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White County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 9 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05145

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

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Population
80,085
+3,231 (+4.2%) since 2020
Land area
1,034
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
77.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Searcy
Seat of county government.
Established
1835
190 years ago
Largest city
Searcy city
Population 24,351.

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 White 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 White 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 666 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 White 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
Population80,0859th of 75734th of 3,144
Land area1,034 sq mi2nd of 75640th of 3,144
Population density77.5 per sq mi14th of 751,107th of 3,144
Median household income$55,24926th of 752,460th of 3,143

Full data for White County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population80,085Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202076,854Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?76,825Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,034 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,042 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?77.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,249American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$163,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households29,629American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units33,900American 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
-116
899 births, 1,015 deaths
Net migration
+1,080
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 7 areas bordering White 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
Woodruff CountyArkansas68 mi5,710
Prairie CountyArkansas31 mi7,923
Lonoke CountyArkansas31 mi76,664
Cleburne CountyArkansas30 mi25,672
Faulkner CountyArkansas20 mi133,979
Jackson CountyArkansas19 mi16,741
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.