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Nevada County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 66 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05099

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

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Population
7,942
-342 (-4.1%) since 2020
Land area
617.8
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
12.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Prescott
Seat of county government.
Established
1871
154 years ago
Largest city
Prescott city
Population 2,949.

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 Nevada 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 Nevada 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 519 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 Nevada 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
Population7,94266th of 752,575th of 3,144
Land area617.8 sq mi48th of 751,563rd of 3,144
Population density12.9 per sq mi64th of 752,464th of 3,144
Median household income$53,88631st of 752,539th of 3,143

Full data for Nevada County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,942Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,284Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,314Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area617.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area620.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?12.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,886American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$83,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,251American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,308American 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
82 births, 123 deaths
Net migration
-43
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 Nevada 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
Clark CountyArkansas37 mi20,938
Hempstead CountyArkansas34 mi19,080
Ouachita CountyArkansas22 mi21,731
Columbia CountyArkansas15 mi21,894
Pike CountyArkansas9.6 mi9,964
Lafayette CountyArkansas8.8 mi5,888

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.