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Perry County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 58 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05105

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

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Population
10,309
+313 (+3.1%) since 2020
Land area
551.3
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
18.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Perryville
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Perryville city
Population 1,408.

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 Perry 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 Perry 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 477 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 Perry 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
Population10,30958th of 752,385th of 3,144
Land area551.3 sq mi72nd of 751,896th of 3,144
Population density18.7 per sq mi57th of 752,286th of 3,144
Median household income$55,76421st of 752,421st of 3,143

Full data for Perry County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,309Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,996Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,016Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area551.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area560.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?18.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,764American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$130,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,094American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,972American 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
-31
109 births, 140 deaths
Net migration
+68
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 Perry 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
Yell CountyArkansas37 mi19,956
Conway CountyArkansas35 mi21,393
Saline CountyArkansas28 mi133,288
Pulaski CountyArkansas20 mi404,611
Faulkner CountyArkansas14 mi133,979
Garland CountyArkansas12 mi99,695

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.