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Most sparsely populated, Arkansas counties · 2020

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, ARAR4,6328−17%

02Newton County, ARAR7,0269−16%

03Dallas County, ARAR6,01110−30%

04Woodruff County, ARAR5,71011−28%

05Montgomery County, ARAR8,57911−8%

06Scott County, ARAR9,96511−11%

07Monroe County, ARAR6,24411−34%

08Searcy County, ARAR7,84812−5%

09Lafayette County, ARAR5,88812−26%

10Cleveland County, ARAR7,22413−12%

11Prairie County, ARAR7,92313−13%

12Nevada County, ARAR7,94213−17%

13Lee County, ARAR8,02914−32%

14Desha County, ARAR9,98415−26%

15Chicot County, ARAR9,10716−28%

16Bradley County, ARAR9,82816−16%

17Pike County, ARAR9,96417−10%

18Arkansas County, ARAR15,83617−17%

19Perry County, ARAR10,30918−2%

20Fulton County, ARAR12,49220+4%

21Madison County, ARAR18,41020+16%

22Stone County, ARAR12,70320+7%

23Ashley County, ARAR17,83121−21%

24Drew County, ARAR17,05421−7%

25Howard County, ARAR12,30622−11%

26Yell County, ARAR19,95622−4%

27Van Buren County, ARAR16,23822−2%

28Polk County, ARAR19,48622−5%

29Little River County, ARAR11,76323−12%

30Clay County, ARAR14,05223−17%

31Lincoln County, ARAR12,76423−11%

32Izard County, ARAR14,40523+2%

33Phillips County, ARAR14,25524−37%

34Clark County, ARAR20,93825−9%

35Jackson County, ARAR16,74126−9%

36Cross County, ARAR16,18627−14%

37Hempstead County, ARAR19,08028−15%

38Lawrence County, ARAR16,27328−9%

39Franklin County, ARAR17,72528−4%

40Sevier County, ARAR15,75828+1%

41Marion County, ARAR17,59328+4%

42Grant County, ARAR18,75628+9%

43Randolph County, ARAR18,87628+2%

44Sharp County, ARAR18,12229+1%

45Columbia County, ARAR21,89430−11%

46Logan County, ARAR21,63330−6%

47Poinsett County, ARAR22,48330−10%

48Ouachita County, ARAR21,73131−21%

49St. Francis County, ARAR21,80036−21%

50Conway County, ARAR21,39338+2%

51Union County, ARAR36,92638−14%

52Johnson County, ARAR26,22539+13%

53Cleburne County, ARAR25,67245+3%

54Carroll County, ARAR29,26345+11%

55Mississippi County, ARAR37,82845−22%

56Independence County, ARAR38,78550+11%

57Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45154+9%

58Boone County, ARAR38,62863+10%

59Miller County, ARAR42,35768+5%

60White County, ARAR80,08574+14%

61Baxter County, ARAR42,98275+8%

62Jefferson County, ARAR62,98777−20%

63Pope County, ARAR64,97678+16%

64Crittenden County, ARAR46,21079−5%

65Greene County, ARAR47,41179+23%

66Lonoke County, ARAR76,66496+40%

67Crawford County, ARAR62,657101+13%

68Garland County, ARAR99,695148+14%

69Craighead County, ARAR116,957157+35%

70Saline County, ARAR133,288171+48%

71Faulkner County, ARAR133,979191+44%

72Sebastian County, ARAR130,641241+11%

73Washington County, ARAR271,213261+56%

74Benton County, ARAR332,554335+85%

75Pulaski County, ARAR404,611526+10%

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