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Greene County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 14 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05055

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

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Population
47,411
+1,556 (+3.4%) since 2020
Land area
577.3
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
82.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Paragould
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Paragould city
Population 31,135.

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 Greene 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 Greene 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 485 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 Greene 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
Population47,41114th of 751,047th of 3,144
Land area577.3 sq mi66th of 751,712th of 3,144
Population density82.1 per sq mi11th of 751,056th of 3,144
Median household income$57,83912th of 752,269th of 3,143

Full data for Greene County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population47,411Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202045,855Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?45,729Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area577.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area579.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?82.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,839American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$169,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,994American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units19,603American 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
+44
615 births, 571 deaths
Net migration
+347
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 Greene 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
Clay CountyArkansas39 mi14,052
Craighead CountyArkansas28 mi116,957
Lawrence CountyArkansas23 mi16,273
Dunklin CountyMissouri23 mi26,855
Randolph CountyArkansas8.1 mi18,876

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.