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Franklin County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 41 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05047

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

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Population
17,725
+594 (+3.5%) since 2020
Land area
609
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
29.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Charleston
Seat of county government.
Established
1837
188 years ago
Largest city
Ozark city
Population 3,628.

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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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 477 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 Franklin 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
Population17,72541st of 751,951st of 3,144
Land area609 sq mi52nd of 751,591st of 3,144
Population density29.1 per sq mi34th of 751,951st of 3,144
Median household income$55,88619th of 752,410th of 3,143

Full data for Franklin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,725Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,131Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,094Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area609 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area620.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?29.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,886American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$130,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,048American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,757American 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
-68
202 births, 270 deaths
Net migration
+192
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 Franklin 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
Crawford CountyArkansas40 mi62,657
Logan CountyArkansas35 mi21,633
Johnson CountyArkansas27 mi26,225
Sebastian CountyArkansas21 mi130,641
Madison CountyArkansas13 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.