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Searcy County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 68 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05129

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

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Population
7,848
+3 (0%) since 2020
Land area
665.9
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
11.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Marshall
Seat of county government.
Established
1838
187 years ago
Largest city
Marshall city
Population 1,320.

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 Searcy 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 Searcy 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 734 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 Searcy 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
Population7,84868th of 752,586th of 3,144
Land area665.9 sq mi33rd of 751,412th of 3,144
Population density11.8 per sq mi67th of 752,501st of 3,144
Median household income$44,42660th of 752,979th of 3,143

Full data for Searcy County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,848Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,845Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,833Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area665.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area668.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?11.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$44,426American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$110,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,197American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,721American 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
-57
70 births, 127 deaths
Net migration
+62
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 7 areas bordering Searcy 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
Marion CountyArkansas30 mi17,593
Newton CountyArkansas28 mi7,026
Van Buren CountyArkansas27 mi16,238
Stone CountyArkansas13 mi12,703
Pope CountyArkansas8.0 mi64,976
Baxter CountyArkansas6.0 mi42,982
Boone CountyArkansas3.0 mi38,628

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 75 counties of Arkansas

Open the interactive Arkansas county map, or jump straight to any of them.

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.