Carroll County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 23 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05015

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

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Population
29,263
+1,018 (+3.6%) since 2020
Land area
629.9
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
46.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Berryville
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Berryville city
Population 5,813.

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 Carroll 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 Carroll 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 646 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 Carroll 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
Population29,26323rd of 751,468th of 3,144
Land area629.9 sq mi44th of 751,525th of 3,144
Population density46.5 per sq mi21st of 751,542nd of 3,144
Median household income$54,23029th of 752,520th of 3,143

Full data for Carroll County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population29,263Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,245Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,261Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area629.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area638.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?46.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,230American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$210,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,347American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units13,957American 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
-42
329 births, 371 deaths
Net migration
+218
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 7 areas bordering Carroll 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
Madison CountyArkansas34 mi18,410
Benton CountyArkansas29 mi332,554
Boone CountyArkansas27 mi38,628
Barry CountyMissouri16 mi36,200
Stone CountyMissouri15 mi32,503
Newton CountyArkansas10.0 mi7,026
Taney CountyMissouri1.2 mi57,001

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.