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Ashley County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 40 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05003

Within Arkansas
Ashley County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Hamburg, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
17,831
-1,128 (-5.9%) since 2020
Land area
925.5
square miles. A further 1.6% of the total area is water
Population density
19.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hamburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1848
177 years ago
Largest city
Crossett city
Population 4,454.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Ashley County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Ashley County, Arkansas from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 574 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Ashley County ranks

Position among the 75 counties of Arkansas, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn ArkansasNationally
Population17,83140th of 751,949th of 3,144
Land area925.5 sq mi6th of 75785th of 3,144
Population density19.3 per sq mi56th of 752,270th of 3,144
Median household income$44,26661st of 752,985th of 3,143

Full data for Ashley County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,831Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,959Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,060Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area925.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area940.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?19.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$44,266American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$91,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,356American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,392American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-94
164 births, 258 deaths
Net migration
-99
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Ashley County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Bradley CountyArkansas37 mi9,828
Morehouse ParishLouisiana35 mi23,705
Drew CountyArkansas31 mi17,054
Chicot CountyArkansas26 mi9,107
Union CountyArkansas18 mi36,926
Union ParishLouisianaa single point20,561

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 75 counties of Arkansas

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.