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Largest by population, Arkansas counties · 1990

The most populous us counties as of the 2023 estimates. This list covers the 75 counties in Arkansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPTOTAL POPULATIONVS 2000

01Pulaski County, ARAR404,611349,660−3%

02Washington County, ARAR271,213113,409−28%

03Sebastian County, ARAR130,64199,590−13%

04Benton County, ARAR332,55497,499−36%

05Jefferson County, ARAR62,98785,487+1%

06Garland County, ARAR99,69573,397−17%

07Craighead County, ARAR116,95768,956−16%

08Saline County, ARAR133,28864,183−23%

09Faulkner County, ARAR133,97960,006−30%

10Mississippi County, ARAR37,82857,525+11%

11White County, ARAR80,08554,676−19%

12Crittenden County, ARAR46,21049,939−2%

13Union County, ARAR36,92646,719+2%

14Pope County, ARAR64,97645,883−16%

15Crawford County, ARAR62,65742,493−20%

16Lonoke County, ARAR76,66439,268−26%

17Miller County, ARAR42,35738,467−5%

18Greene County, ARAR47,41131,804−15%

19Independence County, ARAR38,78531,192−9%

20Baxter County, ARAR42,98231,186−19%

21Ouachita County, ARAR21,73130,574+6%

22Phillips County, ARAR14,25528,838+9%

23St. Francis County, ARAR21,80028,497−3%

24Boone County, ARAR38,62828,297−17%

25Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45126,115−14%

26Columbia County, ARAR21,89425,691+0%

27Poinsett County, ARAR22,48324,664−4%

28Ashley County, ARAR17,83124,319+0%

29Arkansas County, ARAR15,83621,653+4%

30Hempstead County, ARAR19,08021,621−8%

31Clark County, ARAR20,93821,437−9%

32Logan County, ARAR21,63320,557−9%

33Cleburne County, ARAR25,67219,411−19%

34Cross County, ARAR16,18619,225−2%

35Conway County, ARAR21,39319,151−6%

36Jackson County, ARAR16,74118,944+3%

37Carroll County, ARAR29,26318,654−26%

38Johnson County, ARAR26,22518,221−20%

39Clay County, ARAR14,05218,107+3%

40Yell County, ARAR19,95617,759−16%

41Lawrence County, ARAR16,27317,457−2%

42Drew County, ARAR17,05417,369−7%

43Polk County, ARAR19,48617,347−14%

44Desha County, ARAR9,98416,798+9%

45Randolph County, ARAR18,87616,558−9%

46Chicot County, ARAR9,10715,713+11%

47Franklin County, ARAR17,72514,897−16%

48Sharp County, ARAR18,12214,109−18%

49Van Buren County, ARAR16,23814,008−13%

50Little River County, ARAR11,76313,966+2%

51Grant County, ARAR18,75613,948−15%

52Lincoln County, ARAR12,76413,690−6%

53Sevier County, ARAR15,75813,637−13%

54Howard County, ARAR12,30613,569−5%

55Lee County, ARAR8,02913,053+4%

56Marion County, ARAR17,59312,001−26%

57Bradley County, ARAR9,82811,793−6%

58Madison County, ARAR18,41011,618−18%

59Izard County, ARAR14,40511,364−14%

60Monroe County, ARAR6,24411,333+11%

61Scott County, ARAR9,96510,205−7%

62Nevada County, ARAR7,94210,101+1%

63Pike County, ARAR9,96410,086−11%

64Fulton County, ARAR12,49210,037−14%

65Stone County, ARAR12,7039,775−15%

66Lafayette County, ARAR5,8889,643+13%

67Dallas County, ARAR6,0119,614+4%

68Woodruff County, ARAR5,7109,520+9%

69Prairie County, ARAR7,9239,518−0%

70Perry County, ARAR10,3097,969−22%

71Montgomery County, ARAR8,5797,841−15%

72Searcy County, ARAR7,8487,841−5%

73Cleveland County, ARAR7,2247,781−9%

74Newton County, ARAR7,0267,666−11%

75Calhoun County, ARAR4,6325,826+1%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES