This dataset contains two files containing data from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission shared with the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab (CWHL) at Cornell University for the purpose of the Surveillance Optimization Project for Chronic Wasting Disease (SOP4CWD): records in standardized form depicting the results of chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Arkansas, US for hunting seasons from 2001-02 to 2020-21, as completed by wildlife health diagnosticians at (or in partnership with) the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission; and the total number of captive cervid facilities by county in Arkansas, US for the year 2021, as recorded by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.