RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 75 SHOWN OF 75

Most population gained, Arkansas counties · 2000

Arkansas counties that added the most residents from the 1990 census to 2000, 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 +1,605.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS –

01Benton County, ARAR332,554+55,907–

02Washington County, ARAR271,213+44,306–

03Faulkner County, ARAR133,979+26,008–

04Saline County, ARAR133,288+19,346–

05Sebastian County, ARAR130,641+15,481–

06Garland County, ARAR99,695+14,671–

07Lonoke County, ARAR76,664+13,560–

08Craighead County, ARAR116,957+13,192–

09White County, ARAR80,085+12,489–

10Pulaski County, ARAR404,611+11,814–

11Crawford County, ARAR62,657+10,754–

12Pope County, ARAR64,976+8,586–

13Baxter County, ARAR42,982+7,200–

14Carroll County, ARAR29,263+6,703–

15Boone County, ARAR38,628+5,651–

16Greene County, ARAR47,411+5,527–

17Cleburne County, ARAR25,672+4,635–

18Johnson County, ARAR26,225+4,560–

19Hot Spring County, ARAR33,451+4,238–

20Marion County, ARAR17,593+4,139–

21Yell County, ARAR19,956+3,380–

22Independence County, ARAR38,785+3,041–

23Sharp County, ARAR18,122+3,010–

24Polk County, ARAR19,486+2,882–

25Franklin County, ARAR17,725+2,874–

26Madison County, ARAR18,410+2,625–

27Grant County, ARAR18,756+2,516–

28Perry County, ARAR10,309+2,240–

29Van Buren County, ARAR16,238+2,184–

30Sevier County, ARAR15,758+2,120–

31Clark County, ARAR20,938+2,109–

32Miller County, ARAR42,357+1,976–

33Hempstead County, ARAR19,080+1,966–

34Logan County, ARAR21,633+1,929–

35Izard County, ARAR14,405+1,885–

36Stone County, ARAR12,703+1,724–

37Randolph County, ARAR18,876+1,637–

38Fulton County, ARAR12,492+1,605–

39Montgomery County, ARAR8,579+1,404–

40Drew County, ARAR17,054+1,354–

41Pike County, ARAR9,964+1,217–

42Conway County, ARAR21,393+1,185–

43Poinsett County, ARAR22,483+950–

44Newton County, ARAR7,026+942–

45Crittenden County, ARAR46,210+927–

46St. Francis County, ARAR21,800+832–

47Bradley County, ARAR9,828+807–

48Lincoln County, ARAR12,764+802–

49Scott County, ARAR9,965+791–

50Cleveland County, ARAR7,224+790–

51Howard County, ARAR12,306+731–

52Searcy County, ARAR7,848+420–

53Lawrence County, ARAR16,273+317–

54Cross County, ARAR16,186+301–

55Prairie County, ARAR7,923+21–

56Calhoun County, ARAR4,632-82–

57Columbia County, ARAR21,894-88–

58Ashley County, ARAR17,831-110–

59Nevada County, ARAR7,942-146–

60Little River County, ARAR11,763-338–

61Dallas County, ARAR6,011-404–

62Lee County, ARAR8,029-473–

63Clay County, ARAR14,052-498–

64Jackson County, ARAR16,741-526–

65Woodruff County, ARAR5,710-779–

66Arkansas County, ARAR15,836-904–

67Monroe County, ARAR6,244-1,079–

68Lafayette County, ARAR5,888-1,084–

69Union County, ARAR36,926-1,090–

70Jefferson County, ARAR62,987-1,209–

71Desha County, ARAR9,984-1,457–

72Chicot County, ARAR9,107-1,596–

73Ouachita County, ARAR21,731-1,784–

74Phillips County, ARAR14,255-2,393–

75Mississippi County, ARAR37,828-5,546–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS