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Fulton County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 55 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05049

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

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Population
12,492
+440 (+3.7%) since 2020
Land area
618
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
20.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Salem
Seat of county government.
Established
1842
183 years ago
Largest city
Salem city
Population 1,611.

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 Fulton 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 Fulton 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 398 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 Fulton 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
Population12,49255th of 752,252nd of 3,144
Land area618 sq mi47th of 751,561st of 3,144
Population density20.2 per sq mi55th of 752,242nd of 3,144
Median household income$42,24168th of 753,020th of 3,143

Full data for Fulton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population12,492Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,052Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,072Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area618 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area620.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?20.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$42,241American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$113,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,757American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,225American 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
-118
123 births, 241 deaths
Net migration
+58
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 Fulton 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
Sharp CountyArkansas30 mi18,122
Izard CountyArkansas26 mi14,405
Howell CountyMissouri25 mi40,798
Baxter CountyArkansas17 mi42,982
Oregon CountyMissouri12 mi8,709
Ozark CountyMissouri1.7 mi9,172

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.