2024 Arkansas Power Outage Report
In 2024, the average Arkansas customer went without power for about 8.5 hours, the 19th worst of 51 states (US average 11.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
8.5
vs prior year
▼ 37%
vs 2023
Customer-hours out
14.1M
Peak customers out
137,053
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of AR customers
Counties reporting
75
Arkansas year over year
All 75 Arkansas counties, 2024
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marion County | 45.7 | 378K | 8,270 | 8,270 | 605 |
| 2 | Benton County | 35.5 | 4.4M | 123,593 | 74,812 | 957 |
| 3 | Little River County | 31.3 | 114K | 3,623 | 3,623 | 559 |
| 4 | Yell County | 23.0 | 224K | 9,728 | 6,862 | 528 |
| 5 | Baxter County | 22.3 | 635K | 28,471 | 25,906 | 942 |
| 6 | Sevier County | 22.1 | 126K | 5,699 | 2,159 | 564 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 21.5 | 89K | 4,130 | 2,014 | 421 |
| 8 | Madison County | 19.5 | 262K | 13,452 | 4,524 | 545 |
| 9 | Prairie County | 18.9 | 74K | 3,917 | 1,772 | 609 |
| 10 | Lee County | 18.2 | 82K | 4,519 | 3,200 | 545 |
| 11 | Miller County | 18.0 | 280K | 15,516 | 7,734 | 1,005 |
| 12 | Dallas County | 16.7 | 54K | 3,246 | 1,250 | 271 |
| 13 | Carroll County | 16.1 | 284K | 17,602 | 7,401 | 598 |
| 14 | Monroe County | 15.8 | 59K | 3,733 | 1,480 | 458 |
| 15 | Grant County | 13.5 | 118K | 8,732 | 3,901 | 443 |
| 16 | Jefferson County | 13.4 | 455K | 33,927 | 6,837 | 700 |
| 17 | Garland County | 13.3 | 663K | 49,734 | 8,545 | 771 |
| 18 | Lawrence County | 12.2 | 91K | 7,466 | 4,274 | 479 |
| 19 | Arkansas County | 12.0 | 112K | 9,409 | 3,724 | 634 |
| 20 | Hot Spring County | 11.8 | 177K | 15,029 | 4,175 | 683 |
| 21 | Chicot County | 10.7 | 51K | 4,703 | 1,261 | 467 |
| 22 | Lafayette County | 10.7 | 30K | 2,776 | 2,661 | 390 |
| 23 | Scott County | 10.6 | 53K | 4,965 | 3,651 | 382 |
| 24 | Pike County | 10.3 | 53K | 5,133 | 897 | 308 |
| 25 | Conway County | 9.8 | 123K | 12,567 | 3,334 | 521 |
| 26 | Desha County | 9.6 | 52K | 5,462 | 1,269 | 376 |
| 27 | Howard County | 9.4 | 57K | 6,087 | 2,999 | 451 |
| 28 | Woodruff County | 9.4 | 33K | 3,495 | 1,563 | 406 |
| 29 | Columbia County | 9.1 | 105K | 11,454 | 3,323 | 590 |
| 30 | Sharp County | 8.7 | 93K | 10,758 | 3,458 | 615 |
| 31 | Fulton County | 8.7 | 63K | 7,300 | 5,313 | 466 |
| 32 | Hempstead County | 8.5 | 96K | 11,330 | 1,425 | 406 |
| 33 | Poinsett County | 8.5 | 86K | 10,154 | 2,102 | 559 |
| 34 | Union County | 8.1 | 161K | 19,892 | 4,022 | 778 |
| 35 | Phillips County | 7.5 | 73K | 9,727 | 1,162 | 596 |
| 36 | Crawford County | 7.5 | 271K | 36,251 | 8,871 | 886 |
| 37 | Saline County | 7.0 | 349K | 49,735 | 6,460 | 914 |
| 38 | Boone County | 6.9 | 129K | 18,659 | 3,160 | 760 |
| 39 | Perry County | 6.8 | 43K | 6,378 | 1,525 | 375 |
| 40 | Bradley County | 6.7 | 36K | 5,463 | 1,062 | 234 |
| 41 | Logan County | 6.4 | 76K | 11,952 | 2,706 | 602 |
| 42 | Drew County | 6.3 | 57K | 9,073 | 2,982 | 521 |
| 43 | Nevada County | 6.3 | 25K | 4,020 | 877 | 235 |
| 44 | St. Francis County | 5.8 | 73K | 12,694 | 1,180 | 780 |
| 45 | Mississippi County | 5.8 | 104K | 17,931 | 2,282 | 629 |
| 46 | Franklin County | 5.7 | 61K | 10,611 | 2,033 | 447 |
| 47 | Ashley County | 5.7 | 52K | 9,203 | 1,186 | 605 |
| 48 | Cleveland County | 5.7 | 19K | 3,401 | 569 | 153 |
| 49 | Clark County | 5.6 | 67K | 11,935 | 2,870 | 390 |
| 50 | Izard County | 5.5 | 47K | 8,572 | 2,224 | 510 |
| 51 | Cross County | 5.5 | 43K | 7,940 | 1,434 | 670 |
| 52 | Pope County | 5.3 | 171K | 32,152 | 3,953 | 675 |
| 53 | Independence County | 5.2 | 101K | 19,306 | 10,015 | 766 |
| 54 | Johnson County | 4.5 | 84K | 18,727 | 3,161 | 471 |
| 55 | Cleburne County | 4.4 | 80K | 17,946 | 13,762 | 710 |
| 56 | Randolph County | 4.2 | 37K | 8,928 | 2,665 | 167 |
| 57 | Ouachita County | 4.1 | 54K | 13,315 | 1,319 | 444 |
| 58 | Pulaski County | 4.0 | 988K | 247,287 | 9,558 | 615 |
| 59 | Newton County | 3.9 | 15K | 3,813 | 2,013 | 328 |
| 60 | Clay County | 3.8 | 24K | 6,466 | 1,260 | 137 |
| 61 | Jackson County | 3.7 | 31K | 8,374 | 1,352 | 325 |
| 62 | Stone County | 3.6 | 24K | 6,629 | 892 | 443 |
| 63 | Sebastian County | 3.5 | 272K | 77,727 | 9,300 | 963 |
| 64 | Lonoke County | 3.4 | 157K | 46,850 | 5,210 | 841 |
| 65 | White County | 3.3 | 134K | 40,502 | 8,671 | 908 |
| 66 | Calhoun County | 2.6 | 9,204 | 3,555 | 296 | 104 |
| 67 | Washington County | 2.6 | 384K | 149,990 | 21,976 | 954 |
| 68 | Faulkner County | 2.3 | 145K | 63,679 | 8,108 | 754 |
| 69 | Crittenden County | 2.2 | 57K | 25,574 | 1,838 | 572 |
| 70 | Searcy County | 1.9 | 13K | 7,013 | 1,267 | 204 |
| 71 | Polk County | 1.5 | 17K | 11,572 | 1,401 | 353 |
| 72 | Greene County | 1.0 | 30K | 31,433 | 1,601 | 447 |
| 73 | Craighead County | 0.7 | 52K | 75,696 | 2,267 | 569 |
| 74 | Lincoln County | 0.6 | 3,312 | 5,681 | 437 | 91 |
| 75 | Van Buren County | 0.0 | 14 | 15,567 | 5 | 4 |
Biggest Arkansas outages of 2024
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benton County, AR | May 26, 2024 05:15 | June 29, 2024 09:15 | 34d 4h | 74,812 | 3.9M |
| 2 | Benton County, AR | August 16, 2024 19:45 | August 19, 2024 22:30 | 3d 2h | 31,694 | 130K |
| 3 | Baxter County, AR | May 26, 2024 06:45 | June 1, 2024 21:45 | 6d 15h | 25,906 | 542K |
| 4 | Washington County, AR | March 14, 2024 20:15 | March 15, 2024 11:00 | 14h 45m | 21,976 | 21K |
| 5 | Washington County, AR | September 1, 2024 20:15 | September 2, 2024 02:30 | 6h 15m | 18,827 | 25K |
| 6 | Cleburne County, AR | October 31, 2024 07:15 | November 1, 2024 00:00 | 16h 45m | 13,762 | 24K |
| 7 | Baxter County, AR | March 19, 2024 11:00 | March 19, 2024 12:00 | 1h | 13,131 | 6,180 |
| 8 | Independence County, AR | February 25, 2024 13:30 | February 25, 2024 18:45 | 5h 15m | 10,015 | 6,262 |
| 9 | Benton County, AR | June 29, 2024 10:30 | July 10, 2024 20:30 | 11d 10h | 9,758 | 20K |
| 10 | Pulaski County, AR | May 3, 2024 08:15 | May 16, 2024 05:30 | 12d 21h | 9,558 | 116K |
| 11 | Sebastian County, AR | June 5, 2024 19:30 | June 6, 2024 20:00 | 1d | 9,300 | 11K |
| 12 | Crawford County, AR | February 24, 2024 20:15 | February 25, 2024 00:00 | 3h 45m | 8,871 | 13K |
| 13 | White County, AR | March 6, 2024 21:15 | March 7, 2024 01:00 | 3h 45m | 8,671 | 2,205 |
| 14 | Sebastian County, AR | August 17, 2024 04:00 | August 20, 2024 02:00 | 2d 22h | 8,641 | 101K |
| 15 | Garland County, AR | May 8, 2024 05:30 | May 12, 2024 07:30 | 4d 2h | 8,545 | 110K |
| 16 | Benton County, AR | January 12, 2024 04:45 | January 13, 2024 03:15 | 22h 30m | 8,321 | 54K |
| 17 | Marion County, AR | May 26, 2024 08:45 | May 31, 2024 03:15 | 4d 18h | 8,270 | 282K |
| 18 | Faulkner County, AR | May 23, 2024 10:45 | May 24, 2024 00:15 | 13h 30m | 8,108 | 31K |
| 19 | Miller County, AR | June 1, 2024 15:30 | June 6, 2024 21:45 | 5d 6h | 7,734 | 44K |
| 20 | Benton County, AR | October 30, 2024 06:30 | October 30, 2024 10:30 | 4h | 7,673 | 22K |
| 21 | Garland County, AR | August 18, 2024 23:15 | August 21, 2024 03:30 | 2d 4h | 7,667 | 105K |
| 22 | Crawford County, AR | May 7, 2024 07:45 | May 9, 2024 21:15 | 2d 13h | 7,637 | 77K |
| 23 | Carroll County, AR | May 26, 2024 07:30 | June 3, 2024 22:15 | 8d 14h | 7,401 | 211K |
| 24 | Faulkner County, AR | July 4, 2024 19:30 | July 4, 2024 22:30 | 3h | 7,145 | 3,371 |
| 25 | Faulkner County, AR | May 16, 2024 13:30 | May 16, 2024 18:30 | 5h | 7,109 | 1,792 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Arkansas's electricity customers in 2024; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2024 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.