Missing Millions · 2026 estimate

Arkansas is missing 134,800 lung cancer screenings.

About 1 in 8 adults ages 50 to 80 in Arkansas qualifies for lung cancer screening and hasn't been screened. Find your county below.

161,600adults qualify for screening under USPSTF 2021 criteria (estimate)
16.6%were screened, 33rd of 51 (American Lung Association, 2025); 18.2% nationally
3,898low-dose CT screening scans billed to Medicare fee-for-service by Arkansas providers in 2024

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates 2025; CDC PLACES 2025; USPSTF 2021; American Lung Association, State of Lung Cancer 2025; CMS Medicare Physician and Other Practitioners 2024 (CPT 71271). Modeled estimates; see methodology below.

The gap, county by county

Shade shows how many adults ages 50 to 80 are missing screening. Select a county.

Pulaski County

14,400

missing lung cancer screenings (estimate)

  • Qualify for screening17,300
  • Adults 50 to 80 missing screening1 in 9
  • Medicare low-dose CT scans, 20241,926
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Every Arkansas county, ranked

Ranked by estimated missing screenings. Select a column to sort.
1Pulaski County14,40017,3001 in 91,926
2Benton County8,80010,5001 in 1083
3Washington County7,7009,2001 in 925
4Sebastian County5,6006,7001 in 8577
5Saline County5,3006,3001 in 90
6Garland County5,1006,1001 in 8185
7Faulkner County4,3005,1001 in 9113
8Craighead County4,1004,9001 in 8313
9White County3,8004,5001 in 70
10Lonoke County3,2003,8001 in 80
11Jefferson County3,2003,8001 in 757
12Crawford County2,9003,5001 in 70
13Pope County2,8003,4001 in 772
14Baxter County2,6003,1001 in 7255
15Greene County2,3002,8001 in 720
16Crittenden County2,3002,8001 in 70
17Miller County2,3002,7001 in 60
18Union County1,9002,3001 in 70
19Boone County1,9002,3001 in 724
20Mississippi County1,9002,3001 in 60
21Hot Spring County1,9002,2001 in 70
22Independence County1,8002,1001 in 7214
23Cleburne County1,6001,9001 in 70
24Carroll County1,6001,9001 in 70
25St. Francis County1,4001,6001 in 60
26Johnson County1,3001,6001 in 70
27Poinsett County1,3001,6001 in 60
28Ouachita County1,3001,5001 in 70
29Marion County1,2001,5001 in 70
30Sharp County1,2001,5001 in 60
31Logan County1,2001,5001 in 70
32Conway County1,2001,4001 in 60
33Polk County1,2001,4001 in 70
34Van Buren County1,2001,4001 in 60
35Ashley County1,1001,4001 in 60
36Randolph County1,0001,3001 in 60
37Yell County1,0001,2001 in 70
38Madison County1,0001,2001 in 60
39Franklin County1,0001,2001 in 60
40Hempstead County9801,2001 in 70
41Izard County9701,2001 in 60
42Jackson County9701,2001 in 60
43Columbia County9401,1001 in 80
44Cross County9301,1001 in 60
45Phillips County9101,1001 in 621
46Lawrence County9001,1001 in 60
47Stone County8801,1001 in 60
48Fulton County8601,0001 in 60
49Grant County8501,0001 in 80
50Arkansas County8209901 in 70
51Clay County7909501 in 70
52Clark County7909501 in 80
53Drew County7909401 in 70
54Sevier County7408901 in 60
55Desha County6808201 in 50
56Lincoln County6708001 in 60
57Little River County6708001 in 70
58Howard County6007201 in 70
59Perry County6007101 in 70
60Chicot County5907101 in 60
61Searcy County5907101 in 60
62Montgomery County5606701 in 70
63Pike County5506601 in 713
64Scott County5406501 in 70
65Bradley County5406501 in 60
66Lee County5406401 in 50
67Nevada County5306301 in 60
68Newton County4705701 in 70
69Prairie County4505401 in 70
70Lafayette County4305201 in 60
71Cleveland County4105001 in 70
72Monroe County4004801 in 60
73Woodruff County3804601 in 60
74Dallas County3203801 in 70
75Calhoun County2402901 in 80

Methodology

How we estimate the gap

A modeled estimate from public data only. It is not a count of patients and contains no patient information.

missing = adults 50 to 80 × county smoking rate × national eligibility factor × (1 − state screening rate)

  • Adults 50 to 80: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, Vintage 2025
  • Smoking: CDC PLACES 2025 release (Kentucky and Pennsylvania: 2024 release)
  • Eligibility: USPSTF 2021 criteria, scaled to about 14.5 million eligible adults nationally
  • Screening rates: American Lung Association, State of Lung Cancer 2025
  • Who is missing: Census population estimates (age) and American Community Survey 2020 to 2024 (language)
  • Screening activity: CMS Medicare fee-for-service claims for low-dose CT (CPT 71271), 2024, by provider location

Estimates under 50 are shown as "fewer than 50"; others are rounded. Full methodology

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