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Yell County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 33 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05149

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

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Population
19,956
-262 (-1.3%) since 2020
Land area
930.4
square miles. A further 1.9% of the total area is water
Population density
21.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Danville
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Dardanelle city
Population 4,521.

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 Yell 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 Yell 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 699 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 Yell 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
Population19,95633rd of 751,828th of 3,144
Land area930.4 sq mi5th of 75774th of 3,144
Population density21.4 per sq mi50th of 752,194th of 3,144
Median household income$55,93418th of 752,409th of 3,143

Full data for Yell County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,956Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202020,218Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?20,262Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area930.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area18.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area948.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?21.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,934American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$143,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,323American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,312American 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
-64
232 births, 296 deaths
Net migration
-82
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 7 areas bordering Yell 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
Logan CountyArkansas45 mi21,633
Perry CountyArkansas37 mi10,309
Pope CountyArkansas35 mi64,976
Scott CountyArkansas19 mi9,965
Montgomery CountyArkansas18 mi8,579
Conway CountyArkansas14 mi21,393
Garland CountyArkansas8.1 mi99,695

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.