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Calhoun County, Arkansas

The least populous of Arkansas's 75 counties.

CountyFIPS 05013

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

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Population
4,632
-106 (-2.2%) since 2020
Land area
628.6
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
7.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hampton
Seat of county government.
Established
1850
175 years ago
Largest city
Hampton city
Population 1,145.

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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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 606 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 Calhoun 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
Population4,63275th of 752,843rd of 3,144
Land area628.6 sq mi45th of 751,528th of 3,144
Population density7.4 per sq mi75th of 752,670th of 3,144
Median household income$66,8097th of 751,451st of 3,143

Full data for Calhoun County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,632Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20204,738Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?4,743Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area628.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area632.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?7.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,809American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$110,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,690American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,466American 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
-37
46 births, 83 deaths
Net migration
-8
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 5 areas bordering Calhoun 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
Ouachita CountyArkansas71 mi21,731
Bradley CountyArkansas40 mi9,828
Union CountyArkansas26 mi36,926
Dallas CountyArkansas14 mi6,011
Cleveland CountyArkansas9.5 mi7,224

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.