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Arkansas County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 48 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05001

Within Arkansas
Arkansas County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks DeWitt, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
15,836
-1,270 (-7.4%) since 2020
Land area
992.1
square miles. A further 4.5% of the total area is water
Population density
16.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
DeWitt
Seat of county government.
Established
1813
212 years ago
Largest city
Stuttgart city
Population 7,525.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Arkansas County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Arkansas County, Arkansas from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 688 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Arkansas County ranks

Position among the 75 counties of Arkansas, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn ArkansasNationally
Population15,83648th of 752,049th of 3,144
Land area992.1 sq mi3rd of 75693rd of 3,144
Population density16.0 per sq mi59th of 752,360th of 3,144
Median household income$53,16434th of 752,586th of 3,143

Full data for Arkansas County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,836Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,106Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,146Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area992.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area46.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,039 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?16.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,164American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$138,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,705American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,696American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-77
198 births, 275 deaths
Net migration
-179
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Arkansas County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Desha CountyArkansas64 mi9,984
Jefferson CountyArkansas50 mi62,987
Monroe CountyArkansas39 mi6,244
Phillips CountyArkansas27 mi14,255
Prairie CountyArkansas23 mi7,923
Lincoln CountyArkansas5.4 mi12,764
Lonoke CountyArkansas1.5 mi76,664

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 75 counties of Arkansas

Open the interactive Arkansas county map, or jump straight to any of them.

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.