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Conway County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 31 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05029

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

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Population
21,393
+660 (+3.2%) since 2020
Land area
552
square miles. A further 2.6% of the total area is water
Population density
38.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Morrilton
Seat of county government.
Established
1825
200 years ago
Largest city
Morrilton city
Population 7,195.

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 Conway 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 Conway 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 695 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 Conway 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
Population21,39331st of 751,757th of 3,144
Land area552 sq mi71st of 751,892nd of 3,144
Population density38.8 per sq mi25th of 751,698th of 3,144
Median household income$54,18730th of 752,521st of 3,143

Full data for Conway County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population21,393Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202020,733Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?20,710Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area552 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area566.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?38.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,187American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$154,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,279American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,703American 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
-101
220 births, 321 deaths
Net migration
+106
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 5 areas bordering Conway 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
Perry CountyArkansas35 mi10,309
Faulkner CountyArkansas31 mi133,979
Van Buren CountyArkansas27 mi16,238
Pope CountyArkansas23 mi64,976
Yell CountyArkansas14 mi19,956

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.