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Most sparsely populated, Arkansas counties

Arkansas counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 75 counties in Arkansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Calhoun County, ARAR4,6327−19%

02Newton County, ARAR7,0269−18%

03Dallas County, ARAR6,0119−35%

04Woodruff County, ARAR5,71010−35%

05Monroe County, ARAR6,24410−39%

06Montgomery County, ARAR8,57911−7%

07Lafayette County, ARAR5,88811−31%

08Scott County, ARAR9,96511−9%

09Searcy County, ARAR7,84812−5%

10Cleveland County, ARAR7,22412−16%

11Prairie County, ARAR7,92312−17%

12Nevada County, ARAR7,94213−20%

13Lee County, ARAR8,02913−36%

14Desha County, ARAR9,98413−35%

15Chicot County, ARAR9,10714−35%

16Bradley County, ARAR9,82815−22%

17Arkansas County, ARAR15,83616−24%

18Pike County, ARAR9,96417−12%

19Perry County, ARAR10,30919+1%

20Ashley County, ARAR17,83119−26%

21Fulton County, ARAR12,49220+7%

22Drew County, ARAR17,05421−9%

23Phillips County, ARAR14,25521−46%

24Stone County, ARAR12,70321+10%

25Howard County, ARAR12,30621−14%

26Yell County, ARAR19,95621−6%

27Clay County, ARAR14,05222−20%

28Madison County, ARAR18,41022+29%

29Little River County, ARAR11,76322−14%

30Polk County, ARAR19,48623−4%

31Lincoln County, ARAR12,76423−12%

32Van Buren County, ARAR16,23823+0%

33Clark County, ARAR20,93824−11%

34Izard County, ARAR14,40525+9%

35Hempstead County, ARAR19,08026−19%

36Cross County, ARAR16,18626−17%

37Jackson County, ARAR16,74126−9%

38Lawrence County, ARAR16,27328−8%

39Sevier County, ARAR15,75828+0%

40Columbia County, ARAR21,89429−14%

41Randolph County, ARAR18,87629+4%

42Franklin County, ARAR17,72529−0%

43Marion County, ARAR17,59329+9%

44Poinsett County, ARAR22,48330−12%

45Ouachita County, ARAR21,73130−25%

46Grant County, ARAR18,75630+14%

47Sharp County, ARAR18,12230+6%

48Logan County, ARAR21,63331−4%

49St. Francis County, ARAR21,80034−26%

50Union County, ARAR36,92636−19%

51Conway County, ARAR21,39339+5%

52Johnson County, ARAR26,22540+15%

53Mississippi County, ARAR37,82842−27%

54Cleburne County, ARAR25,67246+7%

55Carroll County, ARAR29,26346+15%

56Independence County, ARAR38,78551+13%

57Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45154+10%

58Boone County, ARAR38,62866+14%

59Miller County, ARAR42,35768+5%

60Jefferson County, ARAR62,98772−25%

61Crittenden County, ARAR46,21075−9%

62White County, ARAR80,08577+19%

63Baxter County, ARAR42,98278+12%

64Pope County, ARAR64,97680+19%

65Greene County, ARAR47,41182+27%

66Lonoke County, ARAR76,66499+45%

67Crawford County, ARAR62,657105+18%

68Garland County, ARAR99,695147+13%

69Craighead County, ARAR116,957165+42%

70Saline County, ARAR133,288184+60%

71Faulkner County, ARAR133,979207+56%

72Sebastian County, ARAR130,641246+14%

73Washington County, ARAR271,213288+72%

74Benton County, ARAR332,554392+117%

75Pulaski County, ARAR404,611534+12%

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