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Hot Spring County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 22 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05059

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

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Population
33,451
+365 (+1.1%) since 2020
Land area
614.9
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
54.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Malvern
Seat of county government.
Established
1829
196 years ago
Largest city
Malvern city
Population 11,144.

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 Hot Spring 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 Hot Spring 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 503 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 Hot Spring 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
Population33,45122nd of 751,359th of 3,144
Land area614.9 sq mi50th of 751,574th of 3,144
Population density54.4 per sq mi19th of 751,392nd of 3,144
Median household income$55,40522nd of 752,443rd of 3,143

Full data for Hot Spring County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population33,451Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202033,086Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?33,049Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area614.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area622.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?54.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,405American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$151,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,310American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,302American 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
-190
311 births, 501 deaths
Net migration
+350
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 Hot Spring 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
Clark CountyArkansas46 mi20,938
Garland CountyArkansas43 mi99,695
Grant CountyArkansas18 mi18,756
Saline CountyArkansas13 mi133,288
Dallas CountyArkansas12 mi6,011
Montgomery CountyArkansas4.0 mi8,579

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.