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Cleburne County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 25 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05023

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

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Population
25,672
+960 (+3.9%) since 2020
Land area
554
square miles. A further 6.4% of the total area is water
Population density
46.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Heber Springs
Seat of county government.
Established
1883
142 years ago
Largest city
Heber Springs city
Population 7,323.

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 Cleburne 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 Cleburne 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 756 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 Cleburne 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
Population25,67225th of 751,603rd of 3,144
Land area554 sq mi69th of 751,876th of 3,144
Population density46.3 per sq mi22nd of 751,550th of 3,144
Median household income$55,79820th of 752,419th of 3,143

Full data for Cleburne County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population25,672Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,712Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,717Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area554 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area38.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area592.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?46.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,798American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$179,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,522American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units15,667American 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
-195
231 births, 426 deaths
Net migration
+224
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 5 areas bordering Cleburne 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
White CountyArkansas30 mi80,085
Van Buren CountyArkansas24 mi16,238
Stone CountyArkansas23 mi12,703
Independence CountyArkansas15 mi38,785
Faulkner CountyArkansas8.0 mi133,979

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.