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Benton County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 2 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05007

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

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Population
332,554
+45,957 (+16.0%) since 2020
Land area
847.7
square miles. A further 4.1% of the total area is water
Population density
392
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bentonville
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Rogers city
Population 76,956.

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 Benton 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 Benton 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 800 by 527 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 Benton 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
Population332,5542nd of 75225th of 3,144
Land area847.7 sq mi12th of 75985th of 3,144
Population density392 per sq mi2nd of 75351st of 3,144
Median household income$93,5061st of 75243rd of 3,143

Full data for Benton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population332,554Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020286,597Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?284,333Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area847.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area36.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area884.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?392 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$93,506American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$323,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households111,919American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units122,703American 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
+1,672
3,949 births, 2,277 deaths
Net migration
+8,926
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 7 areas bordering Benton 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
Washington CountyArkansas53 mi271,213
McDonald CountyMissouri30 mi23,992
Carroll CountyArkansas29 mi29,263
Delaware CountyOklahoma23 mi41,910
Barry CountyMissouri12 mi36,200
Madison CountyArkansas9.0 mi18,410
Adair CountyOklahoma4.2 mi19,828

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.