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Garland County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 8 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05051

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

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Population
99,695
-564 (-0.6%) since 2020
Land area
677.6
square miles. A further 7.8% of the total area is water
Population density
147
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hot Springs
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Hot Springs city
Population 37,979.

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 Garland 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 Garland 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 627 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 Garland 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
Population99,6958th of 75624th of 3,144
Land area677.6 sq mi31st of 751,385th of 3,144
Population density147 per sq mi8th of 75705th of 3,144
Median household income$57,18115th of 752,315th of 3,143

Full data for Garland County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population99,695Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020100,259Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?100,174Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area677.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area56.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area734.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?147 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,181American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$194,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households43,667American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units52,760American 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
-652
975 births, 1,627 deaths
Net migration
+432
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 Garland 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
Hot Spring CountyArkansas43 mi33,451
Saline CountyArkansas36 mi133,288
Montgomery CountyArkansas24 mi8,579
Perry CountyArkansas12 mi10,309
Yell CountyArkansas8.1 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.