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Johnson County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 24 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05071

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

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Population
26,225
+504 (+2.0%) since 2020
Land area
661
square miles. A further 3.4% of the total area is water
Population density
39.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Clarksville
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Clarksville city
Population 9,632.

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 Johnson 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 Johnson 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 797 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 Johnson 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
Population26,22524th of 751,573rd of 3,144
Land area661 sq mi34th of 751,421st of 3,144
Population density39.7 per sq mi24th of 751,681st of 3,144
Median household income$45,99556th of 752,935th of 3,143

Full data for Johnson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,225Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202025,721Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?25,747Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area661 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area23.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area684 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?39.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$45,995American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$135,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,316American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,555American 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
-41
292 births, 333 deaths
Net migration
+20
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 Johnson 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
Logan CountyArkansas36 mi21,633
Pope CountyArkansas35 mi64,976
Franklin CountyArkansas27 mi17,725
Newton CountyArkansas22 mi7,026
Madison CountyArkansas9.9 mi18,410

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.