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Dentists and orthodontists in St. Francis County, AR
How St. Francis 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 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,774 of 1,886 scored counties
#31 of 39 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.6M
- On medical and dental services · $854 a household
- Spending per listing
- $831K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,800
- −5.3% since 2020
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What this means
For dentists and orthodontists, St. Francis County has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #1,774 of 1,886 scored counties and #31 of 39 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 dentists and orthodontists in St. Francis County. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 10.3 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Household spending on medical and dental services in St. Francis County comes to about $6.6M a year: $854 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. That is about $831K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 16% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in St. Francis County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 1,946 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Francis County declined 5.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How St. Francis 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 | St. Francis County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 10.1 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $831K | $1M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,946 | 1,315 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.0% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $854 | $1,022 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $42,574 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 St. Francis 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 St. Francis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,800−5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 7,783
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 635 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $42,574+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,099
- Median home value
- $90,900
- Jobs located here
- 6,530
- Daytime population
- 21,343Residents 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 St. Francis 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 |
| 31St. Francis County, AR | 24 | 8 | 10.3 | $831K | −5.3% | #1,774 of 1,886 |
Other business types in St. Francis 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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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in St. Francis County, AR?
St. Francis County has 8 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in St. Francis County, AR spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.6M a year, or $854 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $831K per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,783 households in St. Francis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Francis County, AR compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
St. Francis County has 10.3 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $831K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, St. Francis County would have about 7, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,946 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Francis County, AR growing?
Population estimates put St. Francis County at 21,800 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,783 households. The median household income in St. Francis County is $42,574 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% 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. St. Francis County scores 24 for dentists and orthodontists (low), #1,774 of 1,886 scored counties.
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