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Van Buren County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 46 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05141

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

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Population
16,238
+435 (+2.8%) since 2020
Land area
709.6
square miles. A further 2.0% of the total area is water
Population density
22.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Clinton
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Clinton city
Population 2,511.

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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 701 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 Van Buren 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
Population16,23846th of 752,021st of 3,144
Land area709.6 sq mi27th of 751,294th of 3,144
Population density22.9 per sq mi44th of 752,133rd of 3,144
Median household income$50,35443rd of 752,752nd of 3,143

Full data for Van Buren County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,238Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,803Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,797Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area709.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area723.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?22.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,354American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$135,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,432American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,725American 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
-118
146 births, 264 deaths
Net migration
+128
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 Van Buren 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
Searcy CountyArkansas27 mi7,848
Conway CountyArkansas27 mi21,393
Cleburne CountyArkansas24 mi25,672
Pope CountyArkansas20 mi64,976
Stone CountyArkansas15 mi12,703
Faulkner CountyArkansas13 mi133,979

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.