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Most population gained, Arkansas counties

Arkansas counties that added the most residents from the 2020 census to 2025, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 75 counties in Arkansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 75 is -14. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Crawford County, AR, up 53 places to #10.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01Benton County, ARAR332,554+48,221−14%

02Washington County, ARAR271,213+25,342−43%

03▲3Faulkner County, ARAR133,979+10,481−60%

04Saline County, ARAR133,288+9,872−49%

05Craighead County, ARAR116,957+5,726−57%

06▼3Pulaski County, ARAR404,611+5,486−54%

07▲19White County, ARAR80,085+3,263−74%

08▲2Sebastian County, ARAR130,641+2,842−82%

09▼2Lonoke County, ARAR76,664+2,649−80%

10▲53Crawford County, ARAR62,657+2,524−77%

11▲3Madison County, ARAR18,410+1,889−28%

12▼3Greene County, ARAR47,411+1,675−70%

13▼2Pope County, ARAR64,976+1,595−81%

14▲6Baxter County, ARAR42,982+1,355−81%

15▲1Boone County, ARAR38,628+1,255−78%

16▼3Carroll County, ARAR29,263+1,003−85%

17▲33Cleburne County, ARAR25,672+961−79%

18▲4Sharp County, ARAR18,122+851−72%

19▼7Independence County, ARAR38,785+847−72%

20▲4Izard County, ARAR14,405+828−56%

21Grant County, ARAR18,756+798−68%

22▼4Marion County, ARAR17,593+767−81%

23▲7Conway County, ARAR21,393+678−43%

24▲14Franklin County, ARAR17,725+628−78%

25▲23Logan County, ARAR21,633+502−74%

26▼9Johnson County, ARAR26,225+476−90%

27▲28Van Buren County, ARAR16,238+442−80%

28▼3Fulton County, ARAR12,492+417−74%

29▼10Hot Spring County, ARAR33,451+411−90%

30▼7Stone County, ARAR12,703+344−80%

31▼16Randolph County, ARAR18,876+305−81%

32▼4Perry County, ARAR10,309+290−87%

33▲21Polk County, ARAR19,486+265−91%

34▲19Scott County, ARAR9,965+129−84%

35▲1Montgomery County, ARAR8,579+95−93%

36▲10Lawrence County, ARAR16,273+57−82%

37▼10Searcy County, ARAR7,848+20−95%

38▲11Jackson County, ARAR16,741-14−97%

39▲8Sevier County, ARAR15,758-81−104%

40▼9Calhoun County, ARAR4,632-107+30%

41▲4Lincoln County, ARAR12,764-177−122%

42▼2Newton County, ARAR7,026-199−121%

43▼2Pike County, ARAR9,964-207−117%

44▼11Miller County, ARAR42,357-243−112%

45▼2Little River County, ARAR11,763-263−22%

46▼2Drew County, ARAR17,054-296−122%

47▲19Yell County, ARAR19,956-307−109%

48▼6Cleveland County, ARAR7,224-326−141%

49▼20Prairie County, ARAR7,923-359−1810%

50▼18Nevada County, ARAR7,942-368+152%

51Lafayette County, ARAR5,888-420−61%

52▲9Dallas County, ARAR6,011-471+17%

53▼16Howard County, ARAR12,306-479−166%

54▲6Poinsett County, ARAR22,483-482−151%

55▼47Garland County, ARAR99,695-485−103%

56Clay County, ARAR14,052-5000%

57Clark County, ARAR20,938-508−124%

58▼6Monroe County, ARAR6,244-555−49%

59▼24Woodruff County, ARAR5,710-559−28%

60▲4Lee County, ARAR8,029-571+21%

61▼22Cross County, ARAR16,186-647−315%

62▼28Bradley County, ARAR9,828-717−189%

63▼1Columbia County, ARAR21,894-907+931%

64▲7Ouachita County, ARAR21,731-919−48%

65▲2Hempstead County, ARAR19,080-985−150%

66▼8Chicot County, ARAR9,107-1,101−31%

67▲3Ashley County, ARAR17,831-1,231+1019%

68▲4St. Francis County, ARAR21,800-1,290−255%

69▼4Arkansas County, ARAR15,836-1,313+45%

70▼11Desha County, ARAR9,984-1,411−3%

71▼2Crittenden County, ARAR46,210-1,953−311%

72▼4Union County, ARAR36,926-2,128+95%

73Phillips County, ARAR14,255-2,313−3%

74Mississippi County, ARAR37,828-2,857−48%

75Jefferson County, ARAR62,987-4,273+253%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES