List of counties in Arkansas

Counties of Arkansas
BT CA BN MR BX FU IZ SH RH CL GN LW CG MS PS JK IN ST CB VB SR NE MA WA CF FK JN PO LG SB SC YL CW PY FA WH WD CR CD SF LE PH MO AR PR LO PU SA HS GD MN PK SV HO PI CK DA GR JE CV LN DE DR BR CN OU NV HE LR MI LF CO UN AS CH
Location	State of Arkansas
Number	75
Populations	5,368 (Calhoun) – 382,748 (Pulaski)
Areas	526 square miles (1,360 km2) (Lafayette) – 1,039 square miles (2,690 km2) (Union)
Government	County government
Subdivisions	cities, towns, townships, unincorporated communities, census designated place

Part of a series on
Regions of Arkansas
Geographic Regions Delta Crowley's Ridge River Valley Timberlands Central Ouachitas Ozarks
Metropolitan Areas Central Arkansas Fort Smith Hot Springs Jonesboro Memphis Northwest Arkansas Pine Bluff Texarkana
Administrative divisions Counties Cities and towns Census-designated places Places (Including Unincorporated communities) School Districts Townships

There are 75 counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas.^[1] Arkansas is tied with Mississippi for the most counties with two county seats, at 10.

Counties

County	FIPS code	County seat[1]	Established[2]	Origin	Etymology[2]	Population[1]	Area[3]	Map
Arkansas County	001	De Witt and Stuttgart	December 13, 1813	1st County (Eastern Arkansas)	A variant pronunciation of the Quapaw Native American people	7004190190000000000♠19,019	7003103379000000000♠1,033.79 sq mi (7003267800000000000♠2,678 km2)
Ashley County	003	Hamburg	November 30, 1848	Chicot, Drew and Union counties	Chester Ashley (1791–1848), a U.S. Senator from Arkansas	7004218530000000000♠21,853	7002939080000000000♠939.08 sq mi (7003243200000000000♠2,432 km2)
Baxter County	005	Mountain Home	March 24, 1873	Fulton, Izard, Marion, and Searcy counties	Elisha Baxter (1827–1899), a Governor of Arkansas	7004415130000000000♠41,513	7002586740000000000♠586.74 sq mi (7003152000000000000♠1,520 km2)
Benton County	007	Bentonville	September 30, 1836	Washington County	Thomas H. Benton (1782–1858), a U.S. Senator from Missouri	7005221339000000000♠221,339	7002884860000000000♠884.86 sq mi (7003229200000000000♠2,292 km2)
Boone County	009	Harrison	April 9, 1869	Carroll and Marion counties	Some historians say Daniel Boone (1734–1820), the American frontiersman	7004369030000000000♠36,903	7002601820000000000♠601.82 sq mi (7003155900000000000♠1,559 km2)
Bradley County	011	Warren	December 18, 1840	Union County	Hugh Bradley, a soldier in the War of 1812 and early area settler	7004115080000000000♠11,508	7002654380000000000♠654.38 sq mi (7003169500000000000♠1,695 km2)
Calhoun County	013	Hampton	December 6, 1850	Dallas and Ouachita counties	John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), 7th Vice President of the United States and a Senator from South Carolina	7003536800000000000♠5,368	7002632540000000000♠632.54 sq mi (7003163800000000000♠1,638 km2)
Carroll County	015	Berryville and Eureka Springs	November 1, 1833	Izard County and later by Madison County (1870)	Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737–1832), a signer of the Declaration of Independence	7004274460000000000♠27,446	7002638809999900000♠638.81 sq mi (7003165500000000000♠1,655 km2)
Chicot County	017	Lake Village	October 15, 1823	Arkansas County	Point Chicot on the Mississippi River	7004118000000000000♠11,800	7002690880000000000♠690.88 sq mi (7003178900000000000♠1,789 km2)
Clark County	019	Arkadelphia	December 15, 1818	Arkansas (1818)	William Clark (1770–1838), explorer and Governor of the Missouri Territory	7004229950000000000♠22,995	7002882600000000000♠882.60 sq mi (7003228600000000000♠2,286 km2)
Clay County	021	Piggott and Corning	March 24, 1873	Randolph and Greene counties, and originally named Clayton before 1875	John Clayton, a State Senator; later shortened to Clay to avoid misassociation with Powell Clayton	7004160830000000000♠16,083	7002641410000000000♠641.42 sq mi (7003166100000000000♠1,661 km2)
Cleburne County	023	Heber Springs	February 20, 1883	White, Van Buren, and Independence counties	Patrick Cleburne (1828–1864), a Confederate General in the Civil War	7004259700000000000♠25,970	7002591910000000000♠591.91 sq mi (7003153300000000000♠1,533 km2)
Cleveland County	025	Rison	April 17, 1873	Bradley, Dallas, Jefferson counties, and formerly named Dorsey County (from 1885)	Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th President of the United States (formerly Stephen Dorsey, U.S. Senator from Arkansas)	7003868900000000000♠8,689	7002598790000000000♠598.80 sq mi (7003155100000000000♠1,551 km2)
Columbia County	027	Magnolia	December 17, 1852	Formed from Lafayette, Hempstead, and Ouachita counties	Columbia, a female personification of the United States	7004245520000000000♠24,552	7002766860000000000♠766.86 sq mi (7003198600000000000♠1,986 km2)
Conway County	029	Morrilton	October 20, 1825	Pulaski County	Henry Wharton Conway (1793–1827), territorial delegate to the United States House of Representatives	7004212730000000000♠21,273	7002566660000000000♠566.66 sq mi (7003146800000000000♠1,468 km2)
Craighead County	031	Jonesboro and Lake City	February 19, 1859	Mississippi, Greene, Poinsett counties	Thomas Craighead (1798–1862), a state senator who ironically opposed the creation of the county	7004964430000000000♠96,443	7002712980000000000♠712.98 sq mi (7003184700000000000♠1,847 km2)
Crawford County	033	Van Buren	October 18, 1820	Pulaski County	William H. Crawford (1772–1834), a politician who served as Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of War	7004619480000000000♠61,948	7002604200000000000♠604.20 sq mi (7003156500000000000♠1,565 km2)
Crittenden County	035	Marion	October 22, 1825	Phillips County	Robert Crittenden (1797–1834), Governor of the Arkansas Territory	7004509020000000000♠50,902	7002636740000000000♠636.74 sq mi (7003164900000000000♠1,649 km2)
Cross County	037	Wynne	November 15, 1862	St. Francis, Poinsett, and Crittenden counties	David C. Cross, a Confederate soldier in the Civil War and local politician	7004178700000000000♠17,870	7002622330000000000♠622.33 sq mi (7003161200000000000♠1,612 km2)
Dallas County	039	Fordyce	January 1, 1845	Clark and Bradley counties	George M. Dallas (1792–1864), 11th Vice President of the United States	7003811600000000000♠8,116	7002668160000000000♠668.16 sq mi (7003173100000000000♠1,731 km2)
Desha County	041	Arkansas City	December 12, 1838	Arkansas, Union counties, then from Chicot County (prior to 1880), and Lincoln (prior 1930)	Benjamin Desha, a soldier in the War of 1812	7004130080000000000♠13,008	7002819520000000000♠819.52 sq mi (7003212300000000000♠2,123 km2)
Drew County	043	Monticello	November 26, 1846	Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Union counties	Thomas Stevenson Drew (1802–1879), 3rd Governor of Arkansas	7004185090000000000♠18,509	7002835650000000000♠835.65 sq mi (7003216400000000000♠2,164 km2)
Faulkner County	045	Conway	April 12, 1873	Pulaski and Conway counties	Sanford Faulkner (1806–1874), a Confederate soldier and the composer of the song "The Arkansas Traveler"	7005113237000000000♠113,237	7002664010000000000♠664.01 sq mi (7003172000000000000♠1,720 km2)
Franklin County	047	Ozark and Charleston	December 19, 1837	Crawford and Johnson counties	Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), founding father of the United States	7004181250000000000♠18,125	7002619690000000000♠619.69 sq mi (7003160500000000000♠1,605 km2)
Fulton County	049	Salem	December 21, 1842	Izard County and then later from Lawrence County (prior 1850)	William Savin Fulton (1795–1844), the last Governor of the Arkansas Territory prior to statehood	7004122450000000000♠12,245	7002620320000000000♠620.32 sq mi (7003160700000000000♠1,607 km2)
Garland County	051	Hot Springs	April 5, 1873	Montgomery, Hot Spring, and Saline counties	Augustus Hill Garland (1832–1899), U.S. Senator and 11th Governor of Arkansas	7004960240000000000♠96,024	7002734570000000000♠734.57 sq mi (7003190300000000000♠1,903 km2)
Grant County	053	Sheridan	February 4, 1869	Jefferson, Hot Spring, Saline counties	Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), 18th President of the United States	7004178530000000000♠17,853	7002633010000000000♠633.01 sq mi (7003163900000000000♠1,639 km2)
Greene County	055	Paragould	November 5, 1833	Lawrence County and later on by Randolph	Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), the Revolutionary War General	7004420900000000000♠42,090	7002579650000000000♠579.65 sq mi (7003150100000000000♠1,501 km2)
Hempstead County	057	Hope	December 15, 1818	Arkansas (1818)	Edward Hempstead (1780–1817), Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Missouri Territory	7004226090000000000♠22,609	7002741360000000000♠741.36 sq mi (7003192000000000000♠1,920 km2)
Hot Spring County	059	Malvern	November 2, 1829	Clark County and later from Montgomery County (prior 1880)	Naturally occurring hot springs within the county[Note 1]	7004329230000000000♠32,923	7002622160000000000♠622.16 sq mi (7003161100000000000♠1,611 km2)
Howard County	061	Nashville	April 17, 1873	Pike, Hempstead, Polk, Sevier counties.	James H. Howard, an Arkansas State Senator	7004137890000000000♠13,789	7002595200000000000♠595.20 sq mi (7003154200000000000♠1,542 km2)
Independence County	063	Batesville	October 20, 1820	Lawrence County (1820)	The Declaration of Independence	7004366470000000000♠36,647	7002771570000000000♠771.57 sq mi (7003199800000000000♠1,998 km2)
Izard County	065	Melbourne	October 27, 1825	Independence, Crawford counties, and later from Fulton (prior 1880)	George Izard (1776–1828), Governor of the Arkansas Territory and a General during the War of 1812	7004136960000000000♠13,696	7002584020000000000♠584.02 sq mi (7003151300000000000♠1,513 km2)
Jackson County	067	Newport	November 5, 1829	Lawrence and St. Francis counties	Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), 7th President of the United States	7004179970000000000♠17,997	7002641450000000000♠641.45 sq mi (7003166100000000000♠1,661 km2)
Jefferson County	069	Pine Bluff	November 2, 1829	Arkansas and Pulaski	Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), 3rd President of the United States	7004774350000000000♠77,435	7002913700000000000♠913.70 sq mi (7003236600000000000♠2,366 km2)
Johnson County	071	Clarksville	November 16, 1833	Pope County, and a small portion from Madison County (prior 1890)	Benjamin Johnson (1784–1849), the first judge of the federal district court for Arkansas	7004255400000000000♠25,540	7002682740000000000♠682.74 sq mi (7003176800000000000♠1,768 km2)
Lafayette County	073	Lewisville	October 15, 1827	Hempstead County and later from Columbia County (prior 1910)	Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), a Frenchman who served as a General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War	7003764500000000000♠7,645	7002545070000000000♠545.07 sq mi (7003141200000000000♠1,412 km2)
Lawrence County	075	Walnut Ridge	January 15, 1815	Arkansas and New Madrid (MO) in 1815	James Lawrence (1781–1813), an American naval officer during the War of 1812	7004174150000000000♠17,415	7002592340000000000♠592.34 sq mi (7003153400000000000♠1,534 km2)
Lee County	077	Marianna	April 17, 1873	Phillips, Monroe, Crittenden, and St. Francis counties.	Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), a confederate General during the Civil War	7004104240000000000♠10,424	7002619470000000000♠619.47 sq mi (7003160400000000000♠1,604 km2)
Lincoln County	079	Star City	March 28, 1871	Arkansas, Bradley, Desha, Drew, and Jefferson counties	Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th President of the United States	7004141340000000000♠14,134	7002572160000000000♠572.17 sq mi (7003148200000000000♠1,482 km2)
Little River County	081	Ashdown	March 5, 1867	Sevier County	Little River, a tributary of the Red River	7004131710000000000♠13,171	7002564870000000000♠564.87 sq mi (7003146300000000000♠1,463 km2)
Logan County	083	Booneville and Paris	March 22, 1871	Franklin, Johnson, Pope, Scott, and Yell counties (Formally named Sarber County)	James Logan (1791–1859), an early settler of western Arkansas	7004223530000000000♠22,353	7002731500000000000♠731.50 sq mi (7003189500000000000♠1,895 km2)
Lonoke County	085	Lonoke	April 16, 1873	Prairie and Pulaski counties	An oak tree that stood on the site of the current county seat	7004683560000000000♠68,356	7002802439999900000♠802.43 sq mi (7003207800000000000♠2,078 km2)
Madison County	087	Huntsville	September 30, 1836	Washington County	James Madison (1751–1836), 4th President of the United States	7004157170000000000♠15,717	7002837069999900000♠837.06 sq mi (7003216800000000000♠2,168 km2)
Marion County	089	Yellville	November 3, 1835	Izard County	Francis Marion (1732–1795), an American general during the Revolutionary War	7004166530000000000♠16,653	7002640390000000000♠640.39 sq mi (7003165900000000000♠1,659 km2)
Miller County	091	Texarkana	April 1, 1820[Note 2]	Lafayette County	Former Miller County, Arkansas Territory (1820-38), which was named for James Miller (1776–1851), first Governor of the Arkansas Territory	7004434620000000000♠43,462	7002637480000000000♠637.48 sq mi (7003165100000000000♠1,651 km2)
Mississippi County	093	Blytheville and Osceola	November 1, 1833	Crittenden	the Mississippi River	7004464800000000000♠46,480	7002919730000000000♠919.73 sq mi (7003238200000000000♠2,382 km2)
Monroe County	095	Clarendon	November 2, 1829[4]	Phillips and Arkansas counties	James Monroe (1758–1831), 5th President of the United States	7003814900000000000♠8,149	7002621410000000000♠621.41 sq mi (7003160900000000000♠1,609 km2)
Montgomery County	097	Mount Ida	December 9, 1842	Hot Spring	Richard Montgomery (1738–1775), an American general during the Revolutionary War	7003948700000000000♠9,487	7002800290000000000♠800.29 sq mi (7003207300000000000♠2,073 km2)
Nevada County	099	Prescott	March 20, 1871	Columbia, Hempstead, Ouachita counties	the state of Nevada, which has a similar outline to the county's boundaries	7003899700000000000♠8,997	7002620780000000000♠620.78 sq mi (7003160800000000000♠1,608 km2)
Newton County	101	Jasper	December 14, 1842	Carroll	Thomas W. Newton (1804–1853), a State Senator and member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas	7003833000000000000♠8,330	7002823189999900000♠823.18 sq mi (7003213200000000000♠2,132 km2)
Ouachita County	103	Camden	November 29, 1842	Union	the Ouachita River	7004261200000000000♠26,120	7002739630000000000♠739.63 sq mi (7003191600000000000♠1,916 km2)
Perry County	105	Perryville	December 18, 1840	Conway County	Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), a naval officer in the War of 1812	7004104450000000000♠10,445	7002560470000000000♠560.47 sq mi (7003145200000000000♠1,452 km2)
Phillips County	107	Helena	May 1, 1820	Arkansas and Lawrence County	Sylvanus Phillips, a member of the territorial legislature	7004217570000000000♠21,757	7002727290000000000♠727.29 sq mi (7003188400000000000♠1,884 km2)
Pike County	109	Murfreesboro	November 1, 1833	Clark and Hempstead counties	Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), the explorer and discoverer of Pikes Peak	7004112910000000000♠11,291	7002613880000000000♠613.88 sq mi (7003159000000000000♠1,590 km2)
Poinsett County	111	Harrisburg	February 28, 1838	Greene, Lawrence counties	Joel Poinsett (1779–1851), a United States Secretary of War and namesake of the poinsettia	7004245830000000000♠24,583	7002763390000000000♠763.39 sq mi (7003197700000000000♠1,977 km2)
Polk County	113	Mena	November 30, 1844	Sevier	James K. Polk (1795–1849), the eleventh president of the United States	7004206620000000000♠20,662	7002862420000000000♠862.42 sq mi (7003223400000000000♠2,234 km2)
Pope County	115	Russellville	November 2, 1829	Crawford County	John Pope (1770–1845), a governor of the Arkansas Territory	7004617540000000000♠61,754	7002830790000000000♠830.79 sq mi (7003215200000000000♠2,152 km2)
Prairie County	117	Des Arc and DeValls Bluff	October 25, 1846	Arkansas and Pulaski counties	Grand Prairie of eastern Arkansas	7003871500000000000♠8,715	7002675760000000000♠675.76 sq mi (7003175000000000000♠1,750 km2)
Pulaski County	119	Little Rock	December 15, 1818	Arkansas and Lawrence counties (1818)	Kazimierz Pulaski (1745–1779), the Polish general in the American Revolutionary War	7005382748000000000♠382,748	7002807840000000000♠807.84 sq mi (7003209200000000000♠2,092 km2)
Randolph County	121	Pocahontas	October 29, 1835	Lawrence County	John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833), a U.S. congressman from Virginia	7004179690000000000♠17,969	7002656040000000000♠656.04 sq mi (7003169900000000000♠1,699 km2)
St. Francis County	123	Forrest City	October 13, 1827	Formed from Phillips County	The St. Francis River, a tributary of the Mississippi River	7004282580000000000♠28,258	7002642400000000000♠642.40 sq mi (7003166400000000000♠1,664 km2)
Saline County	125	Benton	November 2, 1835	Independence and Pulaski	Salt reserves found within its borders	7005107118000000000♠107,118	7002730460000000000♠730.46 sq mi (7003189200000000000♠1,892 km2)
Scott County	127	Waldron	November 5, 1833	Crawford and Pope counties	Andrew Scott (1789–1841), a judge of the Supreme Court of Arkansas Territory	7004112330000000000♠11,233	7002898090000000000♠898.09 sq mi (7003232600000000000♠2,326 km2)
Searcy County	129	Marshall	December 13, 1838	Marion County	Richard Searcy, a judge from Lawrence County	7003819500000000000♠8,195	7002668510000000000♠668.51 sq mi (7003173100000000000♠1,731 km2)
Sebastian County	131	Greenwood and Fort Smith	January 6, 1851	Crawford and Scott	William K. Sebastian (1812–1865), a U.S. Circuit Court judge from Arkansas	7005125744000000000♠125,744	7002546040000099999♠546.04 sq mi (7003141400000000000♠1,414 km2)
Sevier County	133	De Queen	October 17, 1828	Hempstead County	Ambrose Sevier (1801–1848), a U.S. Senator from Arkansas	7004170580000000000♠17,058	7002581350000000000♠581.35 sq mi (7003150600000000000♠1,506 km2)
Sharp County	135	Ash Flat	July 18, 1868	Lawrence County	Ephraim Sharp, an early settler and state legislator from the area	7004172640000000000♠17,264	7002606350000000000♠606.35 sq mi (7003157000000000000♠1,570 km2)
Stone County	137	Mountain View	April 21, 1873	Izard, Independence, Searcy, Van Buren	Rugged, rocky area terrain	7004123940000000000♠12,394	7002609429999900000♠609.43 sq mi (7003157800000000000♠1,578 km2)
Union County	139	El Dorado	November 2, 1829	Clark and Hempstead counties	Petition of citizens in the Spirit of "Union and Unity"	7004416390000000000♠41,639	7003105527000000000♠1,055.27 sq mi (7003273300000000000♠2,733 km2)
Van Buren County	141	Clinton	November 11, 1833	Conway, Izard, and Independence	Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), eighth president of the United States	7004172950000000000♠17,295	7002724320000000000♠724.32 sq mi (7003187600000000000♠1,876 km2)
Washington County	143	Fayetteville	October 17, 1828	Lovely County	George Washington (1732–1799), first president of the United States	7005203065000000000♠203,065	7002951720000000000♠951.72 sq mi (7003246500000000000♠2,465 km2)
White County	145	Searcy	October 23, 1835	Independence, Jackson and Pulaski counties	Hugh L. White (1773–1840), U.S. Senator from Tennessee and U.S. presidential candidate in 1836 for the Whig Party	7004770760000000000♠77,076	7003104235999999999♠1,042.36 sq mi (7003270000000000000♠2,700 km2)
Woodruff County	147	Augusta	November 26, 1862	Jackson and St. Francis counties	William Woodruff (1795–1885), the first newspaper publisher in Arkansas	7003726000000000000♠7,260	7002594040000000000♠594.05 sq mi (7003153900000000000♠1,539 km2)
Yell County	149	Danville and Dardanelle	December 5, 1840	Hot Spring, Pope, and Scott County	Archibald Yell (1797–1847), the second governor of Arkansas	7004221850000000000♠22,185	7002948840000000000♠948.84 sq mi (7003245700000000000♠2,457 km2)

Former counties in Arkansas

Fictional counties in Arkansas

Notes

References

External links

• State of Arkansas local government resources search