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Woodruff County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 74 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05147

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

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Population
5,710
-512 (-8.2%) since 2020
Land area
586
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
9.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Augusta
Seat of county government.
Established
1862
163 years ago
Largest city
Augusta city
Population 1,813.

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 Woodruff 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 Woodruff 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 567 by 800 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 Woodruff 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
Population5,71074th of 752,757th of 3,144
Land area586 sq mi64th of 751,679th of 3,144
Population density9.7 per sq mi72nd of 752,574th of 3,144
Median household income$48,15853rd of 752,867th of 3,143

Full data for Woodruff County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,710Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,222Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,270Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area586 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area594.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?9.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$48,158American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$106,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,692American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,256American 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
-52
61 births, 113 deaths
Net migration
-29
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 Woodruff 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
White CountyArkansas68 mi80,085
Jackson CountyArkansas24 mi16,741
Prairie CountyArkansas22 mi7,923
Monroe CountyArkansas19 mi6,244
St. Francis CountyArkansas16 mi21,800
Cross CountyArkansas14 mi16,186

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.