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Dentists and orthodontists in Phillips County, AR
How Phillips County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 1 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #1,886 of 1,886 scored counties
#39 of 39 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.1M
- On medical and dental services · $842 a household
- Spending per listing
- $564K
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.9
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,255
- −13.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in Phillips County is 1 (very low), #1,886 of 1,886 scored counties and #39 of 39 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 dentists and orthodontists in Phillips County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 14.9 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Households in Phillips County spend about $5.1M a year on medical and dental services, or $842 per household, 35% below the U.S. average. That is about $564K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 43% below the U.S. figure of $984K. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Phillips County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Phillips County declined 13.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Phillips County compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the dentists and orthodontists counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Phillips County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.9 | 10.1 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $564K | $1M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,315 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.0% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −13.0% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $842 | $1,022 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $40,134 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 1 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Phillips County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Phillips County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,255−13.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,023
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 690 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $40,134+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $54,873
- Median home value
- $78,200
- Jobs located here
- 4,448
- Daytime population
- 14,386Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Phillips County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carroll County, AR | 70 | 6 | 5.3 | $1.8M | +3.6% | #265 of 1,886 |
| 2Hot Spring County, AR | 64 | 6 | 4.9 | $2M | +1.1% | #427 of 1,886 |
| 3Crawford County, AR | 63 | 15 | 6.4 | $1.6M | +4.1% | #470 of 1,886 |
| 4Saline County, AR | 63 | 42 | 8.4 | $1.3M | +7.6% | #479 of 1,886 |
| 5Johnson County, AR | 61 | 5 | 4.8 | $1.9M | +2.0% | #524 of 1,886 |
| 6Lonoke County, AR | 60 | 23 | 8.1 | $1.3M | +3.5% | #575 of 1,886 |
| 7Poinsett County, AR | 50 | 5 | 5.7 | $1.6M | −2.0% | #922 of 1,886 |
| 8Benton County, AR | 47 | 141 | 12.6 | $993K | +16.0% | #1,067 of 1,886 |
| 9Washington County, AR | 45 | 97 | 10.0 | $1.1M | +9.9% | #1,132 of 1,886 |
| 10Miller County, AR | 42 | 14 | 8.6 | $1.1M | −0.5% | #1,220 of 1,886 |
| 39Phillips County, AR | 1 | 9 | 14.9 | $564K | −13.0% | #1,886 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Phillips County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Phillips County, AR?
There are 9 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Phillips County as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. No official count is published for offices of dentists in Phillips County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Phillips County, AR spend on medical and dental services?
About $5.1M a year, or $842 per household. That is 35% below the U.S. average (an index of 65, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $564K per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,023 households in Phillips County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Phillips County, AR compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Phillips County has 14.9 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $564K, 43% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Phillips County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Phillips County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Phillips County at 14,255 people in 2025, down 13.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,023 households. The median household income in Phillips County is $40,134 a year, 50% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Phillips County scores 1 for dentists and orthodontists (very low), #1,886 of 1,886 scored counties.
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