Lonoke County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 10 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05085

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

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Population
76,664
+2,599 (+3.5%) since 2020
Land area
771.7
square miles. A further 3.9% of the total area is water
Population density
99.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lonoke
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Cabot city
Population 27,711.

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 Lonoke 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 Lonoke 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 568 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 Lonoke 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
Population76,66410th of 75746th of 3,144
Land area771.7 sq mi18th of 751,126th of 3,144
Population density99.3 per sq mi10th of 75925th of 3,144
Median household income$72,8283rd of 75985th of 3,143

Full data for Lonoke County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population76,664Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202074,065Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?74,019Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area771.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area31.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area803.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?99.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$72,828American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$193,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households28,554American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units30,884American 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
+33
854 births, 821 deaths
Net migration
+233
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 Lonoke 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
Prairie CountyArkansas53 mi7,923
Pulaski CountyArkansas45 mi404,611
White CountyArkansas31 mi80,085
Jefferson CountyArkansas19 mi62,987
Faulkner CountyArkansas3.7 mi133,979
Arkansas CountyArkansas1.5 mi15,836

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.