# Madison County, Arkansas: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Huntsville Madison County is one of the places pushing back on the data center build-out. Electrical contractors employ 67, up 139.3% since 2019 against up 29.6% statewide, at an average $58,546 a year. Madison County is home to Huntsville. The Moratorium Tracker holds 1 local measure here (1 in force); the latest is “Three-year moratorium on data centers and digital asset mining”. Employers here counted 3,619 jobs in 2025, up 6.7% from 2019. 5 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. +6.7% total jobs since 2019, now 3,619 5 MW of operating power plants, mostly solar 12.25¢ per kWh for Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) residential customers, 2024 ## Cities and towns in Madison County Madison County is home to Huntsville. Huntsville3,576 residents St. Paul126 residents Hindsville95 residents Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Kingston, Wesley. 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 Madison County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Arkansas | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 16,555 | 18,410 | ▲ 11.2% | 38th of 75 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 3,391 | 3,619 | ▲ 6.7% | 17th of 75 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $35,772 | $46,422 | ▲ 29.8% | — | | Electrical contractor jobs (2019 → 2025) | 28 | 67 | ▲ 139.3% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 2.5% | 2.8% | ▲ 0.3pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 5 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | 18,410 people live here, up 11.2% since 2020. Its power plants have 5 MW of capacity, 100% of it solar. Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) is the largest utility serving Madison County, one of 3 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 12.25¢/kWh in 2024. Unemployment was 2.8% in August 2026, against 2.5% in 2019. ## Who powers Madison County ### Utilities with service territory in Madison County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) | Cooperative | Bundled | 101,154 | 12.25¢ | 21% | | Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR) | Cooperative | Bundled | 72,076 | 13.03¢ | 25% | | Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp | Cooperative | Bundled | 54,372 | 13.33¢ | 16% | 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 | |---|---|---| | Solar | 5 MW | 100% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Hindsville | Today's Power, Inc. | Solar | 5 MW | 2025 | ## The Madison County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 3,619 | $46,422 | 1.00 | | Electrical contractors | 67 | $58,546 | 2.57 | 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 Madison County ### Local measures | Measure | Status | Date | |---|---|---| | Three-year moratorium on data centers and digital asset mining | In force | 2026-08 | ## Madison County and its neighbors Of the 7 counties that border Madison County, Carroll 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 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Madison County | 18,410 | ▲ 6.7% | 5 MW | — | — | 1 | | Benton County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/benton-county) | 332,554 | ▲ 23.0% | 561 MW | — | 1 | 1 | | Carroll County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/carroll-county) | 29,263 | ▼ 1.2% | 114 MW | 183 MW | — | 1 | | Crawford County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/crawford-county) | 62,657 | ▼ 9.3% | 34 MW | — | — | — | | Franklin County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/franklin-county) | 17,725 | ▲ 2.5% | 362 MW | 69 MW | — | — | | Johnson County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/johnson-county) | 26,225 | ▼ 6.8% | 17 MW | — | 4 | — | | Newton County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/newton-county) | 7,026 | ▼ 2.1% | — | — | — | — | | Washington County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/washington-county) | 271,213 | ▲ 11.2% | 454 MW | — | 1 | — | ## More of Arkansas [All Arkansas countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas)[Benton County332,554 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/benton-county)[Washington County271,213 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/washington-county)[Crawford County62,657 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/crawford-county)[Carroll County29,263 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/carroll-county)[Johnson County26,225 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/johnson-county) ## Madison County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Madison County, Arkansas? 3 utilities have service territory in Madison County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR), Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR), Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp. The largest, Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR), charged residential customers 12.25¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Madison County? 1 operating plant with 5 MW of capacity. The largest is Hindsville (5 MW, solar). ### Are there data centers in Madison County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Madison County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Johnson County. ### Is Madison County adding jobs? Employers counted 3,619 jobs in 2025 against 3,391 in 2019 (+6.7%, BLS QCEW). ### Does Madison County have a data center moratorium? The SAVRN Moratorium Tracker holds 1 local measure for Madison County, 1 in force. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/arkansas/madison-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/).