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Lafayette County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 73 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05073

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

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Population
5,888
-406 (-6.5%) since 2020
Land area
529.5
square miles. A further 3.0% of the total area is water
Population density
11.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lewisville
Seat of county government.
Established
1827
198 years ago
Largest city
Stamps city
Population 1,181.

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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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 728 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 Lafayette 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
Population5,88873rd of 752,738th of 3,144
Land area529.5 sq mi75th of 751,979th of 3,144
Population density11.1 per sq mi69th of 752,527th of 3,144
Median household income$41,27870th of 753,054th of 3,143

Full data for Lafayette County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,888Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,294Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,306Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area529.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area16.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area546.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?11.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$41,278American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$81,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,622American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,940American 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
-56
54 births, 110 deaths
Net migration
-111
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 Lafayette 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
Miller CountyArkansas73 mi42,357
Columbia CountyArkansas35 mi21,894
Bossier ParishLouisiana17 mi131,867
Hempstead CountyArkansas14 mi19,080
Nevada CountyArkansas8.8 mi7,942
Webster ParishLouisiana1.8 mi34,948

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.