Arkansas Population

Arkansas (U.S. state abbreviation is 'AR') is the southern state of United States, bordered by Louisiana to the south, Oklahoma and Texas to the west, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Missouri to the north. The name Arkansas came from the Quapaw Indians also called the 'Arkansaw' or 'Ugakhpah', which means 'people who live downstream'. Arkansas population in 2020 is estimated to be 3 million, ranks 33rd populous state in US. Its area is 53,180 sq miles (137,733 sq km), ranks 29th largest in the United States. Arkansas state contains over 600,000 acres of lakes and 9,700 miles of streams and rivers, Arkansas is the longest stream to flow into Mississippi and Missouri river.. Little Rock is the state capital of Arkansas, other top cities include Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Springdale and Jonesboro.

Image Source: People gathering at gathering Pride Parade Festival, Northwest Arkansas, June 2019

The population of Arkansas state in 2019 is 3 million with change of 0.33% compared to 0.36% in 2018.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	2,921,978
2011	2,940,407	0.63
2012	2,952,109	0.40
2013	2,959,549	0.25
2014	2,967,726	0.28
2015	2,978,407	0.36
2016	2,990,410	0.40
2017	3,002,997	0.42
2018	3,013,825	0.36
2019*	3,023,771	0.33
2020*	3,032,812	0.30 *

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018

Arkansas Population by Race & Groups

Arkansas state classification of race, 75.6% are White Americans, 15.1% are Black or African Americans, 7% are Hispanic/Latino, 1.4% are Asians, 0.6% AIAN.
Arkansas state Hispanic/Latino population is 213,246, out of these 158,362 are Mexicans, 6,235 are Puerto Ricans and 2,074 are Cubans.
Total NHPI are 7,062, out of these 405 are Native Hawaiians, 114 are Guamanian/Chamorro's and 448 are Samoan.
Total Asian Population is 42,368 in AR state, out of 10,143 are Asian Indian, 464 Bangladeshi, 231 Burmese, 6,991 Chinese, except Taiwanese, 213 are Taiwanese, 61 Mongolian, 134 Nepalese, 1,671 Pakistani, 77 Sri Lankan, 413 Cambodian, 4,626 Laotian, 5,826 Vietnamese, 1,059 Thai, 4,211 Filipino, 1,223 Hmong, 136 Indonesian, 1,134 Japanese, 2,471 Korean and 96 Malaysian.
Whites are 2.3 millions in Arkansas, American Indian and Alaska Native are 19,476 people, 8,000 are Cherokee tribals, 352 are Sioux, 124 are Navajo and 200 are Chippewa tribal groups.

Total Population	2,977,944	Percent
White	2,302,141	77.31%
Black or African American	459,969	15.45%
American Indian and Alaska Native	19,476	0.654%
Cherokee tribal grouping	8,000	0.269%
Chippewa tribal grouping	200	0.007%
Navajo tribal grouping	124	0.004%
Sioux tribal grouping	352	0.012%
Asian Population	42,368	1.42%
Asian Indian	10,143	0.34%
Chinese	7,204	0.24%
Filipino	4,211	0.14%
Japanese	1,134	0.04%
Korean	2,471	0.08%
Vietnamese	5,826	0.20%
Other Asian Population	11,379
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	7,062	0.24%
Native Hawaiian	405	0.014%
Guamanian or Chamorro	114	0.004%
Samoan	448	0.015%
Other Pacific Islander	6,095
Some other race	75,106
Hispanic or Latino	213,246	7.16%
Mexican	158,362	5.32%
Puerto Rican	6,235	0.21%
Cuban	2,074	0.07%
Other Hispanic or Latino	46,575

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Arkansas

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Little Rock	197,881
2	Fort Smith	87,845
3	Fayetteville	86,751
4	Springdale	81,029
5	Jonesboro	76,990
6	Rogers	67,600
7	Conway	66,426
8	North Little Rock	66,127
9	Bentonville	51,111

Population Pyramid

Source: 2017 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Languages spoken in AR

English is the Official language of AR state, The spoken languages at home are, 92.8% speak English, followed by 5.26% Spanish language, 1% Asian languages, 0.71% European languages.
European language speakers are 19,720, out of these 878 speak Russian, 509 Polish, 2,890 French (including Cajun), 683 Italian, 678 Portuguese, 4,757 German, 202 Greek, 274 Serbo-Croatian, 451 Ukrainian or other Slavic languages, 86 Armenian, 908 speak Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch or other West Germanic languages.
Asian Languages speakers are 29,992, out of these Asian Indian language speakers are, 1,383 speak Telugu, 949 Tamil, 573 Malayalam, Kannada, or other Dravidian languages, 228 Punjabi, 562 Bengali, 790 Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages, 1,006 Gujarati, 1,892 Hindi and 1,038 Urdu.
Mid and East Asian languages include 5,538 speak Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese), 1,263 Hmong, 1,021 Japanese, 1,654 Korean, 4,536 Vietnamese, 271 Khmer, 3,828 Thai, Lao, or other Tai-Kadai languages, 646 Other languages of Asia and 2,578 Tagalog.
5,752 speak Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, or other Austronesian languages, 2,942 Arabic, 77 Hebrew, 585 Persian (including Farsi, Dari). 166 Haitian and 515 are other Native languages of North America.
African language speakers include 569 speak Swahili or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa, 409 speak Amharic, Somali, or other Afro-Asiatic languages, 525 Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, or other languages of Western Africa.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	2,585,911	92.76
Spanish Language	146,666	5.26
European Language	19,720	0.71
Asian Languages	29,992	1.08
Other Languages	5,511	0.20

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Education

Arkansas education level stats from High school, College and Bachelor degree as per table below.

Population 18 to 24 years		286456	146201	140255
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	38318	21678	16640
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	93821	53057	40764
	Some college or associates degree	132402	62768	69634
	Bachelors degree or higher	21915	8698	13217
Population 25 years and over		1985770	954230	1031540
	Less than 9th grade	103458	53916	49542
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	182659	93016	89643
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	681486	345398	336088
	Some college, no degree	448518	207570	240948
	Associates degree	132221	51495	80726
	Bachelors degree	280677	131308	149369
	Graduate or professional degree	156751	71527	85224

White		1533104	739298	793806
	High school graduate or higher	1354397	647256	707141
	Bachelors degree or higher	364441	172608	191833
Black or African		277145	126567	150578
	High school graduate or higher	227532	102687	124845
	Bachelors degree or higher	40910	14874	26036
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		12935	6148	6787
	High school graduate or higher	10396	4777	5619
	Bachelors degree or higher	1903	895	1008
Asian		27307	12261	15046
	High school graduate or higher	23430	10862	12568
	Bachelors degree or higher	13529	6662	6867
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		3702	2048	1654
	High school graduate or higher	2338	1412	926
	Bachelors degree or higher	194	143	51
Hispanic or Latino Origin		104305	54966	49339
	High school graduate or higher	57323	28879	28444
	Bachelors degree or higher	9525	4327	5198

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

As on 2017, The Stastistics below shows the disadvantage people in Arkansas state.

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	501757
Male	244685
Female	257072
	-
White	395542
Black or African American	81453
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	4633
Asian	2449
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	489
Some other race	4880
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	143002
With a vision difficulty	99090
With a cognitive difficulty	187286
With an ambulatory difficulty	278822
With a self-care difficulty	97135
With an independent living difficulty	170536

Counties of Arkansas

Arkansas state is divided into 75 counties, Pulaski is the populous County with 392,680 inhabitants, followed by Benton County with 272,608, Washington County with 236,961, Sebastian County with 127,753 and Faulkner County with 124,806.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Arkansas County	17,904	17,769	-0.8	40	42
Ashley County	20,319	20,046	-1.3	35	36
Baxter County	41,316	41,619	0.7	18	17
Benton County	266,504	272,608	2.3	2	2
Boone County	37,486	37,480	0	20	21
Bradley County	10,853	10,897	0.4	59	59
Calhoun County	5,224	5,277	1	75	75
Carroll County	27,947	28,223	1	23	23
Chicot County	10,639	10,438	-1.9	61	61
Clark County	22,180	22,061	-0.5	30	30
Clay County	14,910	14,847	-0.4	51	51
Cleburne County	25,046	24,965	-0.3	26	26
Cleveland County	8,181	8,018	-2	68	68
Columbia County	23,700	23,537	-0.7	29	29
Conway County	20,848	20,891	0.2	34	34
Craighead County	107,037	108,558	1.4	7	7
Crawford County	62,917	63,406	0.8	13	13
Crittenden County	48,730	48,342	-0.8	14	14
Cross County	16,852	16,676	-1	46	47
Dallas County	7,354	7,182	-2.3	71	71
Desha County	11,732	11,512	-1.9	58	58
Drew County	18,373	18,328	-0.2	38	37
Faulkner County	123,397	124,806	1.1	5	5
Franklin County	17,844	17,810	-0.2	41	41
Fulton County	12,112	12,269	1.3	57	57
Garland County	98,444	99,154	0.7	8	8
Grant County	18,096	18,188	0.5	39	38
Greene County	44,977	45,325	0.8	15	15
Hempstead County	21,881	21,741	-0.6	31	31
Hot Spring County	33,600	33,701	0.3	22	22
Howard County	13,377	13,341	-0.3	54	54
Independence County	37,409	37,678	0.7	21	20
Izard County	13,680	13,593	-0.6	52	52
Jackson County	17,057	16,811	-1.4	45	45
Jefferson County	69,269	68,114	-1.7	11	11
Johnson County	26,489	26,742	1	24	24
Lafayette County	6,822	6,682	-2.1	73	73
Lawrence County	16,590	16,434	-0.9	47	50
Lee County	9,147	8,985	-1.8	64	64
Lincoln County	13,473	13,383	-0.7	53	53
Little River County	12,393	12,326	-0.5	56	56
Logan County	21,753	21,737	-0.1	32	32
Lonoke County	72,878	73,657	1.1	10	10
Madison County	16,349	16,481	0.8	50	49
Marion County	16,460	16,722	1.6	49	46
Miller County	43,884	43,592	-0.7	16	16
Mississippi County	42,073	41,239	-2	17	18
Monroe County	7,052	6,900	-2.2	72	72
Montgomery County	8,907	8,924	0.2	65	65
Nevada County	8,328	8,326	0	66	66
Newton County	7,837	7,805	-0.4	70	70
Ouachita County	23,824	23,606	-0.9	28	28
Perry County	10,335	10,352	0.2	63	62
Phillips County	18,564	18,029	-2.9	37	39
Pike County	10,721	10,673	-0.4	60	60
Poinsett County	24,121	23,974	-0.6	27	27
Polk County	20,162	20,049	-0.6	36	35
Pope County	63,655	64,000	0.5	12	12
Prairie County	8,250	8,074	-2.1	67	67
Pulaski County	393,616	392,680	-0.2	1	1
Randolph County	17,645	17,948	1.7	42	40
St. Francis County	25,938	25,439	-1.9	25	25
Saline County	119,669	121,421	1.5	6	6
Scott County	10,374	10,319	-0.5	62	63
Searcy County	7,947	7,958	0.1	69	69
Sebastian County	127,865	127,753	-0.1	4	4
Sevier County	17,146	17,139	0	44	44
Sharp County	17,200	17,366	1	43	43
Stone County	12,517	12,457	-0.5	55	55
Union County	39,420	39,126	-0.7	19	19
Van Buren County	16,533	16,603	0.4	48	48
Washington County	232,780	236,961	1.8	3	3
White County	78,941	78,727	-0.3	9	9
Woodruff County	6,600	6,490	-1.7	74	74
Yell County	21,544	21,535	0	33	33