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Craighead County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 7 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05031

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

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Population
116,957
+5,333 (+4.8%) since 2020
Land area
707.2
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
165
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jonesboro
Seat of county government.
Established
1859
166 years ago
Largest city
Jonesboro city
Population 83,296.

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 Craighead 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 Craighead 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 434 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 Craighead 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
Population116,9577th of 75549th of 3,144
Land area707.2 sq mi29th of 751,304th of 3,144
Population density165 per sq mi7th of 75649th of 3,144
Median household income$59,54810th of 752,118th of 3,143

Full data for Craighead County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population116,957Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020111,624Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?111,242Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area707.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area712.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?165 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,548American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$210,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age34.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households44,437American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units48,885American 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
+464
1,575 births, 1,111 deaths
Net migration
+103
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 Craighead 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
Poinsett CountyArkansas42 mi22,483
Greene CountyArkansas28 mi47,411
Mississippi CountyArkansas20 mi37,828
Lawrence CountyArkansas18 mi16,273
Jackson CountyArkansas12 mi16,741
Dunklin CountyMissouri5.0 mi26,855

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.