US Census Data

Fastest-shrinking (2019–2023) in Arkansas

Arkansas counties and cities ranked by population change.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Arkansas by population change — which have the steepest population decline since 2019, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Phillips County leads at -14.5%.

Among cities & places, Victoria leads at -100.0%.

Counties

#NamePopulation change 2019–2023
1Phillips County-14.5%
2Dallas County-12.7%
3St. Francis County-12.2%
4Hempstead County-9.4%
5Calhoun County-9.1%
6Lafayette County-8.7%
7Newton County-8.2%
8Cleveland County-7.8%
9Ashley County-7.6%
10Sevier County-7.5%
11Lee County-7.4%
12Drew County-6.9%
13Arkansas County-6.4%
14Ouachita County-6.3%
15Yell County-5.9%
16Chicot County-5.8%
17Woodruff County-5.8%
18Desha County-5.7%
19Mississippi County-5.6%
20Pike County-5.3%
21Columbia County-5.3%
22Monroe County-5.2%
23Scott County-5.2%
24Jefferson County-5.1%
25Poinsett County-4.8%
26Bradley County-4.8%
27Howard County-4.6%
28Clark County-4.5%
29Van Buren County-4.2%
30Montgomery County-4.2%
31Polk County-3.7%
32Lincoln County-3.6%
33Clay County-3.3%
34Little River County-3.1%
35Crawford County-3.1%
36Franklin County-2.9%
37Union County-2.7%
38Perry County-2.7%
39Miller County-2.3%
40Crittenden County-2.2%
41Logan County-2.0%
42White County-1.7%
43Lawrence County-1.7%
44Johnson County-1.7%
45Jackson County-1.5%
46Nevada County-1.5%
47Hot Spring County-1.4%
48Cross County-0.8%
49Searcy County-0.6%
50Prairie County-0.3%
51Cleburne County-0.2%
52Grant County-0.1%
53Stone County-0.0%
54Fulton County+0.1%
55Conway County+0.1%
56Pope County+0.1%
57Sebastian County+0.7%
58Boone County+1.5%
59Pulaski County+1.5%
60Garland County+1.5%
61Baxter County+1.7%
62Independence County+1.9%
63Faulkner County+1.9%
64Carroll County+2.0%
65Izard County+2.2%
66Sharp County+2.7%
67Greene County+2.8%
68Lonoke County+3.1%
69Marion County+3.6%
70Craighead County+4.4%
71Madison County+5.1%
72Saline County+5.3%
73Randolph County+5.9%
74Washington County+8.4%
75Benton County+10.8%

Cities & places

Top 100.
#NamePopulation change 2019–2023
1Victoria-100.0%
2Guion-85.6%
3Maysville-74.7%
4Blue Eye-71.6%
5Parkdale-70.4%
6Nimmons-68.4%
7Tinsman-67.5%
8Oakhaven-63.1%
9Gum Springs-62.7%
10Humphrey-60.3%
11Reader-59.4%
12Montrose-58.0%
13Wiederkehr Village-57.6%
14South Lead Hill-56.3%
15Hermitage-54.9%
16Hensley-51.8%
17Bassett-50.6%
18O'Kean-50.6%
19Jacksonport-50.5%
20Pyatt-49.5%
21Patmos-48.7%
22Ratcliff-48.4%
23Carthage-48.0%
24Magness-47.9%
25Thornton-47.1%
26Adona-45.6%
27Madison-45.0%
28Fourche-44.8%
29Huttig-44.2%
30Blevins-44.1%
31Center Ridge-43.6%
32Tillar-43.4%
33Georgetown-43.3%
34St. Joe-42.8%
35Fargo-42.7%
36Haynes-41.1%
37Beedeville-41.0%
38Gillett-39.2%
39Perrytown-38.7%
40Humnoke-38.4%
41Leachville-38.4%
42Tollette-38.1%
43Fountain Hill-37.9%
44Havana-37.7%
45Jasper-37.7%
46Patterson-37.5%
47Concord-36.8%
48Harrell-35.6%
49Gillham-35.2%
50Earle-35.1%
51Banks-34.9%
52Mitchellville-34.4%
53Fredonia (Biscoe)-34.3%
54Rondo-34.0%
55Mount Pleasant-34.0%
56Kirby-33.7%
57Gilbert-33.3%
58Washington-33.3%
59Tyronza-33.1%
60Winthrop-33.1%
61College Station-32.8%
62Tuckerman-32.1%
63Coal Hill-31.4%
64Moorefield-31.1%
65Bradford-31.0%
66Fisher-31.0%
67Gurdon-30.9%
68McCaskill-30.3%
69Sedgwick-29.9%
70Maynard-29.7%
71Bodcaw-29.5%
72Amagon-29.4%
73Lexa-29.3%
74Winslow-28.6%
75Emmet-28.6%
76St. Paul-28.6%
77Hughes-28.3%
78Louann-28.1%
79Sunset-27.9%
80Ulm-27.9%
81Caulksville-27.8%
82Marie-27.8%
83Western Grove-27.8%
84Salem-27.6%
85Springtown-27.5%
86Turrell-27.5%
87Reed-27.5%
88Coy-27.4%
89Dierks-27.2%
90Oak Grove-27.0%
91Rison-26.7%
92Zinc-25.9%
93Perla-25.7%
94Hector-25.5%
95Knoxville-25.5%
96Bull Shoals-25.4%
97Bergman-24.8%
98Letona-24.4%
99Mountain Pine-24.1%
100Portia-24.0%

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