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Randolph County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 36 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05121

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

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Population
18,876
+283 (+1.5%) since 2020
Land area
651.9
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
29.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pocahontas
Seat of county government.
Established
1835
190 years ago
Largest city
Pocahontas city
Population 7,622.

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 Randolph 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 Randolph 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 602 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 Randolph 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
Population18,87636th of 751,887th of 3,144
Land area651.9 sq mi35th of 751,446th of 3,144
Population density29.0 per sq mi35th of 751,954th of 3,144
Median household income$50,91141st of 752,721st of 3,143

Full data for Randolph County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,876Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,593Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?18,573Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area651.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area655.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?29.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,911American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$130,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,334American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,656American 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
-47
236 births, 283 deaths
Net migration
-23
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 Randolph 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
Lawrence CountyArkansas39 mi16,273
Clay CountyArkansas28 mi14,052
Sharp CountyArkansas25 mi18,122
Ripley CountyMissouri19 mi10,717
Oregon CountyMissouri16 mi8,709
Greene CountyArkansas8.1 mi47,411

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.