Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Living in Pine Bluff, AR: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Pine Bluff goes to 71603 (55% of residents), one of 3 ZIP codes in town. Pine Bluff has its own library, Pine Bluff Jefferson County Library System, at 600 S. Main St.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Pine Bluff, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Pine Bluff.
Power comes from Entergy Arkansas
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Pine Bluff. Its homes paid an average of 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $145 a month (its average across Arkansas).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Liberty Utilities
Liberty Utilities supplies almost all of Pine Bluff. It draws ground water and serves 43,438 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 59% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AR0000272.
5 home internet providers serve Pine Bluff
95% of 17,560 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 26% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Bluff Cable TV | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/50 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 46% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Right Fiber | Fiber | 20% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 81% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 5% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Pine Bluff’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Pine Bluff.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Pine Bluff (75%) is in Pine Bluff School District; parts are in Watson Chapel School District (19%) and White Hall School District (6%).
D−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Pine Bluff spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Pine Bluff residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Pine Bluff | ZIP’s residents in Pine Bluff |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71603 | Pine Bluff, AR | 55% | 75% |
| 71601 | Pine Bluff, AR | 32% | 94% |
| 71602 | White Hall, AR | 13% | 33% |
71611, 71613 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Pine Bluff
Who supplies Pine Bluff’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Liberty Utilities (EPA ID AR0000272). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Pine Bluff?
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Pine Bluff?
Pine Bluff Cable TV, AT&T, Right Fiber, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Pine Bluff?
71603 (55%), 71601 (32%), 71602 (13%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Pine Bluff in?
Pine Bluff School District. Parts of the city are in Watson Chapel School District and White Hall School District.
How do I register to vote in Pine Bluff?
Arkansas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Jefferson County Clerk. Check your registration at voterview.ar-nova.org.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.