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| There are 75 administrative divisions, referred to as counties, in the state of Arkansas. The population figures given below are from the 2000 census. You may list the counties by county name, by area in square miles, by year organized or by population by clicking on the column headings or using the pull-down list box. | ||||
| County | Area (sq miles) | County Seat | Established | Population (2000) |
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| Arkansas County | 988 | De Witt | 1813 | 20,749 |
| Lawrence County | 587 | Walnut Ridge | 1815 | 17,774 |
| Clark County | 866 | Arkadelphia | 1818 | 23,546 |
| Hempstead County | 729 | Hope | 1818 | 23,587 |
| Pulaski County | 771 | Little Rock | 1818 | 361,474 |
| Crawford County | 596 | Van Buren | 1820 | 53,247 |
| Independence County | 764 | Batesville | 1820 | 34,233 |
| Phillips County | 693 | Helena | 1820 | 26,445 |
| Chicot County | 644 | Lake Village | 1823 | 14,117 |
| Conway County | 556 | Morrilton | 1825 | 20,336 |
| Crittenden County | 610 | Marion | 1825 | 50,866 |
| Izard County | 581 | Melbourne | 1825 | 13,249 |
| Lafayette County | 526 | Lewisville | 1827 | 8,559 |
| St. Francis County | 634 | Forrest City | 1827 | 29,329 |
| Sevier County | 564 | De Queen | 1828 | 15,757 |
| Washington County | 950 | Fayetteville | 1828 | 157,715 |
| Hot Spring County | 615 | Malvern | 1829 | 30,353 |
| Jackson County | 634 | Newport | 1829 | 18,418 |
| Jefferson County | 885 | Pine Bluff | 1829 | 84,278 |
| Pope County | 812 | Russellville | 1829 | 54,469 |
| Union County | 1,039 | El Dorado | 1829 | 45,629 |
| Carroll County | 634 | Berryville | 1833 | 25,357 |
| Greene County | 578 | Paragould | 1833 | 37,331 |
| Johnson County | 662 | Clarksville | 1833 | 22,781 |
| Pike County | 603 | Murfreesboro | 1833 | 11,303 |
| Scott County | 894 | Waldron | 1833 | 10,996 |
| Van Buren County | 712 | Clinton | 1833 | 16,192 |
| Marion County | 598 | Yellville | 1835 | 16,140 |
| Randolph County | 652 | Pocahontas | 1835 | 18,195 |
| Saline County | 725 | Benton | 1835 | 83,529 |
| White County | 1,034 | Searcy | 1835 | 67,165 |
| Benton County | 843 | Bentonville | 1836 | 153,406 |
| Madison County | 837 | Huntsville | 1836 | 14,243 |
| Franklin County | 610 | Ozark | 1837 | 17,771 |
| Desha County | 765 | Arkansas City | 1838 | 15,341 |
| Poinsett County | 758 | Harrisburg | 1838 | 25,614 |
| Searcy County | 667 | Marshall | 1838 | 8,261 |
| Monroe County | 607 | Clarendon | 1839 | 10,254 |
| Bradley County | 651 | Warren | 1840 | 12,600 |
| Perry County | 551 | Perryville | 1840 | 10,209 |
| Yell County | 928 | Danville | 1840 | 21,139 |
| Fulton County | 618 | Salem | 1842 | 11,642 |
| Montgomery County | 781 | Mount Ida | 1842 | 9,245 |
| Newton County | 823 | Jasper | 1842 | 8,608 |
| Ouachita County | 732 | Camden | 1842 | 28,790 |
| Polk County | 860 | Mena | 1844 | 20,229 |
| Dallas County | 668 | Fordyce | 1845 | 9,210 |
| Drew County | 828 | Monticello | 1846 | 18,723 |
| Prairie County | 646 | Des Arc | 1846 | 9,539 |
| Ashley County | 921 | Hamburg | 1848 | 24,209 |
| Calhoun County | 628 | Hampton | 1850 | 5,744 |
| Sebastian County | 536 | Fort Smith | 1851 | 115,071 |
| Columbia County | 766 | Magnolia | 1852 | 25,603 |
| Craighead County | 711 | Jonesboro | 1859 | 82,148 |
| Cross County | 616 | Wynne | 1862 | 19,526 |
| Miller County | 624 | Texarkana | 1862 | 40,443 |
| Woodruff County | 587 | Augusta | 1862 | 8,741 |
| Little River County | 532 | Ashdown | 1867 | 13,628 |
| Sharp County | 604 | Ash Flat | 1868 | 17,119 |
| Boone County | 591 | Harrison | 1869 | 33,948 |
| Grant County | 632 | Sheridan | 1869 | 16,464 |
| Lincoln County | 561 | Star City | 1871 | 14,492 |
| Logan County | 710 | Paris | 1871 | 22,486 |
| Nevada County | 620 | Prescott | 1871 | 9,955 |
| Baxter County | 554 | Mountain Home | 1873 | 38,386 |
| Clay County | 639 | Piggott | 1873 | 17,609 |
| Cleveland County | 598 | Rison | 1873 | 8,571 |
| Faulkner County | 647 | Conway | 1873 | 86,014 |
| Garland County | 678 | Hot Springs | 1873 | 88,068 |
| Howard County | 588 | Nashville | 1873 | 14,300 |
| Lee County | 602 | Marianna | 1873 | 12,580 |
| Lonoke County | 766 | Lonoke | 1873 | 52,828 |
| Stone County | 607 | Mountain View | 1873 | 11,499 |
| Cleburne County | 553 | Heber Springs | 1883 | 24,046 |
| Mississippi County | 898 | Blytheville | 1883 | 51,979 |
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Source: United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov, August 7, 2006.
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About Counties: Overview of counties from the National Association of Counties. History of County Government: Three-part history of county government in the United States from the National Association of Counties. The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950-2000, by Joseph Nathan Cane and updated by by Charles Curry Aiken. Purchase the premiere guide to information on the histories of the names, sizes, and populations of the counties of the United States. Scarecrow Press; 5th edition (December 28, 2004) 560 pages. County Name Origins of the United States by Michael A. Beatty. This thorough and carefully prepared work is recommended for medium to large academic and public libraries. McFarland & Company (May 2001) 665 pages. | ||||
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