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Crittenden County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 15 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05035

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

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Population
46,210
-1,866 (-3.9%) since 2020
Land area
611.8
square miles. A further 5.0% of the total area is water
Population density
75.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Marion
Seat of county government.
Established
1825
200 years ago
Largest city
West Memphis city
Population 23,336.

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 Crittenden 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 Crittenden 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 506 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 Crittenden 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
Population46,21015th of 751,070th of 3,144
Land area611.8 sq mi51st of 751,581st of 3,144
Population density75.5 per sq mi15th of 751,127th of 3,144
Median household income$55,35823rd of 752,447th of 3,143

Full data for Crittenden County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population46,210Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202048,076Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?48,161Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area611.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area32.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area643.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?75.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,358American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$160,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households18,203American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units21,388American 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
581 births, 618 deaths
Net migration
-536
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 9 areas bordering Crittenden 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
Shelby CountyTennessee51 mi910,226
St. Francis CountyArkansas23 mi21,800
Cross CountyArkansas21 mi16,186
DeSoto CountyMississippi14 mi197,918
Tipton CountyTennessee14 mi62,287
Poinsett CountyArkansas12 mi22,483
Mississippi CountyArkansas8.3 mi37,828
Tunica CountyMississippi7.8 mi8,819
Lee CountyArkansas5.3 mi8,029

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.