POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned, a director or officer, or both, of Acxiom Corporation ("Acxiom"),
acting pursuant to authorization of the Board of Directors of Acxiom, hereby appoints Catherine L. Hughes and Robert S. Bloom, or
any one of them, attorneys-in-fact and agents for me and in my name and on my behalf, individually and as a director or officer, or
both, of Acxiom, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8, together with all necessary exhibits, and any amendments (including
post effective amendments) and supplements thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, with respect to the issuance and sale of up to 2,000,000 shares of common stock, $.10 par value, of Acxiom to
be issued and delivered in accordance with the 2000 Associate Stock Option Plan of Acxiom Corporation (the "Plan"), and generally to
do and perform all things necessary to be done in connection with the foregoing as fully in all respects as I could do personally.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of this 23rd day of May, 2002.


                                                     Signed:  /s/ Wesley K. Clark
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                                                     Name:    WELSEY K. CLARK

                                                     Signed:  /s/ Ann Hayes Die
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                                                     Name:    ANN HAYES DIE

                                                     Signed:  /s/ William T. Dillard II
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                                                     Name:    WILLIAM T. DILLARD II

                                                     Signed:  /s/ Harry C. Gambill
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                                                     Name:     HARRY C. GAMBILL

                                                     Signed:  /s/ William J. Henderson
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                                                     Name:   WILLIAM J. HENDERSON

                                                     Signed:  /s/ Rodger S. Kline
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                                                     Name:    RODGER S. KLINE

                                                     Signed:  /s/ Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty, III
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                                                     Name:    THOMAS F. (MACK) McLARTY, III

                                                     Signed:  /s/ Charles D. Morgan
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                                                     Name:    CHARLES D. MORGAN

                                                     Signed:  /s/ Stephen M. Patterson
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                                                     Name:    STEPHEN M. PATTERSON

                                                     Signed:  /s/ James T. Womble
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                                                     Name:    JAMES T. WOMBLE