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Stone County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 54 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05137

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

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Population
12,703
+353 (+2.9%) since 2020
Land area
606.4
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
20.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Mountain View
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Mountain View city
Population 2,940.

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 Stone 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 Stone 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 734 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 Stone 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
Population12,70354th of 752,238th of 3,144
Land area606.4 sq mi54th of 751,604th of 3,144
Population density20.9 per sq mi52nd of 752,213th of 3,144
Median household income$40,94371st of 753,057th of 3,143

Full data for Stone County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population12,703Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,350Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,356Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area606.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area609.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?20.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$40,943American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$171,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,262American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,825American 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
-119
110 births, 229 deaths
Net migration
+91
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 Stone 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
Izard CountyArkansas42 mi14,405
Baxter CountyArkansas23 mi42,982
Cleburne CountyArkansas23 mi25,672
Van Buren CountyArkansas15 mi16,238
Searcy CountyArkansas13 mi7,848
Independence CountyArkansas12 mi38,785

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.