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Montgomery County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 64 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05097

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

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Population
8,579
+97 (+1.1%) since 2020
Land area
780.5
square miles. A further 2.6% of the total area is water
Population density
11.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Mount Ida
Seat of county government.
Established
1842
183 years ago
Largest city
Mount Ida city
Population 1,005.

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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 738 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 Montgomery 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
Population8,57964th of 752,529th of 3,144
Land area780.5 sq mi17th of 751,109th of 3,144
Population density11.0 per sq mi70th of 752,531st of 3,144
Median household income$48,90649th of 752,832nd of 3,143

Full data for Montgomery County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,579Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,482Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,479Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area780.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area20.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area800.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?11.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$48,906American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$151,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,715American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,485American 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
-41
92 births, 133 deaths
Net migration
+66
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 8 areas bordering Montgomery 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
Pike CountyArkansas26 mi9,964
Garland CountyArkansas24 mi99,695
Polk CountyArkansas22 mi19,486
Scott CountyArkansas18 mi9,965
Yell CountyArkansas18 mi19,956
Clark CountyArkansas4.0 mi20,938
Hot Spring CountyArkansas4.0 mi33,451
Howard CountyArkansasa single point12,306

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.