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Baxter County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 16 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05005

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

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Population
42,982
+1,290 (+3.1%) since 2020
Land area
553.9
square miles. A further 5.6% of the total area is water
Population density
77.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Mountain Home
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Mountain Home city
Population 13,373.

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 Baxter 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 Baxter 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 574 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 Baxter 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
Population42,98216th of 751,136th of 3,144
Land area553.9 sq mi70th of 751,877th of 3,144
Population density77.6 per sq mi13th of 751,105th of 3,144
Median household income$48,45252nd of 752,859th of 3,143

Full data for Baxter County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population42,982Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202041,692Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?41,634Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area553.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area32.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area586.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?77.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$48,452American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$174,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age51.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households19,348American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units22,883American 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
-476
359 births, 835 deaths
Net migration
+599
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 6 areas bordering Baxter 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
Marion CountyArkansas53 mi17,593
Stone CountyArkansas23 mi12,703
Ozark CountyMissouri21 mi9,172
Fulton CountyArkansas17 mi12,492
Izard CountyArkansas13 mi14,405
Searcy CountyArkansas6.0 mi7,848

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

All 75 counties of Arkansas

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