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Jackson County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 44 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05067

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

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Population
16,741
-1 (0%) since 2020
Land area
633.6
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
26.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Newport
Seat of county government.
Established
1829
196 years ago
Largest city
Newport city
Population 8,193.

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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 684 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 Jackson 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
Population16,74144th of 751,991st of 3,144
Land area633.6 sq mi42nd of 751,508th of 3,144
Population density26.4 per sq mi39th of 752,028th of 3,144
Median household income$44,21862nd of 752,986th of 3,143

Full data for Jackson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,741Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,742Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,755Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area633.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area641.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?26.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$44,218American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$98,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,076American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,095American 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
-76
164 births, 240 deaths
Net migration
+179
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 Jackson 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
Independence CountyArkansas60 mi38,785
Woodruff CountyArkansas24 mi5,710
White CountyArkansas19 mi80,085
Poinsett CountyArkansas18 mi22,483
Craighead CountyArkansas12 mi116,957
Lawrence CountyArkansas9.3 mi16,273
Cross CountyArkansas6.1 mi16,186

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.