(Links below lead to Quick Facts for Arkansas Counties: People, Business & Geography at U.S. Census Bureau.)
| Area | 7/1/2008 | 7/1/2007 | 7/1/2006 | 7/1/2005 | 7/1/2004 | 7/1/2003 | 7/1/2002 | 7/1/2001 | 7/1/2000 | Census 2000 |
| Arkansas | 2,855,390 | 2,830,557 | 2,804,199 | 2,768,918 | 2,740,191 | 2,717,909 | 2,701,889 | 2,689,601 | 2,678,217 | 2,673,400 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas County | 19,236 | 19,355 | 19,663 | 19,848 | 19,875 | 19,892 | 20,271 | 20,506 | 20,674 | 20,749 |
| Ashley County | 22,233 | 22,282 | 22,551 | 22,807 | 23,193 | 23,494 | 23,770 | 23,827 | 24,160 | 24,209 |
| Baxter County | 42,115 | 41,872 | 41,099 | 40,248 | 39,553 | 38,948 | 38,645 | 38,418 | 38,465 | 38,386 |
| Benton County | 209,791 | 202,639 | 194,658 | 186,753 | 178,598 | 171,429 | 164,821 | 159,255 | 154,778 | 153,406 |
| Boone County | 36,881 | 36,644 | 35,922 | 35,385 | 34,828 | 34,498 | 34,427 | 34,251 | 34,051 | 33,948 |
| Bradley County | 11,906 | 11,962 | 11,963 | 12,173 | 12,253 | 12,382 | 12,432 | 12,482 | 12,603 | 12,600 |
| Calhoun County | 5,435 | 5,522 | 5,553 | 5,533 | 5,483 | 5,563 | 5,604 | 5,579 | 5,717 | 5,744 |
| Carroll County | 27,557 | 27,284 | 27,056 | 26,756 | 26,321 | 26,244 | 25,967 | 25,665 | 25,403 | 25,357 |
| Chicot County | 11,993 | 12,328 | 12,499 | 12,729 | 12,863 | 13,183 | 13,393 | 13,769 | 14,084 | 14,117 |
| Clark County | 23,888 | 23,796 | 23,416 | 23,172 | 23,208 | 23,274 | 23,537 | 23,651 | 23,511 | 23,546 |
| Clay County | 15,845 | 16,102 | 16,336 | 16,478 | 16,584 | 16,765 | 16,969 | 17,256 | 17,542 | 17,609 |
| Cleburne County | 25,397 | 25,355 | 25,174 | 25,072 | 24,872 | 24,610 | 24,328 | 24,190 | 24,113 | 24,046 |
| Cleveland County | 8,665 | 8,751 | 8,675 | 8,733 | 8,647 | 8,625 | 8,596 | 8,620 | 8,544 | 8,571 |
| Columbia County | 24,146 | 24,361 | 24,595 | 24,581 | 24,799 | 24,821 | 25,174 | 25,314 | 25,566 | 25,603 |
| Conway County | 20,755 | 20,705 | 20,477 | 20,436 | 20,332 | 20,326 | 20,292 | 20,335 | 20,321 | 20,336 |
| Craighead County | 92,640 | 90,727 | 89,563 | 87,408 | 86,274 | 84,940 | 83,970 | 83,273 | 82,520 | 82,148 |
| Crawford County | 59,682 | 58,939 | 58,032 | 56,903 | 56,143 | 55,314 | 54,698 | 54,101 | 53,378 | 53,247 |
| Crittenden County | 52,554 | 52,110 | 51,781 | 51,440 | 51,239 | 50,975 | 51,146 | 51,223 | 50,977 | 50,866 |
| Cross County | 18,808 | 18,651 | 18,926 | 19,216 | 19,053 | 19,101 | 19,258 | 19,471 | 19,476 | 19,526 |
| Dallas County | 8,144 | 8,218 | 8,338 | 8,471 | 8,647 | 8,674 | 8,787 | 8,991 | 9,158 | 9,210 |
| Desha County | 13,538 | 13,785 | 14,043 | 14,117 | 14,380 | 14,487 | 14,650 | 14,995 | 15,307 | 15,341 |
| Drew County | 18,670 | 18,646 | 18,738 | 18,711 | 18,690 | 18,617 | 18,484 | 18,715 | 18,703 | 18,723 |
| Faulkner County | 106,823 | 104,294 | 102,011 | 98,564 | 95,631 | 93,241 | 90,365 | 88,696 | 86,458 | 86,014 |
| Franklin County | 18,185 | 18,152 | 18,041 | 17,982 | 17,885 | 17,859 | 17,831 | 17,825 | 17,747 | 17,771 |
| Fulton County | 11,688 | 11,733 | 11,615 | 11,735 | 11,767 | 11,600 | 11,590 | 11,604 | 11,656 | 11,642 |
| Garland County | 97,465 | 96,245 | 95,127 | 93,197 | 91,987 | 91,161 | 90,124 | 89,298 | 88,348 | 88,068 |
| Grant County | 17,690 | 17,450 | 17,416 | 17,260 | 17,046 | 16,747 | 16,658 | 16,628 | 16,488 | 16,464 |
| Greene County | 40,684 | 40,352 | 39,892 | 39,129 | 38,668 | 38,301 | 38,028 | 37,807 | 37,505 | 37,331 |
| Hempstead County | 22,900 | 23,143 | 23,062 | 22,999 | 23,037 | 23,142 | 23,221 | 23,298 | 23,557 | 23,587 |
| Hot Spring County | 31,909 | 31,845 | 31,598 | 31,016 | 30,622 | 30,434 | 30,403 | 30,331 | 30,384 | 30,353 |
| Howard County | 14,143 | 13,978 | 14,117 | 14,297 | 14,221 | 14,277 | 14,206 | 14,224 | 14,252 | 14,300 |
| Independence County | 34,641 | 34,547 | 34,393 | 34,270 | 34,263 | 34,109 | 34,130 | 34,157 | 34,269 | 34,233 |
| Izard County | 12,992 | 12,935 | 13,082 | 13,126 | 13,184 | 13,221 | 13,108 | 13,199 | 13,276 | 13,249 |
| Jackson County | 16,936 | 17,173 | 17,290 | 17,512 | 17,583 | 17,374 | 17,688 | 17,810 | 18,351 | 18,418 |
| Jefferson County | 78,373 | 79,156 | 80,239 | 80,803 | 81,715 | 82,424 | 82,962 | 83,438 | 84,219 | 84,278 |
| Johnson County | 24,851 | 24,656 | 24,214 | 23,843 | 23,639 | 23,424 | 23,196 | 22,916 | 22,795 | 22,781 |
| Lafayette County | 7,705 | 7,750 | 7,772 | 7,934 | 8,069 | 8,187 | 8,200 | 8,354 | 8,527 | 8,559 |
| Lawrence County | 16,861 | 16,826 | 16,797 | 17,030 | 17,288 | 17,423 | 17,575 | 17,699 | 17,678 | 17,774 |
| Lee County | 10,782 | 10,806 | 11,010 | 11,263 | 11,423 | 11,686 | 12,121 | 12,355 | 12,528 | 12,580 |
| Lincoln County | 13,609 | 13,701 | 13,814 | 14,100 | 14,144 | 14,350 | 14,428 | 14,436 | 14,474 | 14,492 |
| Little River County | 12,807 | 12,823 | 12,908 | 12,950 | 13,048 | 13,262 | 13,353 | 13,304 | 13,611 | 13,628 |
| Logan County | 22,567 | 22,594 | 22,539 | 22,575 | 22,616 | 22,652 | 22,424 | 22,381 | 22,504 | 22,486 |
| Lonoke County | 65,233 | 63,468 | 61,849 | 59,703 | 58,047 | 56,198 | 54,975 | 53,909 | 53,125 | 52,828 |
| Madison County | 15,651 | 15,389 | 15,170 | 14,843 | 14,548 | 14,273 | 14,211 | 14,303 | 14,295 | 14,243 |
| Marion County | 16,774 | 16,579 | 16,531 | 16,325 | 16,183 | 16,049 | 16,097 | 16,203 | 16,156 | 16,140 |
| Miller County | 43,226 | 42,785 | 42,713 | 42,297 | 41,862 | 41,451 | 40,988 | 40,638 | 40,436 | 40,443 |
| Mississippi County | 46,808 | 46,647 | 46,768 | 47,126 | 47,567 | 48,387 | 49,863 | 50,966 | 51,829 | 51,979 |
| Monroe County | 8,518 | 8,688 | 8,892 | 9,095 | 9,225 | 9,527 | 9,672 | 9,932 | 10,179 | 10,254 |
| Montgomery County | 9,047 | 9,027 | 9,052 | 9,059 | 9,097 | 9,062 | 9,039 | 9,172 | 9,271 | 9,245 |
| Nevada County | 9,157 | 9,331 | 9,423 | 9,524 | 9,583 | 9,635 | 9,699 | 9,810 | 9,921 | 9,955 |
| Newton County | 8,298 | 8,335 | 8,365 | 8,379 | 8,435 | 8,560 | 8,507 | 8,524 | 8,647 | 8,608 |
| Ouachita County | 25,770 | 26,046 | 26,324 | 26,630 | 26,877 | 27,319 | 27,607 | 28,048 | 28,686 | 28,790 |
| Perry County | 10,317 | 10,388 | 10,238 | 10,268 | 10,284 | 10,297 | 10,339 | 10,301 | 10,236 | 10,209 |
| Phillips County | 21,603 | 22,000 | 22,550 | 23,270 | 23,624 | 24,092 | 24,775 | 25,662 | 26,268 | 26,445 |
| Pike County | 10,616 | 10,759 | 10,762 | 10,836 | 10,946 | 11,017 | 11,176 | 11,230 | 11,320 | 11,303 |
| Poinsett County | 24,721 | 24,821 | 24,888 | 25,092 | 25,067 | 25,199 | 25,237 | 25,512 | 25,619 | 25,614 |
| Polk County | 20,257 | 20,166 | 20,195 | 20,007 | 19,906 | 20,082 | 20,175 | 20,153 | 20,262 | 20,229 |
| Pope County | 59,952 | 59,204 | 58,379 | 57,232 | 56,359 | 55,432 | 55,302 | 54,936 | 54,504 | 54,469 |
| Prairie County | 8,580 | 8,727 | 8,845 | 8,956 | 9,041 | 9,253 | 9,381 | 9,500 | 9,504 | 9,539 |
| Pulaski County | 376,797 | 374,011 | 372,157 | 369,221 | 367,477 | 366,153 | 364,767 | 363,023 | 361,881 | 361,474 |
| Randolph County | 18,134 | 18,066 | 18,174 | 18,080 | 18,207 | 18,004 | 18,126 | 18,186 | 18,163 | 18,195 |
| Saline County | 98,209 | 96,046 | 92,942 | 90,247 | 88,426 | 86,716 | 85,758 | 84,767 | 83,940 | 83,529 |
| Scott County | 11,248 | 11,263 | 11,177 | 10,947 | 10,862 | 10,935 | 10,939 | 10,966 | 10,987 | 10,996 |
| Searcy County | 8,048 | 8,071 | 8,043 | 7,962 | 7,936 | 7,916 | 8,110 | 8,216 | 8,273 | 8,261 |
| Sebastian County | 122,274 | 121,386 | 120,019 | 118,358 | 117,321 | 117,076 | 116,775 | 116,247 | 115,513 | 115,071 |
| Sevier County | 16,519 | 16,254 | 16,154 | 16,160 | 15,939 | 15,747 | 15,660 | 15,566 | 15,746 | 15,757 |
| Sharp County | 17,866 | 17,810 | 17,852 | 17,546 | 17,483 | 17,482 | 17,355 | 17,291 | 17,151 | 17,119 |
| St. Francis County | 26,336 | 26,877 | 27,135 | 27,457 | 27,938 | 28,459 | 28,548 | 28,834 | 29,284 | 29,329 |
| Stone County | 12,090 | 11,939 | 11,935 | 11,684 | 11,590 | 11,584 | 11,531 | 11,451 | 11,522 | 11,499 |
| Union County | 43,213 | 43,165 | 43,502 | 43,614 | 44,159 | 44,605 | 45,026 | 45,050 | 45,575 | 45,629 |
| Van Buren County | 16,575 | 16,469 | 16,383 | 16,319 | 16,231 | 16,180 | 16,112 | 16,225 | 16,211 | 16,192 |
| Washington County | 195,803 | 193,812 | 189,820 | 183,644 | 176,733 | 171,292 | 166,827 | 163,154 | 158,788 | 157,715 |
| White County | 74,845 | 73,507 | 72,550 | 71,331 | 70,380 | 69,389 | 68,843 | 68,325 | 67,404 | 67,165 |
| Woodruff County | 7,439 | 7,631 | 7,836 | 8,005 | 8,093 | 8,278 | 8,449 | 8,681 | 8,690 | 8,741 |
| Yell County | 21,976 | 21,697 | 21,581 | 21,146 | 21,094 | 21,224 | 21,190 | 21,173 | 21,153 | 21,139 |
Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau