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Most sparsely populated, Arkansas counties · 2010

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, ARAR4,6329−7%

02Newton County, ARAR7,02610−3%

03Montgomery County, ARAR8,57912+3%

04Dallas County, ARAR6,01112−12%

05Searcy County, ARAR7,84812−1%

06Woodruff County, ARAR5,71012−17%

07Scott County, ARAR9,96513+2%

08Monroe County, ARAR6,24413−21%

09Prairie County, ARAR7,92313−9%

10Lafayette County, ARAR5,88814−11%

11Cleveland County, ARAR7,22415+1%

12Nevada County, ARAR7,94215−10%

13Lee County, ARAR8,02917−17%

14Desha County, ARAR9,98418−15%

15Bradley County, ARAR9,82818−9%

16Chicot County, ARAR9,10719−16%

17Pike County, ARAR9,96419−0%

18Madison County, ARAR18,41019+10%

19Perry County, ARAR10,30919+2%

20Arkansas County, ARAR15,83619−8%

21Fulton County, ARAR12,49220+5%

22Stone County, ARAR12,70320+8%

23Drew County, ARAR17,05422−1%

24Howard County, ARAR12,30623−4%

25Izard County, ARAR14,40524+3%

26Ashley County, ARAR17,83124−10%

27Yell County, ARAR19,95624+5%

28Polk County, ARAR19,48624+2%

29Van Buren County, ARAR16,23824+7%

30Little River County, ARAR11,76325−3%

31Clay County, ARAR14,05225−9%

32Lincoln County, ARAR12,76425−2%

33Clark County, ARAR20,93827−2%

34Randolph County, ARAR18,87628−1%

35Marion County, ARAR17,59328+3%

36Grant County, ARAR18,75628+8%

37Jackson County, ARAR16,74128−2%

38Sharp County, ARAR18,12229+1%

39Cross County, ARAR16,18629−8%

40Lawrence County, ARAR16,27330−2%

41Franklin County, ARAR17,72530+2%

42Sevier County, ARAR15,75830+8%

43Hempstead County, ARAR19,08031−4%

44Phillips County, ARAR14,25532−18%

45Logan County, ARAR21,63332−1%

46Columbia County, ARAR21,89432−4%

47Poinsett County, ARAR22,48332−4%

48Ouachita County, ARAR21,73136−9%

49Conway County, ARAR21,39339+5%

50Johnson County, ARAR26,22539+12%

51Union County, ARAR36,92640−9%

52Carroll County, ARAR29,26344+8%

53St. Francis County, ARAR21,80045−4%

54Cleburne County, ARAR25,67247+8%

55Independence County, ARAR38,78548+7%

56Mississippi County, ARAR37,82852−11%

57Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45154+8%

58Boone County, ARAR38,62863+9%

59Miller County, ARAR42,35770+7%

60Greene County, ARAR47,41173+13%

61White County, ARAR80,08575+15%

62Baxter County, ARAR42,98275+8%

63Pope County, ARAR64,97676+13%

64Crittenden County, ARAR46,21083+0%

65Lonoke County, ARAR76,66489+29%

66Jefferson County, ARAR62,98789−8%

67Crawford County, ARAR62,657104+16%

68Craighead County, ARAR116,957136+17%

69Garland County, ARAR99,695142+9%

70Saline County, ARAR133,288148+28%

71Faulkner County, ARAR133,979175+32%

72Washington County, ARAR271,213216+29%

73Sebastian County, ARAR130,641237+9%

74Benton County, ARAR332,554261+44%

75Pulaski County, ARAR404,611505+6%

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