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Sharp County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 39 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05135

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

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Population
18,122
+809 (+4.7%) since 2020
Land area
604.6
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
30.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ash Flat
Seat of county government.
Established
1868
157 years ago
Largest city
Cherokee Village city
Population 4,112 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Sharp 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 Sharp 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 515 by 800 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 Sharp 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
Population18,12239th of 751,930th of 3,144
Land area604.6 sq mi55th of 751,609th of 3,144
Population density30.0 per sq mi29th of 751,926th of 3,144
Median household income$44,63759th of 752,976th of 3,143

Full data for Sharp County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,122Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,313Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,270Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area604.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area606.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?30.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$44,637American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$105,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,856American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,525American 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
-142
165 births, 307 deaths
Net migration
+163
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 Sharp 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 CountyArkansas31 mi16,273
Fulton CountyArkansas30 mi12,492
Izard CountyArkansas25 mi14,405
Randolph CountyArkansas25 mi18,876
Independence CountyArkansas23 mi38,785
Oregon CountyMissouri2.4 mi8,709

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.