How many people live in ?

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In 2025, there were 3.11 million people living in Arkansas. That makes Arkansas the 33rd-most populous state, home to 0.91% of people living in the US.

3.11M

population of Arkansas (2025)

0.91%

Arkansas share of the US population (2025)
The population of Arkansas was about 2.4 times higher than it was in 1900. Between 2024 and 2025, the population of Arkansas grew by about 18,700 people.

About 3.11 million people lived in Arkansas in 2025. That's about 2.4 times more than in 1900.

Annual population estimates

What are Arkansas's age demographics?

About 562,800 Arkansas residents were aged 65 and older in 2024. That represents 18.2% of the state’s population compared with 18% in the US overall.
Another 701,800 Arkansas residents, or 22.8% of the state’s population, were aged under 18. For comparison, children account for 21.6% of the US population.

A higher share of Arkansas's population is is 65 and older than the US overall.

Population share by age group (2024)

What are Arkansas's racial and ethnic demographics?

A state’s population may have racial and ethnic differences compared with the US overall. These figures reflect how people identified their race alone (not in combination with other races), and separate Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, following Census Bureau reporting standards.
Non-Hispanic Black or African American residents make up 15.2% of Arkansas’s population, higher than the national share of 12.6%. Arkansas also has a larger share of people identifying as non-Hispanic white (69.6%) than the US overall (57.5%).
In contrast, Arkansas’s Hispanic population accounted for 9.5%, below the 20% share nationwide. The non-Hispanic Asian population makes up 1.9% of the state, compared with 6.5% nationally.

A higher share of Arkansas's population is is non-Hispanic white than the US overall.

Population share by race and ethnicity (2024)

What are Arkansas's most populous counties?

In 2024, eight out of 75 counties accounted for over half of Arkansas's population:
  • Pulaski County, 401,200 (13% of the population)
  • Benton County, 321,600 (10.4%)
  • Washington County, 266,200 (8.6%)
  • other counties in list 131,600 (4.3%)

In 2024, Pulaski County was the most populous county in Arkansas.

Population estimates

What are Arkansas's most populous cities?

The largest city in Arkansas is Little Rock with about 204,800 residents in 2024.

Cities and counties in Arkansas ranked by population

Cities and counties in Arkansas ranked by population
1.

Little Rock

204,774
2.

Fayetteville 

103,134
3.

Fort Smith

90,507
4.

Springdale 

89,368
5.

Jonesboro 

82,384
6.

Rogers 

75,639
7.

Conway 

70,711
8.

North Little Rock

64,498
9.

Bentonville 

61,791
10.

Pine Bluff

38,785

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Methodology

USAFacts standardizes data, in areas such as time and demographics, to make it easier to understand and compare.

The analysis was generated with the help of AI and reviewed by USAFacts for accuracy.

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