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Hempstead County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 35 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05057

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

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Population
19,080
-913 (-4.6%) since 2020
Land area
727.2
square miles. A further 1.9% of the total area is water
Population density
26.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hope
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Hope city
Population 8,445.

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 Hempstead 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 Hempstead 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 658 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 Hempstead 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
Population19,08035th of 751,875th of 3,144
Land area727.2 sq mi25th of 751,220th of 3,144
Population density26.2 per sq mi41st of 752,033rd of 3,144
Median household income$46,78754th of 752,905th of 3,143

Full data for Hempstead County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,080Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202019,993Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?20,072Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area727.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area13.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area741 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?26.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$46,787American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$105,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,479American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,642American 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
-77
216 births, 293 deaths
Net migration
-96
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 6 areas bordering Hempstead 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
Nevada CountyArkansas34 mi7,942
Pike CountyArkansas33 mi9,964
Little River CountyArkansas28 mi11,763
Howard CountyArkansas25 mi12,306
Miller CountyArkansas24 mi42,357
Lafayette CountyArkansas14 mi5,888

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.