We all love the biggest cities that the Natural State has to offer. You know the places like Little Rock and Fort Smith which make all the headlines.
But there are a bunch of other great large cities in Arkansas that don't get as much love.
We're going to change that right now.
Using the most recent Census data, we can tell you about all the places in Arkansas with a focus on the biggest. We update the data each year and this is our fourth time doing this.
You can click here to see a full table of the full of the 100 biggest cities in Arkansas, along with every other place over 1,000 people big. It is sortable by clicking on the headers.
Read on below to see more on the biggest cities. Or for more reading on places to live in Arkansas, check out:
Rank Last Year: 1 (No Change)
Population: 198,067
Population 2010: 190,718
Growth: 3.9%
More on Little Rock: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 2 (No Change)
Population: 87,788
Population 2010: 85,200
Growth: 3.0%
More on Fort Smith: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 3 (No Change)
Population: 86,622
Population 2010: 71,770
Growth: 20.7%
More on Fayetteville: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 4 (No Change)
Population: 80,433
Population 2010: 66,461
Growth: 21.0%
More on Springdale: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 5 (No Change)
Population: 77,391
Population 2010: 64,798
Growth: 19.4%
More on Jonesboro: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 8 (Up 2)
Population: 67,787
Population 2010: 53,207
Growth: 27.4%
More on Rogers: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 7 (No Change)
Population: 66,776
Population 2010: 56,255
Growth: 18.7%
More on Conway: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 6 (Down 2)
Population: 66,079
Population 2010: 61,698
Growth: 7.1%
More on North Little Rock: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 10 (Up 1)
Population: 52,070
Population 2010: 32,685
Growth: 59.3%
More on Bentonville: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 9 (Down 1)
Population: 42,323
Population 2010: 50,039
Growth: -15.4%
More on Pine Bluff: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
We've been ranking and dissecting cities in the Natural State for over 4 years now -- making this actually the fourth time we've run the numbers. We always use the best data, the US Census. In this case, that means we are using the 2013-2017 American Community Survey.
It what is probably the most simple analysis we run each year, we ranked every place in Arkansas from biggest to smallest. The biggest city this year? That would be Little Rock.
The smallest? Midway, although there are places smaller than 1,000 people not listed here, so keep that in mind as we take a look at the top ten.
We hope that you find the big city, or really any city, that's right for you. Below is a list of the rest of the biggest cities along with every other place in Arkansas.
Have fun snacking around in the Natural State!
For more reading on Arkansas, check out:
Rank | City | Current Population | 2010 | Growth | |||||
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1 | Little Rock | 198,067 | 190,718 | 3.9% | |||||
2 | Fort Smith | 87,788 | 85,200 | 3.0% | |||||
3 | Fayetteville | 86,622 | 71,770 | 20.7% | |||||
4 | Springdale | 80,433 | 66,461 | 21.0% | |||||
5 | Jonesboro | 77,391 | 64,798 | 19.4% | |||||
6 | Rogers | 67,787 | 53,207 | 27.4% | |||||
7 | Conway | 66,776 | 56,255 | 18.7% | |||||
8 | North Little Rock | 66,079 | 61,698 | 7.1% | |||||
9 | Bentonville | 52,070 | 32,685 | 59.3% | |||||
10 | Pine Bluff | 42,323 | 50,039 | -15.4% | |||||
11 | Hot Springs | 38,697 | 35,604 | 8.7% | |||||
12 | Benton | 36,360 | 29,118 | 24.9% | |||||
13 | Sherwood | 31,225 | 28,690 | 8.8% | |||||
14 | Texarkana | 29,864 | 29,787 | 0.3% | |||||
15 | Russellville | 29,227 | 27,300 | 7.1% | |||||
16 | Paragould | 28,821 | 25,422 | 13.4% | |||||
17 | Jacksonville | 28,442 | 28,498 | -0.2% | |||||
18 | Cabot | 26,376 | 22,333 | 18.1% | |||||
19 | West Memphis | 24,656 | 26,391 | -6.6% | |||||
20 | Searcy | 23,673 | 22,128 | 7.0% | |||||
21 | Van Buren | 23,600 | 22,236 | 6.1% | |||||
22 | Bryant | 20,563 | 15,757 | 30.5% | |||||
23 | Maumelle | 18,193 | 15,918 | 14.3% | |||||
24 | El Dorado | 17,826 | 19,278 | -7.5% | |||||
25 | Siloam Springs | 17,031 | 14,370 | 18.5% | |||||
26 | Hot Springs Village | 15,562 | 12,522 | 24.3% | |||||
27 | Centerton | 15,345 | 8,314 | 84.6% | |||||
28 | Forrest City | 14,062 | 15,174 | -7.3% | |||||
29 | Blytheville | 13,735 | 15,874 | -13.5% | |||||
30 | Harrison | 13,124 | 12,928 | 1.5% | |||||
31 | Mountain Home | 12,463 | 12,345 | 1.0% | |||||
32 | Marion | 12,371 | 11,693 | 5.8% | |||||
33 | Magnolia | 11,537 | 11,648 | -1.0% | |||||
34 | Malvern | 10,886 | 10,273 | 6.0% | |||||
35 | Camden | 10,877 | 12,246 | -11.2% | |||||
36 | Batesville | 10,749 | 10,045 | 7.0% | |||||
37 | Arkadelphia | 10,670 | 10,697 | -0.3% | |||||
38 | Helena-West Helena | 10,487 | 12,650 | -17.1% | |||||
39 | Hope | 9,668 | 10,204 | -5.3% | |||||
40 | Clarksville | 9,661 | 9,005 | 7.3% | |||||
41 | Lowell | 9,433 | 7,001 | 34.7% | |||||
42 | Monticello | 9,392 | 9,441 | -0.5% | |||||
43 | Greenwood | 9,392 | 8,634 | 8.8% | |||||
44 | Stuttgart | 8,617 | 9,400 | -8.3% | |||||
45 | Beebe | 8,131 | 6,978 | 16.5% | |||||
46 | Wynne | 7,773 | 8,408 | -7.6% | |||||
47 | Newport | 7,552 | 7,883 | -4.2% | |||||
48 | Farmington | 7,166 | 5,763 | 24.3% | |||||
49 | Heber Springs | 7,156 | 7,076 | 1.1% | |||||
50 | Trumann | 7,000 | 7,172 | -2.4% | |||||
51 | Osceola | 6,786 | 7,857 | -13.6% | |||||
52 | Morrilton | 6,638 | 6,723 | -1.3% | |||||
53 | Pocahontas | 6,582 | 6,608 | -0.4% | |||||
54 | De Queen | 6,499 | 6,409 | 1.4% | |||||
55 | Prairie Grove | 6,236 | 4,212 | 48.1% | |||||
56 | East End | 6,150 | 6,797 | -9.5% | |||||
57 | Pea Ridge | 5,960 | 4,414 | 35.0% | |||||
58 | Alma | 5,816 | 5,245 | 10.9% | |||||
59 | Warren | 5,596 | 6,064 | -7.7% | |||||
60 | Berryville | 5,594 | 5,206 | 7.5% | |||||
61 | Greenbrier | 5,592 | 4,405 | 26.9% | |||||
62 | Mena | 5,524 | 5,768 | -4.2% | |||||
63 | Ward | 5,195 | 3,832 | 35.6% | |||||
64 | Walnut Ridge | 5,104 | 4,882 | 4.5% | |||||
65 | White Hall | 5,017 | 5,394 | -7.0% | |||||
66 | Barling | 4,957 | 4,556 | 8.8% | |||||
67 | Sheridan | 4,919 | 4,691 | 4.9% | |||||
68 | Crossett | 4,890 | 5,585 | -12.4% | |||||
69 | Cherokee Village | 4,883 | 5,074 | -3.8% | |||||
70 | Cave Springs | 4,859 | 1,447 | 235.8% | |||||
71 | Gibson | 4,701 | 3,388 | 38.8% | |||||
72 | Rockwell | 4,699 | 3,815 | 23.2% | |||||
73 | Haskell | 4,559 | 3,733 | 22.1% | |||||
74 | Vilonia | 4,556 | 3,503 | 30.1% | |||||
75 | Dardanelle | 4,541 | 4,627 | -1.9% | |||||
76 | Piney | 4,518 | 4,417 | 2.3% | |||||
77 | Ashdown | 4,415 | 4,690 | -5.9% | |||||
78 | Nashville | 4,359 | 4,632 | -5.9% | |||||
79 | Tontitown | 4,341 | 2,585 | 67.9% | |||||
80 | Lonoke | 4,206 | 4,282 | -1.8% | |||||
81 | Gentry | 3,963 | 3,054 | 29.8% | |||||
82 | Shannon Hills | 3,914 | 2,939 | 33.2% | |||||
83 | Dumas | 3,850 | 4,772 | -19.3% | |||||
84 | Booneville | 3,822 | 4,045 | -5.5% | |||||
85 | Fordyce | 3,748 | 4,384 | -14.5% | |||||
86 | Mcgehee | 3,748 | 4,278 | -12.4% | |||||
87 | Johnson | 3,719 | 3,211 | 15.8% | |||||
88 | Austin | 3,698 | 1,367 | 170.5% | |||||
89 | Landmark | 3,628 | 3,306 | 9.7% | |||||
90 | Ozark | 3,618 | 3,700 | -2.2% | |||||
91 | Piggott | 3,579 | 3,844 | -6.9% | |||||
92 | Brookland | 3,491 | 1,538 | 127.0% | |||||
93 | Marianna | 3,472 | 4,241 | -18.1% | |||||
94 | Gravette | 3,456 | 2,012 | 71.8% | |||||
95 | Paris | 3,403 | 3,593 | -5.3% | |||||
96 | Waldron | 3,379 | 3,623 | -6.7% | |||||
97 | Manila | 3,340 | 3,256 | 2.6% | |||||
98 | Elkins | 3,283 | 2,430 | 35.1% | |||||
99 | Alexander | 3,263 | 2,720 | 20.0% | |||||
100 | Pottsville | 3,252 | 2,690 | 20.9% | |||||
101 | Gosnell | 3,188 | 3,573 | -10.8% | |||||
102 | Corning | 3,092 | 3,423 | -9.7% | |||||
103 | Dewitt | 3,046 | 3,340 | -8.8% | |||||
104 | Atkins | 3,031 | 2,981 | 1.7% | |||||
105 | Prescott | 2,995 | 3,358 | -10.8% | |||||
106 | Mountain View | 2,877 | 2,797 | 2.9% | |||||
107 | Harrisburg | 2,874 | 2,251 | 27.7% | |||||
108 | Bald Knob | 2,868 | 2,945 | -2.6% | |||||
109 | Dermott | 2,807 | 2,354 | 19.2% | |||||
110 | Green Forest | 2,805 | 2,751 | 2.0% | |||||
111 | Little Flock | 2,776 | 2,592 | 7.1% | |||||
112 | Bethel Heights | 2,737 | 1,754 | 56.0% | |||||
113 | England | 2,713 | 2,867 | -5.4% | |||||
114 | North Crossett | 2,704 | 3,414 | -20.8% | |||||
115 | Horseshoe Bend | 2,692 | 2,477 | 8.7% | |||||
116 | Brinkley | 2,661 | 3,324 | -19.9% | |||||
117 | Hamburg | 2,647 | 2,881 | -8.1% | |||||
118 | West Fork | 2,622 | 2,560 | 2.4% | |||||
119 | Hoxie | 2,610 | 2,768 | -5.7% | |||||
120 | Lake City | 2,556 | 2,105 | 21.4% | |||||
121 | Huntsville | 2,544 | 2,314 | 9.9% | |||||
122 | Clinton | 2,538 | 2,675 | -5.1% | |||||
123 | Goshen | 2,528 | 1,010 | 150.3% | |||||
124 | Gassville | 2,515 | 2,165 | 16.2% | |||||
125 | Leachville | 2,498 | 2,330 | 7.2% | |||||
126 | Charleston | 2,483 | 2,751 | -9.7% | |||||
127 | Holiday Island | 2,467 | 2,360 | 4.5% | |||||
128 | Lincoln | 2,465 | 2,233 | 10.4% | |||||
129 | Bono | 2,449 | 2,179 | 12.4% | |||||
130 | Elm Springs | 2,442 | 1,968 | 24.1% | |||||
131 | Lavaca | 2,442 | 2,238 | 9.1% | |||||
132 | Dover | 2,400 | 1,446 | 66.0% | |||||
133 | Eureka Springs | 2,397 | 2,022 | 18.5% | |||||
134 | Judsonia | 2,360 | 1,960 | 20.4% | |||||
135 | Fairfield Bay | 2,343 | 2,041 | 14.8% | |||||
136 | Bay | 2,341 | 1,752 | 33.6% | |||||
137 | Calico Rock | 2,338 | 1,702 | 37.4% | |||||
138 | Kensett | 2,288 | 1,616 | 41.6% | |||||
139 | Marked Tree | 2,277 | 2,597 | -12.3% | |||||
140 | Lake Village | 2,258 | 2,596 | -13.0% | |||||
141 | Mayflower | 2,250 | 2,653 | -15.2% | |||||
142 | Carlisle | 2,248 | 2,400 | -6.3% | |||||
143 | Eudora | 2,246 | 2,341 | -4.1% | |||||
144 | Augusta | 2,244 | 2,381 | -5.8% | |||||
145 | Cave City | 2,228 | 1,725 | 29.2% | |||||
146 | Danville | 2,197 | 2,558 | -14.1% | |||||
147 | Prairie Creek | 2,176 | 1,676 | 29.8% | |||||
148 | Lake Hamilton | 2,174 | 1,925 | 12.9% | |||||
149 | Earle | 2,174 | 2,504 | -13.2% | |||||
150 | Salem | 2,163 | 2,671 | -19.0% | |||||
151 | Gurdon | 2,099 | 2,613 | -19.7% | |||||
152 | Glenwood | 1,979 | 2,298 | -13.9% | |||||
153 | Rector | 1,948 | 2,132 | -8.6% | |||||
154 | Avoca | 1,936 | 427 | 353.4% | |||||
155 | Lepanto | 1,922 | 2,177 | -11.7% | |||||
156 | Murfreesboro | 1,905 | 1,862 | 2.3% | |||||
157 | Mccrory | 1,831 | 1,984 | -7.7% | |||||
158 | Bull Shoals | 1,811 | 2,084 | -13.1% | |||||
159 | Stamps | 1,770 | 2,194 | -19.3% | |||||
160 | Star City | 1,762 | 2,928 | -39.8% | |||||
161 | Smackover | 1,758 | 2,032 | -13.5% | |||||
162 | Tuckerman | 1,734 | 1,967 | -11.8% | |||||
163 | Hazen | 1,724 | 1,559 | 10.6% | |||||
164 | Lamar | 1,696 | 2,212 | -23.3% | |||||
165 | Wrightsville | 1,695 | 2,020 | -16.1% | |||||
166 | Mcalmont | 1,692 | 1,153 | 46.7% | |||||
167 | Cedarville | 1,688 | 1,803 | -6.4% | |||||
168 | Melbourne | 1,655 | 1,676 | -1.3% | |||||
169 | Hampton | 1,645 | 1,664 | -1.1% | |||||
170 | Marvell | 1,620 | 1,248 | 29.8% | |||||
171 | Mulberry | 1,586 | 2,011 | -21.1% | |||||
172 | Greenland | 1,558 | 1,101 | 41.5% | |||||
173 | Decatur | 1,536 | 1,224 | 25.5% | |||||
174 | Monette | 1,514 | 1,220 | 24.1% | |||||
175 | Clarendon | 1,470 | 1,592 | -7.7% | |||||
176 | Perryville | 1,449 | 1,304 | 11.1% | |||||
177 | Diaz | 1,435 | 1,770 | -18.9% | |||||
178 | West Crossett | 1,434 | 1,092 | 31.3% | |||||
179 | Highfill | 1,383 | 442 | 212.9% | |||||
180 | Marmaduke | 1,377 | 1,107 | 24.4% | |||||
181 | Waldo | 1,370 | 1,267 | 8.1% | |||||
182 | Des Arc | 1,334 | 2,088 | -36.1% | |||||
183 | Marshall | 1,327 | 1,765 | -24.8% | |||||
184 | Redfield | 1,327 | 1,043 | 27.2% | |||||
185 | Sulphur Springs | 1,320 | 1,416 | -6.8% | |||||
186 | Newark | 1,290 | 1,287 | 0.2% | |||||
187 | Yellville | 1,281 | 1,427 | -10.2% | |||||
188 | East Camden | 1,276 | 1,083 | 17.8% | |||||
189 | Flippin | 1,247 | 1,638 | -23.9% | |||||
190 | Oak Grove Heights | 1,237 | 794 | 55.8% | |||||
191 | Highland | 1,232 | 1,018 | 21.0% | |||||
192 | Caraway | 1,219 | 1,219 | 0.0% | |||||
193 | Mansfield | 1,199 | 1,195 | 0.3% | |||||
194 | Ash Flat | 1,198 | 1,505 | -20.4% | |||||
195 | Swifton | 1,182 | 772 | 53.1% | |||||
196 | Kibler | 1,176 | 952 | 23.5% | |||||
197 | Mount Ida | 1,160 | 1,163 | -0.3% | |||||
198 | Wooster | 1,159 | 771 | 50.3% | |||||
199 | Foreman | 1,142 | 1,151 | -0.8% | |||||
200 | Rison | 1,139 | 1,345 | -15.3% | |||||
201 | Wickes | 1,133 | 661 | 71.4% | |||||
202 | Cotter | 1,123 | 906 | 24.0% | |||||
203 | Wilson | 1,118 | 742 | 50.7% | |||||
204 | Mammoth Spring | 1,117 | 1,208 | -7.5% | |||||
205 | Avilla | 1,082 | 1,152 | -6.1% | |||||
206 | Stephens | 1,058 | 1,049 | 0.9% | |||||
207 | Coal Hill | 1,056 | 1,182 | -10.7% | |||||
208 | Madison | 1,055 | 646 | 63.3% | |||||
209 | Mineral Springs | 1,051 | 1,195 | -12.1% | |||||
210 | Tumbling Shoals | 1,036 | 898 | 15.4% | |||||
211 | Midway | 1,004 | 931 | 7.8% | |||||
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