Arkansas County Map with Cities — All 75 Counties
All 75 of Arkansas's counties, mapped from official U.S. Census boundaries with population, income, and unemployment for every one. Color the map by any measure, tap a county for its data, or download a print-ready copy.
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Arkansas at a glance
- Scale. Arkansas is divided into 75 counties across 51,992 sq mi of land, an average of 693 sq mi each. calculated from Census TIGER 2026
- People. Its counties are home to 3,114,791 residents. That averages 41,531 each, or 60 per square mile statewide. calculated from Census PEP V2025 · Census TIGER 2026
- Water. Another 1,206 sq mi is water, or 2.3% of the state’s area. Desha County has the most. calculated from Census TIGER 2026
Arkansas’s 75 counties, by the numbers
The table lists every county’s population, median household income, unemployment, density, and land area. Sort it by any column to find yours or rank them. A few patterns stand out:
- Concentrated. Half of Arkansas’s 3,114,791 residents live in just 8 of 75 counties, and the 5 largest hold 41.0% of the total. calculated from Census PEP V2025
- Income tracks poverty. The gap from richest to poorest runs 2.4×, and the 10 highest-income counties average 13.4% in poverty against 27.4% for the 10 lowest. calculated from Census SAIPE 2024
- The median county. Half of Arkansas’s counties have fewer than 18,410 residents, and half report a median household income below $54,318. calculated from Census PEP V2025 · Census SAIPE 2024
- Lopsided density. Only 18 of 75 counties are denser than Arkansas’s statewide average of 60 people per square mile. calculated from Census PEP V2025 · Census TIGER 2026
| Arkansas County | 15,836 | $54,613 | 3.9% | 16/sq mi | 992 sq mi | DeWitt; Stuttgart |
| Ashley County | 17,831 | $54,257 | 5.0% | 19/sq mi | 925 sq mi | Hamburg |
| Baxter County | 42,982 | $55,893 | 3.8% | 78/sq mi | 554 sq mi | Mountain Home |
| Benton County | 332,554 | $92,077 | 3.0% | 392/sq mi | 848 sq mi | Bentonville |
| Boone County | 38,628 | $57,376 | 3.8% | 66/sq mi | 590 sq mi | Harrison |
| Bradley County | 9,828 | $50,808 | 4.8% | 15/sq mi | 649 sq mi | Warren |
| Calhoun County | 4,632 | $60,117 | 3.7% | 7/sq mi | 629 sq mi | Hampton |
| Carroll County | 29,263 | $50,886 | 3.6% | 46/sq mi | 630 sq mi | Berryville; Eureka Springs |
| Chicot County | 9,107 | $41,816 | 5.7% | 14/sq mi | 637 sq mi | Lake Village |
| Clark County | 20,938 | $52,380 | 4.2% | 24/sq mi | 866 sq mi | Arkadelphia |
| Clay County | 14,052 | $53,417 | 3.9% | 22/sq mi | 639 sq mi | Corning; Piggott |
| Cleburne County | 25,672 | $55,796 | 4.0% | 46/sq mi | 554 sq mi | Heber Springs |
| Cleveland County | 7,224 | $62,279 | 4.1% | 12/sq mi | 598 sq mi | Rison |
| Columbia County | 21,894 | $54,388 | 4.7% | 29/sq mi | 766 sq mi | Magnolia |
| Conway County | 21,393 | $63,127 | 3.6% | 39/sq mi | 552 sq mi | Morrilton |
| Craighead County | 116,957 | $58,784 | 3.6% | 165/sq mi | 707 sq mi | Jonesboro; Lake City |
| Crawford County | 62,657 | $62,606 | 3.8% | 105/sq mi | 595 sq mi | Van Buren |
| Crittenden County | 46,210 | $51,600 | 4.6% | 76/sq mi | 612 sq mi | Marion |
| Cross County | 16,186 | $54,428 | 3.7% | 26/sq mi | 616 sq mi | Wynne |
| Dallas County | 6,011 | $49,043 | 3.8% | 9/sq mi | 667 sq mi | Fordyce |
| Desha County | 9,984 | $46,736 | 6.0% | 13/sq mi | 741 sq mi | Arkansas City |
| Drew County | 17,054 | $55,221 | 4.1% | 21/sq mi | 829 sq mi | Monticello |
| Faulkner County | 133,979 | $72,916 | 3.4% | 207/sq mi | 647 sq mi | Conway |
| Franklin County | 17,725 | $64,353 | 3.9% | 29/sq mi | 609 sq mi | Charleston; Ozark |
| Fulton County | 12,492 | $49,193 | 4.5% | 20/sq mi | 618 sq mi | Salem |
| Garland County | 99,695 | $59,915 | 3.7% | 147/sq mi | 678 sq mi | Hot Springs |
| Grant County | 18,756 | $58,363 | 3.2% | 30/sq mi | 632 sq mi | Sheridan |
| Greene County | 47,411 | $61,949 | 3.9% | 82/sq mi | 577 sq mi | Paragould |
| Hempstead County | 19,080 | $48,739 | 4.1% | 26/sq mi | 727 sq mi | Hope |
| Hot Spring County | 33,451 | $58,401 | 3.9% | 54/sq mi | 615 sq mi | Malvern |
| Howard County | 12,306 | $50,330 | 4.7% | 21/sq mi | 587 sq mi | Nashville |
| Independence County | 38,785 | $56,616 | 3.2% | 51/sq mi | 764 sq mi | Batesville |
| Izard County | 14,405 | $47,992 | 5.1% | 25/sq mi | 580 sq mi | Melbourne |
| Jackson County | 16,741 | $47,377 | 4.0% | 26/sq mi | 634 sq mi | Newport |
| Jefferson County | 62,987 | $51,205 | 5.2% | 72/sq mi | 872 sq mi | Pine Bluff |
| Johnson County | 26,225 | $52,979 | 4.7% | 40/sq mi | 661 sq mi | Clarksville |
| Lafayette County | 5,888 | $47,835 | 4.5% | 11/sq mi | 529 sq mi | Lewisville |
| Lawrence County | 16,273 | $51,374 | 3.6% | 28/sq mi | 588 sq mi | Walnut Ridge |
| Lee County | 8,029 | $38,287 | 5.7% | 13/sq mi | 600 sq mi | Marianna |
| Lincoln County | 12,764 | $54,158 | 4.8% | 23/sq mi | 559 sq mi | Star City |
| Little River County | 11,763 | $54,364 | 3.9% | 22/sq mi | 531 sq mi | Ashdown |
| Logan County | 21,633 | $55,845 | 3.9% | 31/sq mi | 709 sq mi | Booneville; Paris |
| Lonoke County | 76,664 | $75,131 | 3.3% | 99/sq mi | 772 sq mi | Lonoke |
| Madison County | 18,410 | $59,646 | 3.0% | 22/sq mi | 834 sq mi | Huntsville |
| Marion County | 17,593 | $48,458 | 5.1% | 29/sq mi | 597 sq mi | Yellville |
| Miller County | 42,357 | $53,529 | 4.3% | 68/sq mi | 624 sq mi | Texarkana |
| Mississippi County | 37,828 | $52,924 | 3.7% | 42/sq mi | 902 sq mi | Blytheville; Osceola |
| Monroe County | 6,244 | $43,257 | 4.5% | 10/sq mi | 607 sq mi | Clarendon |
| Montgomery County | 8,579 | $51,291 | 4.3% | 11/sq mi | 780 sq mi | Mount Ida |
| Nevada County | 7,942 | $64,143 | 5.8% | 13/sq mi | 618 sq mi | Prescott |
| Newton County | 7,026 | $49,184 | 4.3% | 9/sq mi | 821 sq mi | Jasper |
| Ouachita County | 21,731 | $55,644 | 4.3% | 30/sq mi | 733 sq mi | Camden |
| Perry County | 10,309 | $59,602 | 4.2% | 19/sq mi | 551 sq mi | Perryville |
| Phillips County | 14,255 | $38,969 | 6.8% | 21/sq mi | 690 sq mi | Helena-West Helena |
| Pike County | 9,964 | $52,643 | 4.0% | 17/sq mi | 600 sq mi | Murfreesboro |
| Poinsett County | 22,483 | $52,688 | 3.7% | 30/sq mi | 758 sq mi | Harrisburg |
| Polk County | 19,486 | $47,544 | 4.3% | 23/sq mi | 857 sq mi | Mena |
| Pope County | 64,976 | $61,509 | 4.4% | 80/sq mi | 811 sq mi | Russellville |
| Prairie County | 7,923 | $57,689 | 3.4% | 12/sq mi | 648 sq mi | De Valls Bluff; Des Arc |
| Pulaski County | 404,611 | $66,706 | 3.8% | 534/sq mi | 758 sq mi | Little Rock |
| Randolph County | 18,876 | $54,352 | 3.4% | 29/sq mi | 652 sq mi | Pocahontas |
| Saline County | 133,288 | $80,628 | 3.2% | 184/sq mi | 724 sq mi | Benton |
| Scott County | 9,965 | $48,770 | 3.5% | 11/sq mi | 893 sq mi | Waldron |
| Searcy County | 7,848 | $41,124 | 3.7% | 12/sq mi | 666 sq mi | Marshall |
| Sebastian County | 130,641 | $62,153 | 3.6% | 246/sq mi | 531 sq mi | Fort Smith; Greenwood |
| Sevier County | 15,758 | $55,565 | 3.2% | 28/sq mi | 564 sq mi | De Queen |
| Sharp County | 18,122 | $48,226 | 4.0% | 30/sq mi | 605 sq mi | Ash Flat |
| St. Francis County | 21,800 | $44,215 | 5.3% | 34/sq mi | 635 sq mi | Forrest City |
| Stone County | 12,703 | $48,912 | 4.5% | 21/sq mi | 606 sq mi | Mountain View |
| Union County | 36,926 | $58,585 | 4.4% | 36/sq mi | 1,039 sq mi | El Dorado |
| Van Buren County | 16,238 | $52,814 | 4.4% | 23/sq mi | 710 sq mi | Clinton |
| Washington County | 271,213 | $74,040 | 3.1% | 288/sq mi | 941 sq mi | Fayetteville |
| White County | 80,085 | $57,435 | 3.6% | 77/sq mi | 1,034 sq mi | Searcy |
| Woodruff County | 5,710 | $46,571 | 3.0% | 10/sq mi | 586 sq mi | Augusta |
| Yell County | 19,956 | $54,318 | 3.6% | 21/sq mi | 930 sq mi | Danville; Dardanelle |
Click a column heading to sort all 75 counties. A suppressed estimate (coefficient of variation ≥ 0.30) shows a marker, never a guess. County seats are from Wikidata (CC0), each validated to a Census place inside its county. Where Wikidata has none, the seat comes from the page cited for that county in the seat file, and where the table names no seat, it says why. See the methodology.
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Cities in Arkansas
Arkansas has 501 incorporated cities and towns. The largest is Little Rock in Pulaski County with 203,436 residents. Use the search on the map above to find any city and highlight the county it sits in.
| Little Rock | Pulaski County | 203,436 |
| Fayetteville | Washington County | 99,319 |
| Fort Smith | Sebastian County | 89,805 |
| Springdale | Washington County +1 more (also Benton County) | 88,160 |
| Jonesboro | Craighead County | 80,137 |
| Rogers | Benton County | 72,981 |
| Conway | Faulkner County | 67,642 |
| North Little Rock | Pulaski County | 64,538 |
| Bentonville | Benton County | 58,249 |
| Pine Bluff | Jefferson County | 39,743 |
| Hot Springs | Garland County | 37,920 |
| Benton | Saline County | 36,595 |
| Sherwood | Pulaski County | 33,070 |
| Bella Vista | Benton County | 31,697 |
| Paragould | Greene County | 30,215 |
| Jacksonville | Pulaski County | 29,221 |
| Texarkana | Miller County | 29,177 |
| Russellville | Pope County | 29,162 |
| Cabot | Lonoke County | 26,960 |
| West Memphis | Crittenden County | 23,929 |
| Van Buren | Crawford County | 23,763 |
| Searcy | White County | 23,340 |
| Centerton | Benton County | 21,920 |
| Bryant | Saline County | 21,504 |
| Maumelle | Pulaski County | 19,373 |
| Siloam Springs | Benton County | 18,699 |
| El Dorado | Union County | 17,115 |
| Marion | Crittenden County | 13,623 |
| Harrison | Boone County | 13,350 |
| Mountain Home | Baxter County | 13,108 |
| Blytheville | Mississippi County | 12,790 |
| Forrest City | St. Francis County | 12,646 |
| Batesville | Independence County | 11,445 |
| Malvern | Hot Spring County | 10,953 |
| Magnolia | Columbia County | 10,894 |
| Lowell | Benton County | 10,849 |
| Camden | Ouachita County | 10,307 |
| Arkadelphia | Clark County | 10,099 |
| Greenwood | Sebastian County | 9,616 |
| Clarksville | Johnson County | 9,526 |
| Farmington | Washington County | 9,094 |
| Helena-West Helena | Phillips County | 8,935 |
| Beebe | White County | 8,707 |
| Hope | Hempstead County | 8,671 |
| Monticello | Drew County | 8,257 |
| Wynne | Cross County | 8,120 |
| Pea Ridge | Benton County | 8,108 |
| Newport | Jackson County | 8,024 |
| Stuttgart | Arkansas County | 7,903 |
| Prairie Grove | Washington County | 7,798 |
The table shows the 50 most populous. Search the map above for the other 451.
A city can reach into more than one county. The table names the one its center falls in; “+N more” counts the others, from the Census Bureau’s count of each city by county part Census ACS 2020–2024 place parts.
Which Arkansas county is the richest, largest, most crowded? The answers
- Arkansas’s highest median household income is in Benton County ($92,077); the lowest is in Lee County ($38,287). Census SAIPE 2024
- Arkansas’s most populous county is Pulaski County (404,611); the least populous is Calhoun County (4,632), a 87× spread. calculated from Census PEP V2025
- Arkansas’s largest county by land area is Union County (1,039 sq mi); the smallest is Lafayette County (529 sq mi). Census TIGER 2026
- Arkansas’s highest population density is in Pulaski County (534/sq mi); the lowest is in Calhoun County (7/sq mi). calculated from Census PEP V2025 · Census TIGER 2026
- Arkansas’s highest poverty rate is in Lee County (41.3%); the lowest is in Benton County (8.4%). Census SAIPE 2024
- In Arkansas, unemployment is highest in Phillips County (6.8%) and lowest in Benton County, Madison County, and Woodruff County (tied at 3.0%), for September 2026 (preliminary). BLS LAUS September 2026, preliminary
- Arkansas’s highest median age is in Marion County (51.8); the lowest is in Clark County (32.0). Census ACS 2020–2024
- Arkansas’s highest share of adults 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher is in Pulaski County (37.9%); the lowest is in Lee County (7.2%). Census ACS 2020–2024
Every figure is a current official estimate from the source named, never a crowd-sourced or copied value. Suppressed estimates (coefficient of variation ≥ 0.30) are omitted, never guessed. See the full methodology.
Arkansas counties: common questions
How many counties are in Arkansas?
Arkansas has 75 counties covering 51,992 sq mi and about 3.1M residents. Every one is on the map and in the table above.
What is the largest county in Arkansas?
It depends on the measure. By land area it’s Union County (1,039 sq mi); by population it’s Pulaski County (404,611 residents).
What county is Little Rock in?
Little Rock, population 203,436, is in Pulaski County. Use the search on the map to find any Arkansas city’s county.
What is the richest county in Arkansas?
By median household income, Benton County is the richest at $92,077; the poorest is Lee County at $38,287. Census SAIPE 2024
What is the most populous county in Arkansas?
Pulaski County, with 404,611 residents, about 13.0% of Arkansas’s people. That is 87× the least populous, Calhoun County (4,632).
Sources & vintages
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, Vintage 2025 (July 1, 2025) — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE), 2024 — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024, B01002 median age — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024, S1501 educational attainment — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), September 2026, preliminary — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb county boundaries, January 1, 2026 vintage — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb incorporated places, January 1, 2026 vintage — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024, B01003 total population by place — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: Wikidata, county seats (P36), query of 2026-11-11 — retrieved Nov 2026
- Source: County, state and Census sources, seats and no-seat reasons for 92 county-equivalents (3 rows cite the Virginia Association of Counties) — retrieved Nov 2026
- Calculated: population density = population ÷ land area (people per sq mi) (method)
- Calculated: state totals = sum over the state’s counties (population, land area, water area) (method)
- Calculated: averages per county = state total ÷ number of counties (method)
- Calculated: population shares = county (or top-5) population ÷ state total × 100; “half the residents” = fewest largest counties whose populations sum to ≥ 50% of the total (method)
- Calculated: medians across counties = middle value of the county values (mean of the two middle values for an even count) (method)
- Calculated: spreads = highest county value ÷ lowest county value (method)
- Calculated: income tiers vs poverty = mean poverty rate of the N highest- and N lowest-income counties, N = min(10, ⌊counties ÷ 2⌋), only for states with ≥ 6 counties (method)
- Calculated: rankings and superlatives = highest / lowest county value; suppressed values excluded (method)
- Calculated: water share = water area ÷ (land area + water area) × 100 (method)
- Calculated: square miles = TIGER AREALAND or AREAWATER (m²) ÷ 2,589,988.11, rounded to 2 dp (method)
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