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Faulkner County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 4 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05045

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

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Population
133,979
+10,149 (+8.2%) since 2020
Land area
647.2
square miles. A further 2.5% of the total area is water
Population density
207
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Conway
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Conway city
Population 72,328.

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 Faulkner 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 Faulkner 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 628 by 800 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 Faulkner 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
Population133,9794th of 75495th of 3,144
Land area647.2 sq mi38th of 751,461st of 3,144
Population density207 per sq mi5th of 75556th of 3,144
Median household income$67,2896th of 751,405th of 3,143

Full data for Faulkner County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population133,979Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020123,830Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?123,500Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area647.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area16.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area664.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?207 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,289American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$232,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age34.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households49,309American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units53,650American 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
+362
1,504 births, 1,142 deaths
Net migration
+1,448
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 Faulkner 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
Pulaski CountyArkansas47 mi404,611
Conway CountyArkansas31 mi21,393
White CountyArkansas20 mi80,085
Perry CountyArkansas14 mi10,309
Van Buren CountyArkansas13 mi16,238
Cleburne CountyArkansas8.0 mi25,672
Lonoke CountyArkansas3.7 mi76,664

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.