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Dallas County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 72 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05039

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

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Population
6,011
-430 (-6.7%) since 2020
Land area
667.3
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
9.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fordyce
Seat of county government.
Established
1845
180 years ago
Largest city
Fordyce city
Population 3,141.

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 Dallas 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 Dallas 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 581 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 Dallas 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
Population6,01172nd of 752,728th of 3,144
Land area667.3 sq mi32nd of 751,411th of 3,144
Population density9.0 per sq mi73rd of 752,602nd of 3,144
Median household income$42,50067th of 753,014th of 3,143

Full data for Dallas County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,011Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,441Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,479Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area667.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.67 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area668 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?9.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$42,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$97,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,558American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,470American 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
-39
68 births, 107 deaths
Net migration
-59
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 Dallas 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
Cleveland CountyArkansas41 mi7,224
Clark CountyArkansas38 mi20,938
Grant CountyArkansas31 mi18,756
Ouachita CountyArkansas18 mi21,731
Calhoun CountyArkansas14 mi4,632
Hot Spring CountyArkansas12 mi33,451

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.