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Crawford County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 13 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05033

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

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Population
62,657
+2,493 (+4.1%) since 2020
Land area
595.3
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
105
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Van Buren
Seat of county government.
Established
1820
205 years ago
Largest city
Van Buren city
Population 24,556.

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 Crawford 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 Crawford 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 702 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 Crawford 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
Population62,65713th of 75870th of 3,144
Land area595.3 sq mi60th of 751,642nd of 3,144
Population density105 per sq mi9th of 75867th of 3,144
Median household income$64,1328th of 751,696th of 3,143

Full data for Crawford County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population62,657Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202060,164Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?60,140Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area595.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area605.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?105 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,132American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$182,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households23,357American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,621American 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
-102
673 births, 775 deaths
Net migration
+502
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 6 areas bordering Crawford 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
Franklin CountyArkansas40 mi17,725
Sebastian CountyArkansas36 mi130,641
Washington CountyArkansas31 mi271,213
Sequoyah CountyOklahoma17 mi40,842
Adair CountyOklahoma8.4 mi19,828
Madison CountyArkansas2.9 mi18,410

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.