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Saline County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 5 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05125

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

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Population
133,288
+9,458 (+7.6%) since 2020
Land area
723.5
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
184
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Benton
Seat of county government.
Established
1835
190 years ago
Largest city
Benton city
Population 38,898.

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 Saline 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 Saline 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 554 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 Saline 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
Population133,2885th of 75497th of 3,144
Land area723.5 sq mi26th of 751,230th of 3,144
Population density184 per sq mi6th of 75596th of 3,144
Median household income$79,0462nd of 75621st of 3,143

Full data for Saline County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population133,288Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020123,830Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?123,424Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area723.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area730.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?184 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$79,046American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$221,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households50,203American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units52,934American 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
-46
1,407 births, 1,453 deaths
Net migration
+1,569
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 5 areas bordering Saline 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
Pulaski CountyArkansas53 mi404,611
Garland CountyArkansas36 mi99,695
Grant CountyArkansas31 mi18,756
Perry CountyArkansas28 mi10,309
Hot Spring CountyArkansas13 mi33,451

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.