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Most sparsely populated, Arkansas counties · 1990

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, ARAR4,6329+1%

02Newton County, ARAR7,0269−11%

03Montgomery County, ARAR8,57910−15%

04Scott County, ARAR9,96511−7%

05Searcy County, ARAR7,84812−5%

06Cleveland County, ARAR7,22413−9%

07Madison County, ARAR18,41014−18%

08Dallas County, ARAR6,01114+4%

09Perry County, ARAR10,30914−22%

10Prairie County, ARAR7,92315−0%

11Stone County, ARAR12,70316−15%

12Fulton County, ARAR12,49216−14%

13Woodruff County, ARAR5,71016+9%

14Nevada County, ARAR7,94216+1%

15Pike County, ARAR9,96417−11%

16Bradley County, ARAR9,82818−6%

17Lafayette County, ARAR5,88818+13%

18Monroe County, ARAR6,24419+11%

19Yell County, ARAR19,95619−16%

20Izard County, ARAR14,40520−14%

21Van Buren County, ARAR16,23820−13%

22Marion County, ARAR17,59320−26%

23Polk County, ARAR19,48620−14%

24Drew County, ARAR17,05421−7%

25Lee County, ARAR8,02922+4%

26Arkansas County, ARAR15,83622+4%

27Grant County, ARAR18,75622−15%

28Desha County, ARAR9,98423+9%

29Howard County, ARAR12,30623−5%

30Sharp County, ARAR18,12223−18%

31Sevier County, ARAR15,75824−13%

32Franklin County, ARAR17,72524−16%

33Lincoln County, ARAR12,76424−6%

34Chicot County, ARAR9,10725+11%

35Clark County, ARAR20,93825−9%

36Randolph County, ARAR18,87625−9%

37Ashley County, ARAR17,83126+0%

38Little River County, ARAR11,76326+2%

39Johnson County, ARAR26,22528−20%

40Clay County, ARAR14,05228+3%

41Logan County, ARAR21,63329−9%

42Carroll County, ARAR29,26330−26%

43Lawrence County, ARAR16,27330−2%

44Hempstead County, ARAR19,08030−8%

45Jackson County, ARAR16,74130+3%

46Cross County, ARAR16,18631−2%

47Poinsett County, ARAR22,48333−4%

48Columbia County, ARAR21,89434+0%

49Conway County, ARAR21,39335−6%

50Cleburne County, ARAR25,67235−19%

51Independence County, ARAR38,78541−9%

52Ouachita County, ARAR21,73142+6%

53Phillips County, ARAR14,25542+9%

54Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45142−14%

55St. Francis County, ARAR21,80045−3%

56Union County, ARAR36,92645+2%

57Boone County, ARAR38,62848−17%

58Lonoke County, ARAR76,66451−26%

59White County, ARAR80,08553−19%

60Greene County, ARAR47,41155−15%

61Baxter County, ARAR42,98256−19%

62Pope County, ARAR64,97657−16%

63Miller County, ARAR42,35762−5%

64Mississippi County, ARAR37,82864+11%

65Crawford County, ARAR62,65771−20%

66Crittenden County, ARAR46,21081−2%

67Saline County, ARAR133,28889−23%

68Faulkner County, ARAR133,97993−30%

69Craighead County, ARAR116,95798−16%

70Jefferson County, ARAR62,98798+1%

71Garland County, ARAR99,695108−17%

72Benton County, ARAR332,554115−36%

73Washington County, ARAR271,213120−28%

74Sebastian County, ARAR130,641187−13%

75Pulaski County, ARAR404,611461−3%

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