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Independence County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 18 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05063

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

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Population
38,785
+844 (+2.2%) since 2020
Land area
763.7
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
50.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Batesville
Seat of county government.
Established
1820
205 years ago
Largest city
Batesville city
Population 11,860.

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 Independence 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 Independence 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 630 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 Independence 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
Population38,78518th of 751,215th of 3,144
Land area763.7 sq mi20th of 751,142nd of 3,144
Population density50.8 per sq mi20th of 751,450th of 3,144
Median household income$56,60917th of 752,367th of 3,143

Full data for Independence County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population38,785Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202037,941Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?37,932Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area763.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area771.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?50.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,609American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$142,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households14,638American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units16,786American 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
-7
484 births, 491 deaths
Net migration
+224
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 7 areas bordering Independence 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
Jackson CountyArkansas60 mi16,741
Sharp CountyArkansas23 mi18,122
Cleburne CountyArkansas15 mi25,672
Stone CountyArkansas12 mi12,703
White CountyArkansas12 mi80,085
Izard CountyArkansas9.9 mi14,405
Lawrence CountyArkansas8.9 mi16,273

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.