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Jefferson County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 12 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05069

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

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Population
62,987
-3,838 (-5.7%) since 2020
Land area
872.3
square miles. A further 4.8% of the total area is water
Population density
72.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pine Bluff
Seat of county government.
Established
1829
196 years ago
Largest city
Pine Bluff city
Population 38,213.

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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 554 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 Jefferson 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
Population62,98712th of 75866th of 3,144
Land area872.3 sq mi9th of 75934th of 3,144
Population density72.2 per sq mi16th of 751,156th of 3,144
Median household income$51,09640th of 752,713th of 3,143

Full data for Jefferson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population62,987Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202066,825Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?67,254Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area872.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area43.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area916 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?72.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,096American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$113,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households24,017American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units30,679American 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
-189
695 births, 884 deaths
Net migration
-427
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Jefferson 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
Lincoln CountyArkansas52 mi12,764
Arkansas CountyArkansas50 mi15,836
Grant CountyArkansas31 mi18,756
Lonoke CountyArkansas19 mi76,664
Cleveland CountyArkansas16 mi7,224
Pulaski CountyArkansas10 mi404,611

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.