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Cities in Arkansas by population

Little Rock, AR had the highest population of 39 cities in 2020, at 202,616. Pea Ridge, AR had the lowest, at 6,674. The median was 24,463 and the figure for Arkansas was 3.01 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest202,616Little Rock, AR
Lowest6,674Pea Ridge, AR
Median24,46339 cities
Arkansas3,014,399History

All cities, 2020

Little Rock, AR: 202,616 personsLittle Rock, AR202,616Fayetteville, AR: 94,779 personsFayetteville, AR94,779Fort Smith, AR: 89,156 personsFort Smith, AR89,156Springdale, AR: 87,321 personsSpringdale, AR87,321Jonesboro, AR: 78,814 personsJonesboro, AR78,814Rogers, AR: 70,090 personsRogers, AR70,090North Little Rock, AR: 64,678 personsNorth Little Rock, AR64,678Conway, AR: 64,357 personsConway, AR64,357Bentonville, AR: 54,814 personsBentonville, AR54,814Pine Bluff, AR: 40,977 personsPine Bluff, AR40,977Hot Springs, AR: 37,930 personsHot Springs, AR37,930Benton, AR: 35,135 personsBenton, AR35,135Sherwood, AR: 32,815 personsSherwood, AR32,815Bella Vista, AR: 30,221 personsBella Vista, AR30,221Paragould, AR: 29,658 personsParagould, AR29,658Jacksonville, AR: 29,482 personsJacksonville, AR29,482Texarkana, AR: 29,312 personsTexarkana, AR29,312Russellville, AR: 29,030 personsRussellville, AR29,030Cabot, AR: 26,558 personsCabot, AR26,558West Memphis, AR: 24,463 personsWest Memphis, AR24,463Van Buren, AR: 23,240 personsVan Buren, AR23,240Searcy, AR: 22,955 personsSearcy, AR22,955Bryant, AR: 20,777 personsBryant, AR20,777Maumelle, AR: 19,245 personsMaumelle, AR19,245Centerton, AR: 18,248 personsCenterton, AR18,248El Dorado, AR: 17,702 personsEl Dorado, AR17,702Siloam Springs, AR: 17,533 personsSiloam Springs, AR17,533Marion, AR: 13,760 personsMarion, AR13,760Blytheville, AR: 13,350 personsBlytheville, AR13,350Harrison, AR: 13,060 personsHarrison, AR13,060Forrest City, AR: 12,977 personsForrest City, AR12,977Mountain Home, AR: 12,838 personsMountain Home, AR12,838Batesville, AR: 11,203 personsBatesville, AR11,203Magnolia, AR: 11,138 personsMagnolia, AR11,138Malvern, AR: 10,854 personsMalvern, AR10,854Camden, AR: 10,601 personsCamden, AR10,601Lowell, AR: 9,946 personsLowell, AR9,946Farmington, AR: 7,623 personsFarmington, AR7,623Pea Ridge, AR: 6,674 personsPea Ridge, AR6,674Little Rock, AR: 202,616 personsLittle Rock, AR202,616Fayetteville, AR: 94,779 personsFayetteville, AR94,779Fort Smith, AR: 89,156 personsFort Smith, AR89,156Springdale, AR: 87,321 personsSpringdale, AR87,321Jonesboro, AR: 78,814 personsJonesboro, AR78,814Rogers, AR: 70,090 personsRogers, AR70,090North Little Rock, AR: 64,678 personsNorth Little Rock, AR64,678Conway, AR: 64,357 personsConway, AR64,357Bentonville, AR: 54,814 personsBentonville, AR54,814Pine Bluff, AR: 40,977 personsPine Bluff, AR40,977Hot Springs, AR: 37,930 personsHot Springs, AR37,930Benton, AR: 35,135 personsBenton, AR35,135Sherwood, AR: 32,815 personsSherwood, AR32,815Bella Vista, AR: 30,221 personsBella Vista, AR30,221Paragould, AR: 29,658 personsParagould, AR29,658Jacksonville, AR: 29,482 personsJacksonville, AR29,482Texarkana, AR: 29,312 personsTexarkana, AR29,312Russellville, AR: 29,030 personsRussellville, AR29,030Cabot, AR: 26,558 personsCabot, AR26,558West Memphis, AR: 24,463 personsWest Memphis, AR24,463Van Buren, AR: 23,240 personsVan Buren, AR23,240Searcy, AR: 22,955 personsSearcy, AR22,955Bryant, AR: 20,777 personsBryant, AR20,777Maumelle, AR: 19,245 personsMaumelle, AR19,245Centerton, AR: 18,248 personsCenterton, AR18,248El Dorado, AR: 17,702 personsEl Dorado, AR17,702Siloam Springs, AR: 17,533 personsSiloam Springs, AR17,533Marion, AR: 13,760 personsMarion, AR13,760Blytheville, AR: 13,350 personsBlytheville, AR13,350Harrison, AR: 13,060 personsHarrison, AR13,060Forrest City, AR: 12,977 personsForrest City, AR12,977Mountain Home, AR: 12,838 personsMountain Home, AR12,838Batesville, AR: 11,203 personsBatesville, AR11,203Magnolia, AR: 11,138 personsMagnolia, AR11,138Malvern, AR: 10,854 personsMalvern, AR10,854Camden, AR: 10,601 personsCamden, AR10,601Lowell, AR: 9,946 personsLowell, AR9,946Farmington, AR: 7,623 personsFarmington, AR7,623Pea Ridge, AR: 6,674 personsPea Ridge, AR6,674
persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons
1Little Rock, AR202,616
2Fayetteville, AR94,779
3Fort Smith, AR89,156
4Springdale, AR87,321
5Jonesboro, AR78,814
6Rogers, AR70,090
7North Little Rock, AR64,678
8Conway, AR64,357
9Bentonville, AR54,814
10Pine Bluff, AR40,977
11Hot Springs, AR37,930
12Benton, AR35,135
13Sherwood, AR32,815
14Bella Vista, AR30,221
15Paragould, AR29,658
16Jacksonville, AR29,482
17Texarkana, AR29,312
18Russellville, AR29,030
19Cabot, AR26,558
20West Memphis, AR24,463
21Van Buren, AR23,240
22Searcy, AR22,955
23Bryant, AR20,777
24Maumelle, AR19,245
25Centerton, AR18,248
26El Dorado, AR17,702
27Siloam Springs, AR17,533
28Marion, AR13,760
29Blytheville, AR13,350
30Harrison, AR13,060
31Forrest City, AR12,977
32Mountain Home, AR12,838
33Batesville, AR11,203
34Magnolia, AR11,138
35Malvern, AR10,854
36Camden, AR10,601
37Lowell, AR9,946
38Farmington, AR7,623
39Pea Ridge, AR6,674

Other periods

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Resident population.

More on how it is measured
  • Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón).
  • Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January.
  • Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January.
  • United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July.
  • United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June.
  • Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
  • UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals) (Cities in Arkansas by population, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/

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Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Arkansas by population, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/arkansas-cities?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Cities in Arkansas by population, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/arkansas-cities?period=2020.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Arkansas by population, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/arkansas-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest population?

Little Rock, AR, with 202,616 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Pea Ridge, AR, with 6,674 in 2020.

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