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Newton County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 70 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05101

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

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Population
7,026
-167 (-2.3%) since 2020
Land area
821.1
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
8.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jasper
Seat of county government.
Established
1842
183 years ago
Largest city
Jasper city
Population 516.

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 Newton 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 Newton 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 687 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 Newton 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
Population7,02670th of 752,657th of 3,144
Land area821.1 sq mi15th of 751,033rd of 3,144
Population density8.6 per sq mi74th of 752,620th of 3,144
Median household income$48,98648th of 752,829th of 3,143

Full data for Newton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,026Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,193Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,224Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area821.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area823.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?8.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$48,986American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$169,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,179American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,099American 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
-25
77 births, 102 deaths
Net migration
+10
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 Newton 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
Madison CountyArkansas31 mi18,410
Searcy CountyArkansas28 mi7,848
Johnson CountyArkansas22 mi26,225
Boone CountyArkansas20 mi38,628
Pope CountyArkansas12 mi64,976
Carroll CountyArkansas10.0 mi29,263

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.