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Monroe County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 71 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05095

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

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Population
6,244
-525 (-7.8%) since 2020
Land area
607.5
square miles. A further 2.2% of the total area is water
Population density
10.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Clarendon
Seat of county government.
Established
1829
196 years ago
Largest city
Brinkley city
Population 2,468.

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 Monroe 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 Monroe 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 479 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 Monroe 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
Population6,24471st of 752,716th of 3,144
Land area607.5 sq mi53rd of 751,600th of 3,144
Population density10.3 per sq mi71st of 752,556th of 3,144
Median household income$43,21464th of 753,003rd of 3,143

Full data for Monroe County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,244Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,769Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,794Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area607.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area13.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area621.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?10.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$43,214American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$88,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,790American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,829American 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
-59
64 births, 123 deaths
Net migration
-65
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 Monroe 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
Arkansas CountyArkansas39 mi15,836
Prairie CountyArkansas38 mi7,923
Phillips CountyArkansas27 mi14,255
Woodruff CountyArkansas19 mi5,710
Lee CountyArkansas18 mi8,029
St. Francis CountyArkansas12 mi21,800

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.