Regional county sales tax revenue up in the 2026 first quarter
First-quarter 2026 sales tax revenue is up broadly among the four Arkansas counties in the Fort Smith metro, with only Franklin County showing a quarterly decline compared with the same period in 2025. Combined first-quarter revenue in the four counties is up 3% compared with the same period in 2025.
With a quarterly gain of 6.5%, Logan County posted the largest percentage growth during the quarter, according to information from the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. Crawford County was a close second with a 6% quarterly gain. Down 11.4%, Franklin County was the only county among the four to post a quarterly decline in sales tax revenue.
Van Buren and Ozark were the only top cities in the four-county area to post a first-quarter decline in sales tax revenue. First-quarter combined revenue in the four counties is $15.468 million, up 3% compared with $15.016 million in the same quarter of 2025.
Following is the first-quarter sales tax data comparison among the four Arkansas counties in the Fort Smith region, with the larger cities listed under the county in which they are located.
Crawford County
January-March 2026: $3.633 million
January-March 2025: $3.428 million
up 6%
Van Buren
January-March 2026: $2.178 million
January-March 2025: $2.191 million
down 0.6%
Alma
January-March 2026: $1.018 million
January-March 2025: $988,896
up 3%
Franklin County
January-March 2026: $1.279 million
January-March 2025: $1.442 million
down 11.4%
Ozark
January-March 2026: $590,721
January-March 2025: $677,199
down 12.7%
Logan County
January-March 2026: $1.726 million
January-March 2025: $1.621 million
up 6.5%
Paris
January-March 2026: $308,801
January-March 2025: $291,173
up 6%
Booneville
January-March 2026: $545,784 million
January-March 2025: $523,714 million
up 4.2%
Sebastian County
January-March 2026: $8.829 million
January-March 2025: $8.525 million
up 3.6%
Fort Smith
January-March 2026: $14.786 million
January-March 2025: $14.237 million
up 3.8%
Greenwood
January-March 2026: $1.072 million
January-March 2025: $1.042 million
up 2.9%
2025 COUNTY TAX REVENUE
Sales tax revenue among the four counties in the Fort Smith area was up in 2025 compared with 2024. Collections by the four counties in 2025 totaled $63.832 million, up 3.8% compared with $61.497 million in 2024. The tax revenue percentage gain in the four counties was also better than the statewide gain. Arkansas sales tax revenue in 2025 totaled $3.301 billion, down 0.36% compared with $3.314 billion in 2024.
Following is the sales tax data on four Arkansas counties in the Fort Smith region in 2025.
Crawford County
2025: $14.425 million
2024: $13.524 million
up 6.66%
Franklin County
2025: $6.081 million
2024: $5.444 million
up 11.7%
Logan County
2025: $7.077 million
2024: $6.576 million
up 7.62%
Sebastian County
2025: $36.248 million
2024: $35.952 million
up 0.82%