memorial HospitalWalnut RidgeLawrenceVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Little River Memorial HospitalAshdownLittle RiverVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Mena Regional Health SystemMenaPolkVoluntary non-profit - OtherNot reported—
Mercy Hospital Fort SmithFort SmithSebastianVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Mercy Hospital Northwest ArkansasRogersBentonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
National Park Medical CenterHot SpringsGarlandProprietaryYesDesignated
North Arkansas Regional Medical CenterHarrisonBooneVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Northwest Medical Center-SpringdaleSpringdaleWashingtonProprietaryYesDesignated
Ouachita County Medical CenterCamdenOuachitaVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Ozark HealthClintonVan BurenVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Ozarks Community Hospital Of GravetteGravetteBentonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Piggott Community HospitalPiggottClayGovernment - LocalNot reported—
Saline Memorial HospitalBentonSalineProprietaryYesDesignated
Sevier County Medical CenterDe QueenSevierGovernment - LocalNot reported—
South Arkansas Regional Hospital LlcEl DoradoUnionProprietaryYesDesignated
South Mississippi County Regional Medical CenterOsceolaMississippiGovernment - LocalNot reported—
Southwest Regional Medical Center LlcHopeHempsteadProprietaryNot reported—
Southwest Regional Medical Center LlcHopeHempsteadProprietaryNot reported—
St Bernards Five Rivers Medical CenterPocahontasRandolphVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
St Bernards Medical CenterJonesboroCraigheadVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
St Marys Regional Medical CenterRussellvillePopeProprietaryYesDesignated
University of Arkansas Medical SciencesLittle RockPulaskiGovernment - StateYesDesignated
Washington Regional Medical CenterFayettevilleWashingtonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
White County Medical CenterSearcyWhiteVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
White River Medical CenterBatesvilleIndependenceVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated

Birthing Friendly is a CMS designation reflecting a hospital's attestation to participating in a perinatal quality improvement collaborative and implementing recommended safety practices. It records reported structure and participation. It is not an outcome measure, and CMS published no obstetric outcome scores at all for 2024 — see the blackout.

A limit we will not cross. Nothing on this page links a clinical outcome rate to a legal claim. Adverse-event rates measure medicine. Litigation measures a legal process. They are different quantities, they are collected by different agencies for different reasons, and correlating them would be the fastest way to publish something false. Where we present clinical data and legal data together, it is to describe a market — never to imply that one causes, predicts, or justifies the other.

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau — County Population Totals and Components of Change, Vintage 2024 — births by county, 2021–2024
  2. U.S. Census Bureau — County Business Patterns, 2023 — NAICS 541110, Offices of Lawyers; establishment counts by county
  3. CMS Care Compare — Maternal Health · Hospital — PC-02, PC-07a, PC-07b, SM-7; 2024 reporting period
  4. CMS Care Compare — Hospital General Information — ownership, facility type, Birthing Friendly designation
  5. U.S. Census Bureau — Cartographic Boundary Files, 2023 (1:20,000,000) — county and state polygons; projected to Albers equal-area at build time

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Birth Injury Marketing. “Arkansas: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity.” 24 August 2026. https://birthinjurymarketing.com/intelligence/arkansas/

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Related

Working in Arkansas? Arkansas is one of the states where this data supports a distinct argument about acquisition, so it has a commercial page: birth injury marketing in Arkansas — including three reasons not to spend money there.

All 51 states → · National legal capacity → · Why there is no outcome data → · Model this market → · Methodology →

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