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St. Francis County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 28 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05123

Within Arkansas
St. Francis County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
21,800
-1,219 (-5.3%) since 2020
Land area
634.8
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
34.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Forrest City
Seat of county government.
Established
1827
198 years ago
Largest city
Forrest City city
Population 12,308.

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 St. Francis 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 St. Francis 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 413 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 St. Francis 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
Population21,80028th of 751,730th of 3,144
Land area634.8 sq mi41st of 751,504th of 3,144
Population density34.3 per sq mi27th of 751,810th of 3,144
Median household income$42,57466th of 753,013th of 3,143

Full data for St. Francis County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population21,800Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202023,019Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?23,092Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area634.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area642.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?34.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$42,574American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$90,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,783American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,570American 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
+5
277 births, 272 deaths
Net migration
-142
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 5 areas bordering St. Francis 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
Lee CountyArkansas42 mi8,029
Cross CountyArkansas31 mi16,186
Crittenden CountyArkansas23 mi46,210
Woodruff CountyArkansas16 mi5,710
Monroe CountyArkansas12 mi6,244

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.