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Pike County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 61 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05109

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

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Population
9,964
-194 (-1.9%) since 2020
Land area
600.3
square miles. A further 2.2% of the total area is water
Population density
16.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Murfreesboro
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Glenwood city
Population 1,963 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Pike 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 Pike 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 706 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 Pike 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
Population9,96461st of 752,411th of 3,144
Land area600.3 sq mi56th of 751,624th of 3,144
Population density16.6 per sq mi58th of 752,347th of 3,144
Median household income$49,26945th of 752,811th of 3,143

Full data for Pike County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,964Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202010,158Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,165Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area600.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area13.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area614 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?16.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,269American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$121,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,082American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,324American 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
-69
110 births, 179 deaths
Net migration
-22
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 Pike 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 CountyArkansas43 mi20,938
Hempstead CountyArkansas33 mi19,080
Howard CountyArkansas30 mi12,306
Montgomery CountyArkansas26 mi8,579
Nevada CountyArkansas9.6 mi7,942
Polk CountyArkansasa single point19,486

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.