# Conway County, Arkansas: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Morrilton No data center or power plant project is on record in Conway County, but the national build-out still reaches it through its utility bill, its labor market and the projects next door. Conway County is home to Morrilton, Oppelo and Plumerville. Construction employs 575, up 21.8% since 2019, and construction is 1.7 times as concentrated here as in the U.S. economy. Its power plants have 32 MW of capacity, 100% of it hydro. Employers here counted 6,346 jobs in 2025, down 2.8% from 2019. Entergy Arkansas LLC is the largest utility serving Conway County, one of 3 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 12.97¢/kWh in 2024, above the 12.11¢ median for Arkansas utilities. 1.7× the U.S. share of jobs in construction 32 MW of operating power plants, mostly hydro -2.8% total jobs since 2019, now 6,346 ## Cities and towns in Conway County Conway County is home to Morrilton, Oppelo and Plumerville. Morrilton7,195 residents Oppelo766 residents Plumerville738 residents Menifee312 residents Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Center Ridge, Hattieville, Jerusalem, Springfield. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Conway County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Arkansas | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 20,733 | 21,393 | ▲ 3.2% | 31st of 75 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 6,526 | 6,346 | ▼ 2.8% | 48th of 75 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $39,862 | $51,834 | ▲ 30.0% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 472 | 575 | ▲ 21.8% | 15th of 35 by growth | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.8% | 3.6% | ▼ 0.2pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Unemployment was 3.6% in August 2026, against 3.8% in 2019. 21,393 people live here, up 3.2% since 2020. ## Who powers Conway County ### Utilities with service territory in Conway County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Entergy Arkansas LLC | Investor Owned | Bundled | 608,362 | 12.97¢ | 25% | | First Electric Coop Corp | Cooperative | Bundled | 95,175 | 12.27¢ | 11% | | Petit Jean Electric Coop Corp | Cooperative | Bundled | 18,776 | 15.62¢ | 23% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Hydro | 32 MW | 100% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Whillock | Arkansas Electric Coop Corp | Hydro | 32 MW | 1993 | ## The Conway County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 6,346 | $51,834 | 1.00 | | Construction | 575 | $71,668 | 1.71 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Conway County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Conway County. Arkansas has 13 local measures on record statewide. ## Conway County and its neighbors Of the 5 counties that border Conway County, Pope County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Conway County | 21,393 | ▼ 2.8% | 32 MW | — | — | — | | Faulkner County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/faulkner-county) | 133,979 | ▲ 11.7% | — | — | — | — | | Perry County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/perry-county) | 10,309 | ▼ 3.1% | — | — | — | — | | Pope County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/pope-county) | 64,976 | ▲ 3.6% | 2,006 MW | — | — | — | | Van Buren County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/van-buren-county) | 16,238 | ▲ 8.6% | 1 MW | — | — | — | | Yell County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/yell-county) | 19,956 | ▼ 1.6% | — | — | — | — | ## More of Arkansas [All Arkansas countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas)[Faulkner County133,979 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/faulkner-county)[Pope County64,976 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/pope-county)[Yell County19,956 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/yell-county)[Van Buren County16,238 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/van-buren-county)[Perry County10,309 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/perry-county) ## Conway County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Conway County, Arkansas? 3 utilities have service territory in Conway County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Entergy Arkansas LLC, First Electric Coop Corp, Petit Jean Electric Coop Corp. The largest, Entergy Arkansas LLC, charged residential customers 12.97¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Conway County? 1 operating plant with 32 MW of capacity. The largest is Whillock (32 MW, hydro). ### Are there data centers in Conway County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Conway County. ### Is Conway County adding jobs? Employers counted 6,346 jobs in 2025 against 6,526 in 2019 (-2.8%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 472 to 575. ### Does Conway County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Conway County. Arkansas has 13 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/conway-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).