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Most population gained, Arkansas counties · 2020

Arkansas counties that added the most residents from the 2010 census to 2020, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 75 counties in Arkansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01Benton County, ARAR332,554+62,994+13%

02Washington County, ARAR271,213+42,806−3%

03Pulaski County, ARAR404,611+16,377+39%

04Saline County, ARAR133,288+16,298−16%

05Craighead County, ARAR116,957+14,788+12%

06Faulkner County, ARAR133,979+10,261−61%

07Lonoke County, ARAR76,664+5,659−58%

08Garland County, ARAR99,695+4,156−72%

09Greene County, ARAR47,411+3,646−34%

10Sebastian County, ARAR130,641+2,055−87%

11Pope County, ARAR64,976+1,627−81%

12Independence County, ARAR38,785+1,291−58%

13Carroll County, ARAR29,263+814−88%

14Madison County, ARAR18,410+804−69%

15Randolph County, ARAR18,876+602−63%

16Boone County, ARAR38,628+470−92%

17Johnson County, ARAR26,225+209−95%

18Marion County, ARAR17,593+173−96%

19Hot Spring County, ARAR33,451+117−97%

20Baxter County, ARAR42,982+114−98%

21Grant County, ARAR18,756+105−96%

22Sharp County, ARAR18,122+7−100%

23Stone County, ARAR12,703-35−102%

24Izard County, ARAR14,405-119−106%

25Fulton County, ARAR12,492-170−111%

26White County, ARAR80,085-254−102%

27Searcy County, ARAR7,848-367−187%

28Perry County, ARAR10,309-426−119%

29Prairie County, ARAR7,923-433−2162%

30Conway County, ARAR21,393-558−147%

31Calhoun County, ARAR4,632-629+667%

32Nevada County, ARAR7,942-687+371%

33Miller County, ARAR42,357-862−144%

34Bradley County, ARAR9,828-963−219%

35Woodruff County, ARAR5,710-991+27%

36Montgomery County, ARAR8,579-1,003−171%

37Howard County, ARAR12,306-1,004−237%

38Franklin County, ARAR17,725-1,028−136%

39Cross County, ARAR16,186-1,037−445%

40Newton County, ARAR7,026-1,105−217%

41Pike County, ARAR9,964-1,120−192%

42Cleveland County, ARAR7,224-1,139−244%

43Little River County, ARAR11,763-1,145+239%

44Drew County, ARAR17,054-1,159−186%

45Lincoln County, ARAR12,764-1,193−249%

46Lawrence County, ARAR16,273-1,199−478%

47Sevier County, ARAR15,758-1,219−158%

48Logan County, ARAR21,633-1,222−163%

49Jackson County, ARAR16,741-1,242+136%

50Cleburne County, ARAR25,672-1,259−127%

51Lafayette County, ARAR5,888-1,337+23%

52Monroe County, ARAR6,244-1,350+25%

53Scott County, ARAR9,965-1,397−277%

54Polk County, ARAR19,486-1,441−150%

55Van Buren County, ARAR16,238-1,499−169%

56Clay County, ARAR14,052-1,531+207%

57Clark County, ARAR20,938-1,549−173%

58Chicot County, ARAR9,107-1,592−0%

59Desha County, ARAR9,984-1,613+11%

60Poinsett County, ARAR22,483-1,618−270%

61Dallas County, ARAR6,011-1,634+304%

62Columbia County, ARAR21,894-1,751+1890%

63Crawford County, ARAR62,657-1,815−117%

64Lee County, ARAR8,029-1,824+286%

65Arkansas County, ARAR15,836-1,870+107%

66Yell County, ARAR19,956-1,922−157%

67Hempstead County, ARAR19,080-2,544−229%

68Union County, ARAR36,926-2,585+137%

69Crittenden County, ARAR46,210-2,739−395%

70Ashley County, ARAR17,831-2,791+2437%

71Ouachita County, ARAR21,731-3,470+95%

72St. Francis County, ARAR21,800-5,168−721%

73Phillips County, ARAR14,255-5,189+117%

74Mississippi County, ARAR37,828-5,795+4%

75Jefferson County, ARAR62,987-10,175+742%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS