# Arkansas Senior Housing & Health Data
Arkansas has 614 federally subsidized senior housing properties totaling 16,801 elderly units, of which 538 are rural and 570 sit inside a federally designated health professional shortage area.
## Portfolio at a glance
- Subsidized senior properties: 614
- Elderly units: 16,801
- HUD Section 202: 48 properties (3,730 units)
- USDA Section 515: 334 properties (9,617 units)
- Rural properties: 538 across 72 rural counties
- HPSA shortage-area properties: 570 (14,872 units)
- Population 65+: 525,644 (est. 191,403 living alone)
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Source: HUD, USDA RD, HRSA, CDC BRFSS/PLACES, HHS emPOWER, CMS. Snapshot 2026-08-04.
Canonical page: https://community.connective.care/data/state/AR