Desha County, Arkansas
20 public bodies govern here, 2 school districts are based here, and USDA lists 0 farmers markets. Everything below says where it came from.
In four numbers
- People
- 10,786
- Median household income
- $37,662
- ±4,562
- Unemployed
- 8.0%
- 321 of 4,020 in the labour force
- Homes with broadband
- 78.0%
- 3,595 of 4,610 households
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024; read 2026-09-26. Percentages worked out here from the two counts shown.
Who governs here
County government 1
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Desha | 11,090 (2021) | Po Box 188, Arkansas City | — |
Cities, towns and villages 6
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Arkansas City | 369 (2021) | Po Box 369, Arkansas City | — |
| City of Dumas | 3,886 (2021) | Po Box 157, Dumas | Website |
| City of McGehee | 3,772 (2021) | Po Box 612, McGehee | Website |
| City of Mitchellville | 289 (2021) | Po Box 568, Dumas | — |
| City of Watson | 178 (2021) | 500 Clayton St, Watson | — |
| Town of Reed | 123 (2021) | Po Box 139, Tillar | — |
Special districts 13
| Name | What it does | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canal 18 Watershed District Desha and Drew Counties | Drainage | 209 W Oak St, Mc Gehee | — |
| Chicot Desha-Drew Watershed District | Drainage | Po Box 787, McGehee | — |
| Cypress Creek Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 787, Mc Gehee | — |
| Desha County Drainage District 5 | Drainage | 500 E Bowles St, Dumas | — |
| Kelso Rohwer Watershed District | Drainage | 2518 Highway 1 N, Watson | — |
| Laconia Circle Drainage District | Drainage | Po Box 610, Helena | — |
| Wells Bayou Watershed Improvement District | Drainage | Po Box 605, Dumas | — |
| Laconia Levee District 1 (desha County) | Flood control | Po Box 610, Helena | — |
| Southeast Arkansas Levee District | Flood control | Po Box 399, Arkansas City | — |
| Dumas City Housing Authority | Housing and community development | Po Box 115, Dumas | — |
| McGehee City Housing Authority | Housing and community development | Po Box 725, McGehee | — |
| Desha County Conservation District | Other natural resources | 3303 Highway 65 N, McGehee | — |
| Yellow Bend Port Authority | Sea and inland port facilities | Po Box 725, McGehee | — |
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Government Units List (published August 2023); the file read 2026-09-26. Offices are placed by county; a special district’s territory can cross county lines. Each body posts its own meetings on its website where the Census records one.
School districts based here
DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT
School district3 schools
213 ADAMS STREET, Dumas, AR, 71639
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
MCGEHEE SCHOOL DISTRICT
School district3 schools
409 OAK STREET, McGehee, AR, 71654
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2024-25; read 2026-09-26.
Farmers markets
USDA’s directory lists no farmers market in this county. That is not the same as there being none: a market that never registered with USDA, and was not found by its 2023 web sweep, is not in the directory.
In the counties that border this one
Arkansas County Farmers Market (1009 Liberty Dr. De Witt) · Grand Prairie Farmers Market (Stuttgart)
Which counties border which: U.S. Census Bureau, County Adjacency File (2024), the file read 2026-09-26. Bordering is not distance — counties that touch at one corner border each other.
USDA National Farmers Market Directory; read 2026-09-26.