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Little River County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 57 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05081

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

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Population
11,763
-215 (-1.8%) since 2020
Land area
531.3
square miles. A further 5.7% of the total area is water
Population density
22.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ashdown
Seat of county government.
Established
1867
158 years ago
Largest city
Ashdown city
Population 4,135.

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 Little River 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 Little River 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 619 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 Little River 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
Population11,76357th of 752,300th of 3,144
Land area531.3 sq mi73rd of 751,972nd of 3,144
Population density22.1 per sq mi47th of 752,164th of 3,144
Median household income$53,34433rd of 752,571st of 3,143

Full data for Little River County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population11,763Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202011,978Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,029Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area531.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area32.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area563.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?22.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,344American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$113,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,820American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,059American 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
-83
105 births, 188 deaths
Net migration
+149
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 Little River 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
Bowie CountyTexas65 mi92,696
Sevier CountyArkansas59 mi15,758
Hempstead CountyArkansas28 mi19,080
Miller CountyArkansas25 mi42,357
McCurtain CountyOklahoma21 mi30,744
Howard CountyArkansas0.1 mi12,306

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.