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Pulaski County, Arkansas

The most populous of Arkansas's 75 counties.

CountyFIPS 05119

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

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Population
404,611
+5,359 (+1.3%) since 2020
Land area
758.4
square miles. A further 6.1% of the total area is water
Population density
534
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Little Rock
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Little Rock city
Population 206,427.

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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski 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 715 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 Pulaski 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
Population404,6111st of 75188th of 3,144
Land area758.4 sq mi21st of 751,157th of 3,144
Population density534 per sq mi1st of 75269th of 3,144
Median household income$62,8739th of 751,811th of 3,143

Full data for Pulaski County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population404,611Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020399,252Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?399,110Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area758.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area49.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area807.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?534 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,873American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$214,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households172,409American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units193,408American 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
+541
4,807 births, 4,266 deaths
Net migration
+651
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 Pulaski 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
Saline CountyArkansas53 mi133,288
Faulkner CountyArkansas47 mi133,979
Lonoke CountyArkansas45 mi76,664
Perry CountyArkansas20 mi10,309
Jefferson CountyArkansas10 mi62,987
Grant CountyArkansas2.2 mi18,756

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.