Most Densely Populated Cities in Arkansas: Ranked by People per Square Mile

The densest city in Arkansas in our data is Rogers, AR, with about 1,774 people per square mile, followed by Springdale, AR (1,730) and Little Rock, AR (1,642). This list ranks the top 50 places among the 68 Arkansas communities with at least 5,000 residents.

What are the top 50 in Arkansas?

How dense are the cities in Arkansas?

The densest place is about 2 times as dense as the median place in the state, which has about 925 people per square mile. At the other end, Hot Springs Village, AR has about 259. Under our scale, 0 places are an urban core (over 5,000 per square mile), 29 are suburban, and the rest are small towns or rural. Benton County contributes 6 of the top 50.

Which counties do the top 50 belong to?

The 50 places on this list are spread across 35 counties of Arkansas. Benton County has 6 (Rogers, Bentonville, Siloam Springs, Centerton, Lowell, Pea Ridge); Pulaski County has 5 (Little Rock, Maumelle, Sherwood, North Little Rock, Jacksonville); Washington County has 2 (Springdale, Fayetteville). Counties with several entries are usually centers of a metropolitan area, where one large city is surrounded by many suburbs that each pass the 5,000-resident threshold.

How does Arkansas compare with the rest of the country?

The median Arkansas place with a page has about 12,036 residents, compared with about 13,459 nationwide, so the state's typical community is smaller than the national typical place. Rogers, AR ranks 709th among all US places by estimated population in our data. The state has 536 communities in total, of which 68 reach 5,000 residents. See the national ranking of the largest cities for comparison.

Quick answers about Arkansas cities

• Which is the densest city in Arkansas? Rogers (1,774 per square mile).
• How many Arkansas cities have more than 100,000 people? 3 in our data.
• How many have 25,000 to 100,000? 17.
• What is the typical size? About 12,036 residents for a place with a page.

How is this ranking made?

The data comes from the SimpleMaps US Cities Database, which gives each place an estimated population and a density in people per square kilometer. We convert density to people per square mile and rank the places with at least 5,000 residents. Boundaries matter: a city that includes large parks or farmland scores lower on density than a compact city of the same size, and population estimates can include areas that share a city's ZIP codes. Read why population figures differ and how density is calculated before you quote a number.

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Rankings use dataset estimates, not official counts.