Arkansas
People per square mile, 1990:
People per square mile, 2000:
Historic & Projected Growth
1790 to 2030
| Year | Population | Year | Population | Year | Population | ||
| 1790 | 0 | 1880 | 802,525 | 1970 | 1,923,322 | ||
| 1800 | 0 | 1890 | 1,128,211 | 1980 | 2,286,357 | ||
| 1810 | 1,062 | 1900 | 1,311,564 | 1990 | 2,350,725 | ||
| 1820 | 14,273 | 1910 | 1,574,449 | 2000 | 2,673,400 | ||
| 1830 | 30,388 | 1920 | 1,752,204 | 2010 | 2,875,039 | ||
| 1840 | 97,574 | 1930 | 1,854,482 | 2020 | 3,060,219 | ||
| 1850 | 209,897 | 1940 | 1,949,387 | 2030 | 3,240,208 | ||
| 1860 | 435,450 | 1950 | 1,909,511 | ||||
| 1870 | 484,471 | 1960 | 1,786,272 |
Population By County
| Census 2000 Population |
Change from 1990 |
Percent Change |
|
| ARKANSAS | 2,673,400 | 322,675 | 13.7 |
| Arkansas County | 20,749 | -904 | -4.2 |
| Ashley County | 24,209 | -110 | -0.5 |
| Baxter County | 38,386 | 7,200 | 23.1 |
| Benton County | 153,406 | 55,907 | 57.3 |
| Boone County | 33,948 | 5,651 | 20.0 |
| Bradley County | 12,600 | 807 | 6.8 |
| Calhoun County | 5,744 | -82 | -1.4 |
| Carroll County | 25,357 | 6,703 | 35.9 |
| Chicot County | 14,117 | -1,596 | -10.2 |
| Clark County | 23,546 | 2,109 | 9.8 |
| Clay County | 17,609 | -498 | -2.8 |
| Cleburne County | 24,046 | 4,635 | 23.9 |
| Cleveland County | 8,571 | 790 | 10.2 |
| Columbia County | 25,603 | -88 | -0.3 |
| Conway County | 20,336 | 1,185 | 6.2 |
| Craighead County | 82,148 | 13,192 | 19.1 |
| Crawford County | 53,247 | 10,754 | 25.3 |
| Crittenden County | 50,866 | 927 | 1.9 |
| Cross County | 19,526 | 301 | 1.6 |
| Dallas County | 9,210 | -404 | -4.2 |
| Desha County | 15,341 | -1,457 | -8.7 |
| Drew County | 18,723 | 1,354 | 7.8 |
| Faulkner County | 86,014 | 26,008 | 43.3 |
| Franklin County | 17,771 | 2,874 | 19.3 |
| Fulton County | 11,642 | 1,605 | 16.0 |
| Garland County | 88,068 | 14,671 | 20.0 |
| Grant County | 16,464 | 2,516 | 18.0 |
| Greene County | 37,331 | 5,527 | 17.4 |
| Hempstead County | 23,587 | 1,966 | 9.1 |
| Hot Spring County | 30,353 | 4,238 | 16.2 |
| Howard County | 14,300 | 731 | 5.4 |
| Independence County | 34,233 | 3,041 | 9.7 |
| Izard County | 13,249 | 1,885 | 16.6 |
| Jackson County | 18,418 | -526 | -2.8 |
| Jefferson County | 84,278 | -1,209 | -1.4 |
| Johnson County | 22,781 | 4,560 | 25.0 |
| Lafayette County | 8,559 | -1,084 | -11.2 |
| Lawrence County | 17,774 | 317 | 1.8 |
| Lee County | 12,580 | -473 | -3.6 |
| Lincoln County | 14,492 | 802 | 5.9 |
| Little River County | 13,628 | -338 | -2.4 |
| Logan County | 22,486 | 1,929 | 9.4 |
| Lonoke County | 52,828 | 13,560 | 34.5 |
| Madison County | 14,243 | 2,625 | 22.6 |
| Marion County | 16,140 | 4,139 | 34.5 |
| Miller County | 40,443 | 1,976 | 5.1 |
| Mississippi County | 51,979 | -5,546 | -9.6 |
| Monroe County | 10,254 | -1,079 | -9.5 |
| Montgomery County | 9,245 | 1,404 | 17.9 |
| Nevada County | 9,955 | -146 | -1.4 |
| Newton County | 8,608 | 942 | 12.3 |
| Ouachita County | 28,790 | -1,784 | -5.8 |
| Perry County | 10,209 | 2,240 | 28.1 |
| Phillips County | 26,445 | -2,393 | -8.3 |
| Pike County | 11,303 | 1,217 | 12.1 |
| Poinsett County | 25,614 | 950 | 3.9 |
| Polk County | 20,229 | 2,882 | 16.6 |
| Pope County | 54,469 | 8,586 | 18.7 |
| Prairie County | 9,539 | 21 | 0.2 |
| Pulaski County | 361,474 | 11,814 | 3.4 |
| Randolph County | 18,195 | 1,637 | 9.9 |
| St. Francis County | 29,329 | 832 | 2.9 |
| Saline County | 83,529 | 19,346 | 30.1 |
| Scott County | 10,996 | 791 | 7.8 |
| Searcy County | 8,261 | 420 | 5.4 |
| Sebastian County | 115,071 | 15,481 | 15.5 |
| Sevier County | 15,757 | 2,120 | 15.5 |
| Sharp County | 17,119 | 3,010 | 21.3 |
| Stone County | 11,499 | 1,724 | 17.6 |
| Union County | 45,629 | -1,090 | -2.3 |
| Van Buren County | 16,192 | 2,184 | 15.6 |
| Washington County | 157,715 | 44,306 | 39.1 |
| White County | 67,165 | 12,489 | 22.8 |
| Woodruff County | 8,741 | -779 | -8.2 |
| Yell County | 21,139 | 3,380 | 19.0 |
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census
Also available: Arkansas News
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