Arkansas is a state in the Southern United States. According to the 2020 United States census, it is the 33rd most populous state with 3,011,524 inhabitants and the 27th largest by land area spanning 52,035 square miles (134,770 km2) of land.[1] Arkansas is divided into 75 counties and contains 500[a][b][c] municipalities consisting of cities and towns as of the 2020 United States census.[4]
Arkansas municipalities are divided into three categories based on population.[5] Cities of the first class have or have had a population over 2,500, cities of the second class have between 500 and 2,499 people, and incorporated towns have 499 or fewer people; state law, however, provides mechanisms for a municipality to increase or decrease its classification despite not meeting the usual population requirement.[6] Several classes of municipalities in Arkansas have different obligations, with incorporated towns often having less.
The largest municipality by population is the state capital of Little Rock with 202,591 residents while the smallest by population is Victoria with 20 residents.[7] The largest municipality by land area is Little Rock, which spans 120.046 sq mi (310.92 km2), while the smallest is Oakhaven at 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km2).[8]
Classification of municipalities
editArkansas municipalities are divided into three categories based on population according to the laws in the 2020 Arkansas Code Title 14.[5] The state does not use villages or civil townships as possible designations for its minor civil divisions.[9]
City (first class)
editCities of the first class have a population over 2,500 and elect two council members per ward (elected at-large or by ward, or both). Any municipal expense over $20,000 goes to bidding by default in cities of the first class only. Only cities of the first class must hold elections for vacant mayoralty lasting more than one year, and must elect a city attorney to a four-year term. Cities of the first class must have a city clerk and may have a treasurer elected for a four-year term (or the role combined with city clerk). Cities of the first class must create a planning commission with at least five members and may have a police department superintended by a mayor. There are retirement benefits available if certain conditions are met for mayors and city clerks or treasurers.[10]
City (second class)
editCities of the second class have a population between 500 and 2,499 people and elect two council members per ward (elected at-large or by ward, or both). A city of the second class must have a recorder and may have a treasurer elected for a four-year term (or the role combined with city clerk). Cities of the second class do not need to create a separate planning commission and may allow city councilors to serve as the planning commission. Cities of the second class may have a police department, a marshal or a department of public safety. There are retirement benefits available if certain conditions are met for mayors and city clerks or treasurers.[6]
Town
editTowns have a population of 499 or fewer people and elect five council members at-large with no wards. Towns must have a treasurer-recorder as a single position. Towns may have a police department, a marshal or a department of public safety. No prescribed retirement benefits are available for mayors and clerks or treasurers of towns.[6]
List of municipalities
edit- Largest municipalities in Arkansas by population
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Little Rock is Arkansas's state capital and most populous city. -
Fayetteville is Arkansas's second most populous municipality. -
The third most populous municipality in Arkansas is Fort Smith. -
Springdale is Arkansas's fourth largest municipality by population. -
Jonesboro is the fifth most populous municipality in Arkansas. -
The sixth most populous municipality in Arkansas is Rogers. -
North Little Rock is part of the Little Rock metropolitan area and is the seventh largest municipality in Arkansas by population. -
Conway is Arkansas's eighth largest municipality by population. -
Arkansas' ninth largest municipality by population is Bentonville. -
Pine Bluff is the tenth largest municipality by population in Arkansas.
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State capital and county seat |
| Name[8] | Type[12] | County(ies)[13] | Population
(2020)[7] |
Population
(2010)[7] |
Change | Land area
(2020)[8] |
Population density | Incorporated[14] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sq mi | km2 | ||||||||
| Adona | City (second class) | Perry | 149 | 209 | −28.7% | 0.949 | 2.46 | 157.0/sq mi (60.6/km2) | July 1903[15] |
| Alexander | City (first class) | Pulaski Saline |
3,385 | 2,901 | +16.7% | 2.256 | 5.84 | 1,500.4/sq mi (579.3/km2) | December 2, 1887 |
| Alicia | Town | Lawrence | 143 | 124 | +15.3% | 0.432 | 1.12 | 331.0/sq mi (127.8/km2) | August 7, 1889 |
| Allport | Town | Lonoke | 86 | 115 | −25.2% | 0.208 | 0.54 | 413.5/sq mi (159.6/km2) | April 10, 1967 |
| Alma | City (first class) | Crawford | 5,825 | 5,419 | +7.5% | 5.732 | 14.85 | 1,016.2/sq mi (392.4/km2) | January 7, 1874 |
| Almyra | Town | Arkansas | 256 | 283 | −9.5% | 0.388 | 1.00 | 659.8/sq mi (254.7/km2) | July 5, 1904 |
| Alpena | Town | Boone Carroll |
374 | 392 | −4.6% | 1.333 | 3.45 | 280.6/sq mi (108.3/km2) | May 31, 1913 |
| Altheimer | City (second class) | Jefferson | 696 | 984 | −29.3% | 2.050 | 5.31 | 339.5/sq mi (131.1/km2) | June 9, 1919 |
| Altus | City (second class) | Franklin | 665 | 758 | −12.3% | 1.892 | 4.90 | 351.5/sq mi (135.7/km2) | August 31, 1888 |
| Amagon | Town | Jackson | 69 | 98 | −29.6% | 0.111 | 0.29 | 621.6/sq mi (240.0/km2) | June 2, 1948 |
| Amity | City (second class) | Clark | 681 | 723 | −5.8% | 3.210 | 8.31 | 212.1/sq mi (81.9/km2) | August 28, 1907 |
| Anthonyville | Town | Crittenden | 135 | 161 | −16.1% | 0.077 | 0.20 | 1,753.2/sq mi (676.9/km2) | December 15, 1999 |
| Antoine | Town | Pike | 113 | 117 | −3.4% | 0.506 | 1.31 | 223.3/sq mi (86.2/km2) | October 26, 1897 |
| Arkadelphia† | City (first class) | Clark | 10,380 | 10,714 | −3.1% | 7.545 | 19.54 | 1,375.7/sq mi (531.2/km2) | January 6, 1857 |
| Arkansas City† | City (second class) | Desha | 376 | 366 | +2.7% | 0.492 | 1.27 | 764.2/sq mi (295.1/km2) | September 12, 1873 |
| Ash Flat† | City (second class) | Sharp Fulton |
1,137 | 1,082 | +5.1% | 6.315 | 16.36 | 180.0/sq mi (69.5/km2) | May 8, 1931 |
| Ashdown† | City (first class) | Little River | 4,261 | 4,723 | −9.8% | 7.137 | 18.48 | 597.0/sq mi (230.5/km2) | June 11, 1892 |
| Atkins | City (first class) | Pope | 2,859 | 3,016 | −5.2% | 6.130 | 15.88 | 466.4/sq mi (180.1/km2) | November 3, 1876 |
| Aubrey | Town | Lee | 108 | 170 | −36.5% | 0.332 | 0.86 | 325.3/sq mi (125.6/km2) | June 30, 1966 |
| Augusta† | City (second class) | Woodruff | 1,998 | 2,199 | −9.1% | 2.072 | 5.37 | 964.3/sq mi (372.3/km2) | July 9, 1860 |
| Austin | City (second class) | Lonoke | 3,460 | 2,038 | +69.8% | 3.096 | 8.02 | 1,117.6/sq mi (431.5/km2) | October 22, 1895 |
| Avoca | Town | Benton | 487 | 488 | −0.2% | 1.875 | 4.86 | 259.7/sq mi (100.3/km2) | March 16, 1966 |
| Bald Knob | City (first class) | White | 2,522 | 2,897 | −12.9% | 4.955 | 12.83 | 509.0/sq mi (196.5/km2) | September 16, 1881 |
| Banks | Town | Bradley | 87 | 124 | −29.8% | 0.376 | 0.97 | 231.4/sq mi (89.3/km2) | August 31, 1907 |
| Barling | City (first class) | Sebastian | 4,782 | 4,649 | +2.9% | 10.269 | 26.60 | 465.7/sq mi (179.8/km2) | June 8, 1956 |
| Bassett | Town | Mississippi | 124 | 173 | −28.3% | 0.245 | 0.63 | 506.1/sq mi (195.4/km2) | November 26, 1965 |
| Batesville† | City (first class) | Independence | 11,191 | 10,248 | +9.2% | 11.595 | 30.03 | 965.2/sq mi (372.6/km2) | December 20, 1848 |
| Bauxite | Town | Saline | 629 | 487 | +29.2% | 3.045 | 7.89 | 206.6/sq mi (79.8/km2) | January 16, 1973 |
| Bay | City (second class) | Craighead | 1,876 | 1,801 | +4.2% | 3.088 | 8.00 | 607.5/sq mi (234.6/km2) | March 1, 1913 |
| Bearden | City (second class) | Ouachita | 776 | 966 | −19.7% | 1.614 | 4.18 | 480.8/sq mi (185.6/km2) | January 23, 1892 |
| Beaver | Town | Carroll | 67 | 100 | −33.0% | 0.315 | 0.82 | 212.7/sq mi (82.1/km2) | September 6, 1949; November 28, 1980[e] |
| Beebe | City (first class) | White | 8,437 | 7,315 | +15.3% | 10.144 | 26.27 | 831.7/sq mi (321.1/km2) | May 4, 1875 |
| Beedeville | Town | Jackson | 84 | 107 | −21.5% | 1.139 | 2.95 | 73.7/sq mi (28.5/km2) | November 7, 1963 |
| Bella Vista | City (first class) | Benton | 30,104 | 26,461 | +13.8% | 45.305 | 117.34 | 664.5/sq mi (256.6/km2) | December 7, 2006 |
| Bellefonte | Town | Boone | 411 | 454 | −9.5% | 0.622 | 1.61 | 660.8/sq mi (255.1/km2) | July 17, 1872 |
| Belleville | City (second class) | Yell | 312 | 441 | −29.3% | 1.867 | 4.84 | 167.1/sq mi (64.5/km2) | April 25, 1899 |
| Ben Lomond | Town | Sevier | 140 | 145 | −3.4% | 3.917 | 10.14 | 35.7/sq mi (13.8/km2) | May 26, 1900 |
| Benton† | City (first class) | Saline | 35,014 | 30,681 | +14.1% | 22.884 | 59.27 | 1,530.1/sq mi (590.8/km2) | March 15, 1836 |
| Bentonville† | City (first class) | Benton | 54,164 | 35,301 | +53.4% | 33.843 | 87.65 | 1,600.4/sq mi (617.9/km2) | April 3, 1873 |
| Bergman | Town | Boone | 426 | 439 | −3.0% | 1.305 | 3.38 | 326.4/sq mi (126.0/km2) | April 3, 1968 |
| Berryville† | City (first class) | Carroll | 5,682 | 5,356 | +6.1% | 6.150 | 15.93 | 923.9/sq mi (356.7/km2) | March 23, 1876 |
| Bethel Heights[a] | City (second class) | Benton | 3,015 | 2,372 | +27.1% | 2.101 | 5.44 | 1,435.0/sq mi (554.1/km2) | August 9, 1967 |
| Big Flat | Town | Baxter | 88 | 105 | −16.2% | 1.067 | 2.76 | 82.5/sq mi (31.8/km2) | May 1, 1939 |
| Bigelow | Town | Perry | 352 | 315 | +11.7% | 0.956 | 2.48 | 368.2/sq mi (142.2/km2) | July 15, 1905 |
| Biggers | Town | Randolph | 305 | 347 | −12.1% | 1.002 | 2.60 | 304.4/sq mi (117.5/km2) | February 18, 1903 |
| Birdsong | Town | Mississippi | 32 | 41 | −22.0% | 0.202 | 0.52 | 158.4/sq mi (61.2/km2) | May 31, 1984 |
| Black Oak | Town | Craighead | 233 | 262 | −11.1% | 0.418 | 1.08 | 557.4/sq mi (215.2/km2) | December 24, 1923 |
| Black Rock | City (second class) | Lawrence | 590 | 662 | −10.9% | 3.286 | 8.51 | 179.5/sq mi (69.3/km2) | October 23, 1884 |
| Black Springs | Town | Montgomery | 96 | 99 | −3.0% | 0.445 | 1.15 | 215.7/sq mi (83.3/km2) | October 26, 1936 |
| Blevins | City (second class) | Hempstead | 288 | 315 | −8.6% | 0.994 | 2.57 | 289.7/sq mi (111.9/km2) | September 10, 1914 |
| Blue Eye | Town | Carroll | 46 | 30 | +53.3% | 0.075 | 0.19 | 613.3/sq mi (236.8/km2) | March 4, 1932 |
| Blue Mountain | Town | Logan | 88 | 124 | −29.0% | 1.065 | 2.76 | 82.6/sq mi (31.9/km2) | March 7, 1901 |
| Bluff City | Town | Nevada | 118 | 124 | −4.8% | 2.322 | 6.01 | 50.8/sq mi (19.6/km2) | August 29, 1966 |
| Blytheville† | City (first class) | Mississippi | 13,406 | 15,620 | −14.2% | 20.738 | 53.71 | 646.4/sq mi (249.6/km2) | January 4, 1892[f] |
| Bodcaw | Town | Nevada | 121 | 138 | −12.3% | 3.003 | 7.78 | 40.3/sq mi (15.6/km2) | May 23, 1969 |
| Bonanza | City (second class) | Sebastian | 587 | 575 | +2.1% | 2.787 | 7.22 | 210.6/sq mi (81.3/km2) | November 26, 1898 |
| Bono | City (second class) | Craighead | 2,409 | 2,131 | +13.0% | 2.664 | 6.90 | 904.3/sq mi (349.1/km2) | July 14, 1916 |
| Booneville† | City (first class) | Logan | 3,809 | 3,990 | −4.5% | 3.944 | 10.21 | 965.8/sq mi (372.9/km2) | June 6, 1878 |
| Bradford | City (second class) | White | 678 | 759 | −10.7% | 0.867 | 2.25 | 782.0/sq mi (301.9/km2) | September 19, 1893 |
| Bradley | City (second class) | Lafayette | 405 | 628 | −35.5% | 0.913 | 2.36 | 443.6/sq mi (171.3/km2) | April 3, 1937 |
| Branch | City (second class) | Franklin | 296 | 367 | −19.3% | 3.123 | 8.09 | 94.8/sq mi (36.6/km2) | July 3, 1909 |
| Briarcliff | City (second class) | Baxter | 236 | 236 | 0.0% | 2.251 | 5.83 | 104.8/sq mi (40.5/km2) | June 10, 1997 |
| Brinkley | City (first class) | Monroe | 2,700 | 3,188 | −15.3% | 5.686 | 14.73 | 474.9/sq mi (183.3/km2) | August 31, 1872 |
| Brookland | City (second class) | Craighead | 4,064 | 1,642 | +147.5% | 7.799 | 20.20 | 521.1/sq mi (201.2/km2) | April 7, 1911 |
| Bryant | City (first class) | Saline | 20,663 | 16,688 | +23.8% | 20.494 | 53.08 | 1,008.2/sq mi (389.3/km2) | October 29, 1892; 1946 |
| Buckner | City (second class) | Lafayette | 165 | 275 | −40.0% | 1.176 | 3.05 | 140.3/sq mi (54.2/km2) | May 11, 1885 |
| Bull Shoals | City (second class) | Marion | 1,952 | 1,950 | +0.1% | 4.902 | 12.70 | 398.2/sq mi (153.7/km2) | November 13, 1953 |
| Burdette | Town | Mississippi | 140 | 191 | −26.7% | 0.737 | 1.91 | 190.0/sq mi (73.3/km2) | May 10, 1905 |
| Cabot | City (first class) | Lonoke | 26,569 | 23,776 | +11.7% | 20.666 | 53.52 | 1,285.6/sq mi (496.4/km2) | November 9, 1891 |
| Caddo Valley | City (second class) | Clark | 595 | 635 | −6.3% | 3.098 | 8.02 | 192.1/sq mi (74.2/km2) | September 11, 1974 |
| Caldwell | Town | St. Francis | 451 | 555 | −18.7% | 3.186 | 8.25 | 141.6/sq mi (54.7/km2) | April 3, 1964 |
| Cale | Town | Nevada | 73 | 79 | −7.6% | 0.966 | 2.50 | 75.6/sq mi (29.2/km2) | July 22, 1971 |
| Calico Rock | City (second class) | Izard | 888 | 1,545 | −42.5% | 4.756 | 12.32 | 186.7/sq mi (72.1/km2) | January 24, 1905 |
| Calion | City (second class) | Union | 429 | 494 | −13.2% | 1.072 | 2.78 | 400.2/sq mi (154.5/km2) | January 4, 1921 |
| Camden† | City (first class) | Ouachita | 10,612 | 12,183 | −12.9% | 16.526 | 42.80 | 642.1/sq mi (247.9/km2) | December 11, 1844 |
| Cammack Village | City (second class) | Pulaski | 778 | 768 | +1.3% | 0.283 | 0.73 | 2,749.1/sq mi (1,061.4/km2) | April 5, 1943 |
| Campbell Station | City (second class) | Jackson | 232 | 255 | −9.0% | 1.703 | 4.41 | 136.2/sq mi (52.6/km2) | April 17, 1953 |
| Caraway | City (second class) | Craighead | 1,133 | 1,279 | −11.4% | 2.304 | 5.97 | 491.8/sq mi (189.9/km2) | September 14, 1923 |
| Carlisle | City (second class) | Lonoke | 2,033 | 2,214 | −8.2% | 4.845 | 12.55 | 419.6/sq mi (162.0/km2) | August 28, 1878 |
| Carthage | City (second class) | Dallas | 222 | 343 | −35.3% | 0.989 | 2.56 | 224.5/sq mi (86.7/km2) | May 3, 1907 |
| Casa | Town | Perry | 120 | 171 | −29.8% | 1.091 | 2.83 | 110.0/sq mi (42.5/km2) | May 10, 1900 |
| Cash | City (second class) | Craighead | 280 | 342 | −18.1% | 0.367 | 0.95 | 762.9/sq mi (294.6/km2) | June 5, 1931 |
| Caulksville | Town | Logan | 154 | 213 | −27.7% | 1.348 | 3.49 | 114.2/sq mi (44.1/km2) | August 11, 1965 |
| Cave City | City (second class) | Sharp Independence |
1,922 | 1,904 | +0.9% | 2.557 | 6.62 | 751.7/sq mi (290.2/km2) | April 29, 1907 |
| Cave Springs | City (second class) | Benton | 5,495 | 1,729 | +217.8% | 7.839 | 20.30 | 701.0/sq mi (270.7/km2) | March 15, 1910 |
| Cedarville | City (second class) | Crawford | 1,424 | 1,394 | +2.2% | 8.886 | 23.01 | 160.3/sq mi (61.9/km2) | July 5, 1881; August 25, 1998[g] |
| Centerton | City (first class) | Benton | 17,792 | 9,515 | +87.0% | 13.578 | 35.17 | 1,310.4/sq mi (505.9/km2) | September 16, 1914 |
| Central City | Town | Sebastian | 461 | 502 | −8.2% | 2.224 | 5.76 | 207.3/sq mi (80.0/km2) | January 24, 1974 |
| Charleston | City (second class) | Franklin | 2,588 | 2,494 | +3.8% | 3.834 | 9.93 | 675.0/sq mi (260.6/km2) | May 22, 1874 |
| Cherokee Village | City (first class) | Sharp Fulton |
4,780 | 4,671 | +2.3% | 20.427 | 52.91 | 234.0/sq mi (90.3/km2) | January 31, 1997[h] |
| Cherry Valley | City (second class) | Cross | 575 | 651 | −11.7% | 0.766 | 1.98 | 750.7/sq mi (289.8/km2) | August 6, 1910 |
| Chester | Town | Crawford | 144 | 159 | −9.4% | 0.510 | 1.32 | 282.4/sq mi (109.0/km2) | February 11, 1889 |
| Chidester | City (second class) | Ouachita | 253 | 287 | −11.8% | 5.314 | 13.76 | 47.6/sq mi (18.4/km2) | February 14, 1906 |
| Clarendon† | City (second class) | Monroe | 1,526 | 1,664 | −8.3% | 1.830 | 4.74 | 833.9/sq mi (322.0/km2) | February 8, 1859; August 11, 1898[i] |
| Clarkedale | City (second class) | Crittenden | 336 | 371 | −9.4% | 11.436 | 29.62 | 29.4/sq mi (11.3/km2) | January 12, 2001 |
| Clarksville† | City (first class) | Johnson | 9,381 | 9,178 | +2.2% | 18.530 | 47.99 | 506.3/sq mi (195.5/km2) | December 21, 1848 |
| Clinton† | City (first class) | Van Buren | 2,509 | 2,602 | −3.6% | 13.454 | 34.85 | 186.5/sq mi (72.0/km2) | January 9, 1851; August 15, 1879[j] |
| Coal Hill | City (second class) | Johnson | 820 | 1,012 | −19.0% | 2.931 | 7.59 | 279.8/sq mi (108.0/km2) | January 22, 1880 |
| Colt | City (second class) | St. Francis | 293 | 378 | −22.5% | 1.258 | 3.26 | 232.9/sq mi (89.9/km2) | April 17, 1916 |
| Concord | Town | Cleburne | 190 | 244 | −22.1% | 3.080 | 7.98 | 61.7/sq mi (23.8/km2) | June 27, 1968 |
| Conway† | City (first class) | Faulkner | 64,134 | 58,908 | +8.9% | 46.110 | 119.42 | 1,390.9/sq mi (537.0/km2) | October 16, 1875 |
| Corinth | Town | Yell | 45 | 70 | −35.7% | 3.090 | 8.00 | 14.6/sq mi (5.6/km2) | [k] |
| Corning† | City (first class) | Clay | 3,227 | 3,377 | −4.4% | 3.671 | 9.51 | 879.1/sq mi (339.4/km2) | August 6, 1877 |
| Cotter | City (second class) | Baxter | 886 | 970 | −8.7% | 2.447 | 6.34 | 362.1/sq mi (139.8/km2) | July 13, 1904 |
| Cotton Plant | City (second class) | Woodruff | 529 | 649 | −18.5% | 1.039 | 2.69 | 509.1/sq mi (196.6/km2) | November 14, 1887 |
| Cove | Town | Polk | 319 | 382 | −16.5% | 1.598 | 4.14 | 199.6/sq mi (77.1/km2) | July 6, 1926 |
| Coy | Town | Lonoke | 87 | 96 | −9.4% | 0.672 | 1.74 | 129.5/sq mi (50.0/km2) | April 15, 1902 |
| Crawfordsville | Town | Crittenden | 462 | 479 | −3.5% | 0.559 | 1.45 | 826.5/sq mi (319.1/km2) | January 26, 1912 |
| Crossett | City (first class) | Ashley | 4,822 | 5,507 | −12.4% | 5.792 | 15.00 | 832.5/sq mi (321.4/km2) | April 22, 1903 |
| Cushman | City (second class) | Independence | 433 | 452 | −4.2% | 4.076 | 10.56 | 106.2/sq mi (41.0/km2) | March 12, 1906 |
| Daisy | Town | Pike | 88 | 115 | −23.5% | 1.141 | 2.96 | 77.1/sq mi (29.8/km2) | March 5, 1910 |
| Damascus | Town | Van Buren Faulkner |
382 | 382 | 0.0% | 1.862 | 4.82 | 205.2/sq mi (79.2/km2) | July 15, 1966 |
| Danville† | City (second class) | Yell | 2,028 | 2,409 | −15.8% | 4.280 | 11.09 | 473.8/sq mi (182.9/km2) | February 18, 1899 |
| Dardanelle† | City (first class) | Yell | 4,517 | 4,745 | −4.8% | 3.644 | 9.44 | 1,239.6/sq mi (478.6/km2) | January 17, 1855 |
| Datto | Town | Clay | 65 | 100 | −35.0% | 0.621 | 1.61 | 104.7/sq mi (40.4/km2) | June 22, 1905 |
| De Queen† | City (first class) | Sevier | 6,105 | 6,594 | −7.4% | 6.002 | 15.55 | 1,017.2/sq mi (392.7/km2) | July 9, 1897 |
| De Valls Bluff | City (first class) | Prairie | 520 | 619 | −16.0% | 1.092 | 2.83 | 476.2/sq mi (183.9/km2) | April 4, 1866 |
| Decatur | City (second class) | Benton | 1,773 | 1,699 | +4.4% | 4.471 | 11.58 | 396.6/sq mi (153.1/km2) | May 25, 1908 |
| Delaplaine | Town | Greene | 64 | 116 | −44.8% | 1.106 | 2.86 | 57.9/sq mi (22.3/km2) | May 8, 1912 |
| Delight | City (second class) | Pike | 288 | 279 | +3.2% | 0.551 | 1.43 | 522.7/sq mi (201.8/km2) | September 15, 1904 |
| Dell | Town | Mississippi | 194 | 223 | −13.0% | 0.921 | 2.39 | 210.6/sq mi (81.3/km2) | August 12, 1905 |
| Denning | Town | Franklin | 200 | 314 | −36.3% | 1.077 | 2.79 | 185.7/sq mi (71.7/km2) | December 2, 1903 |
| Dermott | City (second class) | Chicot | 2,021 | 2,316 | −12.7% | 3.421 | 8.86 | 590.8/sq mi (228.1/km2) | August 20, 1890 |
| Des Arc† | City (second class) | Prairie | 1,905 | 1,717 | +10.9% | 2.102 | 5.44 | 906.3/sq mi (349.9/km2) | December 28, 1854 |
| DeWitt† | City (first class) | Arkansas | 3,056 | 3,292 | −7.2% | 2.992 | 7.75 | 1,021.4/sq mi (394.4/km2) | January 26, 1876 |
| Diamond City | City (second class) | Boone | 757 | 782 | −3.2% | 2.817 | 7.30 | 268.7/sq mi (103.8/km2) | June 7, 1960 |
| Diaz | City (second class) | Jackson | 1,224 | 1,318 | −7.1% | 5.971 | 15.46 | 205.0/sq mi (79.1/km2) | November 19, 1956 |
| Dierks | City (second class) | Howard | 916 | 1,133 | −19.2% | 1.919 | 4.97 | 477.3/sq mi (184.3/km2) | June 4, 1907 |
| Donaldson | Town | Hot Spring | 275 | 301 | −8.6% | 0.591 | 1.53 | 465.3/sq mi (179.7/km2) | August 31, 1956 |
| Dover | City (second class) | Pope | 1,337 | 1,378 | −3.0% | 2.827 | 7.32 | 472.9/sq mi (182.6/km2) | June 14, 1870 |
| Dumas | City (first class) | Desha | 4,001 | 4,706 | −15.0% | 2.906 | 7.53 | 1,376.8/sq mi (531.6/km2) | April 28, 1904 |
| Dyer | City (second class) | Crawford | 772 | 876 | −11.9% | 2.941 | 7.62 | 262.5/sq mi (101.4/km2) | July 22, 1889 |
| Dyess | Town | Mississippi | 339 | 410 | −17.3% | 0.961 | 2.49 | 352.8/sq mi (136.2/km2) | January 9, 1964 |
| Earle | City (second class) | Crittenden | 1,831 | 2,414 | −24.2% | 3.247 | 8.41 | 563.9/sq mi (217.7/km2) | March 25, 1905 |
| East Camden | City (second class) | Ouachita | 798 | 931 | −14.3% | 0.724 | 1.88 | 1,102.2/sq mi (425.6/km2) | September 8, 1965 |
| Edmondson | Town | Crittenden | 243 | 427 | −43.1% | 2.992 | 7.75 | 81.2/sq mi (31.4/km2) | August 22, 1911 |
| Egypt | Town | Craighead | 113 | 112 | +0.9% | 0.336 | 0.87 | 336.3/sq mi (129.8/km2) | May 24, 1984 |
| El Dorado† | City (first class) | Union | 17,756 | 18,884 | −6.0% | 16.201 | 41.96 | 1,096.0/sq mi (423.2/km2) | May 5, 1870 |
| Elaine | City (second class) | Phillips | 509 | 636 | −20.0% | 0.512 | 1.33 | 994.1/sq mi (383.8/km2) | April 23, 1919 |
| Elkins | City (first class) | Washington | 3,602 | 2,648 | +36.0% | 3.874 | 10.03 | 929.8/sq mi (359.0/km2) | February 19, 1964 |
| Elm Springs | City (second class) | Washington Benton |
2,361 | 1,535 | +53.8% | 5.952 | 15.42 | 396.7/sq mi (153.2/km2) | May 23, 1917 |
| Emerson | Town | Columbia | 293 | 368 | −20.4% | 0.991 | 2.57 | 295.7/sq mi (114.2/km2) | March 10, 1905 |
| Emmet | City (second class) | Nevada Hempstead |
415 | 518 | −19.9% | 1.442 | 3.73 | 287.8/sq mi (111.1/km2) | May 5, 1883 |
| England | City (first class) | Lonoke | 2,477 | 2,825 | −12.3% | 1.889 | 4.89 | 1,311.3/sq mi (506.3/km2) | March 1, 1897 |
| Enola | Town | Faulkner | 318 | 338 | −5.9% | 2.715 | 7.03 | 117.1/sq mi (45.2/km2) | July 9, 1969 |
| Etowah | Town | Mississippi | 254 | 351 | −27.6% | 5.939 | 15.38 | 42.8/sq mi (16.5/km2) | May 1, 1996 |
| Eudora | City (second class) | Chicot | 1,728 | 2,269 | −23.8% | 3.093 | 8.01 | 558.7/sq mi (215.7/km2) | February 8, 1904 |
| Eureka Springs† | City (second class) | Carroll | 2,166 | 2,073 | +4.5% | 6.758 | 17.50 | 320.5/sq mi (123.7/km2) | February 14, 1880 |
| Evening Shade | City (second class) | Sharp | 420 | 432 | −2.8% | 1.666 | 4.31 | 252.1/sq mi (97.3/km2) | April 26, 1870 |
| Everton | Town | Boone | 104 | 133 | −21.8% | 0.473 | 1.23 | 219.9/sq mi (84.9/km2) | April 12, 1913 |
| Fairfield Bay | City (second class) | Van Buren Cleburne |
2,108 | 2,338 | −9.8% | 15.097 | 39.10 | 139.6/sq mi (53.9/km2) | July 29, 1993 |
| Fargo | Town | Monroe | 57 | 98 | −41.8% | 0.457 | 1.18 | 124.7/sq mi (48.2/km2) | January 6, 1987 |
| Farmington | City (first class) | Washington | 7,584 | 5,974 | +27.0% | 9.827 | 25.45 | 771.8/sq mi (298.0/km2) | October 15, 1946 |
| Fayetteville† | City (first class) | Washington | 93,949 | 73,580 | +27.7% | 54.137 | 140.21 | 1,735.4/sq mi (670.0/km2) | August 23, 1870 |
| Felsenthal | Town | Union | 85 | 150 | −43.3% | 1.476 | 3.82 | 57.6/sq mi (22.2/km2) | July 6, 1904 |
| Fifty-Six | City (second class) | Stone | 158 | 173 | −8.7% | 2.069 | 5.36 | 76.4/sq mi (29.5/km2) | March 3, 1971 |
| Fisher | City (second class) | Poinsett | 180 | 223 | −19.3% | 0.303 | 0.78 | 594.1/sq mi (229.4/km2) | December 2, 1907 |
| Flippin | City (second class) | Marion | 1,345 | 1,355 | −0.7% | 1.883 | 4.88 | 714.3/sq mi (275.8/km2) | October 8, 1921 |
| Fordyce† | City (first class) | Dallas | 3,396 | 4,300 | −21.0% | 6.814 | 17.65 | 498.4/sq mi (192.4/km2) | April 8, 1884 |
| Foreman | City (second class) | Little River | 977 | 1,011 | −3.4% | 1.977 | 5.12 | 494.2/sq mi (190.8/km2) | February 20, 1959 |
| Forrest City† | City (first class) | St. Francis | 13,015 | 15,371 | −15.3% | 20.245 | 52.43 | 642.9/sq mi (248.2/km2) | May 11, 1870 |
| Fort Smith† | City (first class) | Sebastian | 89,142 | 86,209 | +3.4% | 63.994 | 165.74 | 1,393.0/sq mi (537.8/km2) | December 24, 1842 |
| Fouke | City (second class) | Miller | 808 | 859 | −5.9% | 1.356 | 3.51 | 595.9/sq mi (230.1/km2) | May 5, 1911 |
| Fountain Hill | Town | Ashley | 108 | 175 | −38.3% | 0.568 | 1.47 | 190.1/sq mi (73.4/km2) | September 10, 1921 |
| Fountain Lake | Town | Garland | 475 | 503 | −5.6% | 4.249 | 11.00 | 111.8/sq mi (43.2/km2) | July 13, 1999 |
| Fourche | Town | Perry | 56 | 62 | −9.7% | 0.199 | 0.52 | 281.4/sq mi (108.7/km2) | December 2, 1906 |
| Franklin | Town | Izard | 191 | 198 | −3.5% | 2.133 | 5.52 | 89.5/sq mi (34.6/km2) | January 9, 1940 |
| Fredonia (Biscoe) | Town | Prairie | 305 | 363 | −16.0% | 0.955 | 2.47 | 319.4/sq mi (123.3/km2) | July 27, 1909 |
| Friendship | Town | Hot Spring | 158 | 176 | −10.2% | 0.712 | 1.84 | 221.9/sq mi (85.7/km2) | July 11, 1938 |
| Fulton | Town | Hempstead | 115 | 201 | −42.8% | 0.178 | 0.46 | 646.1/sq mi (249.4/km2) | October 7, 1879 |
| Garfield | Town | Benton | 593 | 502 | +18.1% | 3.091 | 8.01 | 191.8/sq mi (74.1/km2) | September 15, 1888 |
| Garland | Town | Miller | 195 | 242 | −19.4% | 0.877 | 2.27 | 222.3/sq mi (85.8/km2) | January 19, 1904 |
| Garner | Town | White | 211 | 284 | −25.7% | 0.789 | 2.04 | 267.4/sq mi (103.3/km2) | May 20, 1971 |
| Gassville | City (second class) | Baxter | 2,171 | 2,078 | +4.5% | 3.431 | 8.89 | 632.8/sq mi (244.3/km2) | January 20, 1903 |
| Gateway | Town | Benton | 436 | 405 | +7.7% | 6.559 | 16.99 | 66.5/sq mi (25.7/km2) | August 27, 1934 |
| Gentry | City (first class) | Benton | 3,790 | 3,158 | +20.0% | 5.174 | 13.40 | 732.5/sq mi (282.8/km2) | July 9, 1898 |
| Georgetown | Town | White | 81 | 124 | −34.7% | 0.289 | 0.75 | 280.3/sq mi (108.2/km2) | December 27, 1985 |
| Gilbert | Town | Searcy | 26 | 28 | −7.1% | 0.367 | 0.95 | 70.8/sq mi (27.4/km2) | February 13, 1913 |
| Gillett | City (second class) | Arkansas | 564 | 691 | −18.4% | 0.996 | 2.58 | 566.3/sq mi (218.6/km2) | December 21, 1906 |
| Gillham | Town | Sevier | 157 | 160 | −1.9% | 0.918 | 2.38 | 171.0/sq mi (66.0/km2) | October 1, 1902 |
| Gilmore | City (second class) | Crittenden | 176 | 188 | −6.4% | 13.516 | 35.01 | 13.0/sq mi (5.0/km2) | November 23, 1955 |
| Glenwood | City (second class) | Pike | 2,068 | 2,228 | −7.2% | 8.909 | 23.07 | 232.1/sq mi (89.6/km2) | May 6, 1909 |
| Goshen | City (second class) | Washington | 2,102 | 1,071 | +96.3% | 11.313 | 29.30 | 185.8/sq mi (71.7/km2) | October 11, 1982 |
| Gosnell | City (first class) | Mississippi | 2,910 | 3,548 | −18.0% | 1.669 | 4.32 | 1,743.6/sq mi (673.2/km2) | March 12, 1968 |
| Gould | City (second class) | Lincoln | 663 | 837 | −20.8% | 1.551 | 4.02 | 427.5/sq mi (165.0/km2) | August 24, 1907 |
| Grady | City (second class) | Lincoln | 305 | 449 | −32.1% | 1.855 | 4.80 | 164.4/sq mi (63.5/km2) | April 20, 1907 |
| Grannis | City (second class) | Polk | 496 | 554 | −10.5% | 7.930 | 20.54 | 62.5/sq mi (24.1/km2) | October 23, 1899 |
| Gravette | City (second class) | Benton | 3,547 | 2,325 | +52.6% | 15.278 | 39.57 | 232.2/sq mi (89.6/km2) | January 27, 1899 |
| Green Forest | City (first class) | Carroll | 2,972 | 2,761 | +7.6% | 2.465 | 6.38 | 1,205.7/sq mi (465.5/km2) | February 22, 1895 |
| Greenbrier | City (first class) | Faulkner | 5,707 | 4,706 | +21.3% | 7.935 | 20.55 | 719.2/sq mi (277.7/km2) | April 5, 1880 |
| Greenland | City (second class) | Washington | 1,213 | 1,259 | −3.7% | 4.013 | 10.39 | 302.3/sq mi (116.7/km2) | March 14, 1910 |
| Greenway | City (second class) | Clay | 174 | 209 | −16.7% | 0.260 | 0.67 | 669.2/sq mi (258.4/km2) | March 13, 1886 |
| Greenwood† | City (first class) | Sebastian | 9,516 | 8,952 | +6.3% | 10.824 | 28.03 | 879.2/sq mi (339.4/km2) | November 22, 1884 |
| Greers Ferry | City (second class) | Cleburne | 821 | 891 | −7.9% | 7.218 | 18.69 | 113.7/sq mi (43.9/km2) | July 31, 1968 |
| Griffithville | Town | White | 155 | 225 | −31.1% | 0.548 | 1.42 | 282.8/sq mi (109.2/km2) | June 1, 1905 |
| Grubbs | City (second class) | Jackson | 301 | 386 | −22.0% | 0.566 | 1.47 | 531.8/sq mi (205.3/km2) | January 15, 1909 |
| Guion | Town | Izard | 68 | 86 | −20.9% | 0.558 | 1.45 | 121.9/sq mi (47.1/km2) | July 19, 1907 |
| Gum Springs | Town | Clark | 91 | 120 | −24.2% | 0.391 | 1.01 | 232.7/sq mi (89.9/km2) | November 9, 1964 |
| Gurdon | City (second class) | Clark | 1,840 | 2,212 | −16.8% | 2.425 | 6.28 | 758.8/sq mi (293.0/km2) | November 8, 1880 |
| Guy | City (second class) | Faulkner | 752 | 708 | +6.2% | 6.775 | 17.55 | 111.0/sq mi (42.9/km2) | September 28, 1966 |
| Hackett | City (second class) | Sebastian | 784 | 812 | −3.4% | 1.435 | 3.72 | 546.3/sq mi (210.9/km2) | September 19, 1885 |
| Hamburg† | City (first class) | Ashley | 2,536 | 2,857 | −11.2% | 3.435 | 8.90 | 738.3/sq mi (285.1/km2) | December 14, 1854 |
| Hampton† | City (second class) | Calhoun | 1,181 | 1,324 | −10.8% | 3.278 | 8.49 | 360.3/sq mi (139.1/km2) | January 27, 1853 |
| Hardy | City (second class) | Sharp | 743 | 772 | −3.8% | 5.056 | 13.09 | 147.0/sq mi (56.7/km2) | July 12, 1894 |
| Harrell | Town | Calhoun | 210 | 254 | −17.3% | 0.552 | 1.43 | 380.4/sq mi (146.9/km2) | December 3, 1934 |
| Harrisburg† | City (second class) | Poinsett | 2,212 | 2,288 | −3.3% | 2.426 | 6.28 | 911.8/sq mi (352.0/km2) | February 24, 1883 |
| Harrison† | City (first class) | Boone | 13,069 | 12,943 | +1.0% | 11.205 | 29.02 | 1,166.4/sq mi (450.3/km2) | March 1, 1876 |
| Hartford | City (second class) | Sebastian | 499 | 642 | −22.3% | 1.884 | 4.88 | 264.9/sq mi (102.3/km2) | March 5, 1900 |
| Hartman | City (second class) | Johnson | 516 | 519 | −0.6% | 1.580 | 4.09 | 326.6/sq mi (126.1/km2) | October 13, 1911 |
| Haskell | City (first class) | Saline | 3,956 | 3,990 | −0.9% | 4.918 | 12.74 | 804.4/sq mi (310.6/km2) | July 21, 1910 |
| Hatfield | Town | Polk | 345 | 413 | −16.5% | 1.334 | 3.46 | 258.6/sq mi (99.9/km2) | March 18, 1901 |
| Havana | City (second class) | Yell | 239 | 375 | −36.3% | 0.601 | 1.56 | 397.7/sq mi (153.5/km2) | April 19, 1900 |
| Haynes | Town | Lee | 122 | 150 | −18.7% | 0.349 | 0.90 | 349.6/sq mi (135.0/km2) | February 25, 1889 |
| Hazen | City (second class) | Prairie | 1,481 | 1,468 | +0.9% | 3.518 | 9.11 | 421.0/sq mi (162.5/km2) | July 8, 1884 |
| Heber Springs† | City (first class) | Cleburne | 6,969 | 7,165 | −2.7% | 9.094 | 23.55 | 766.3/sq mi (295.9/km2) | October 12, 1882 |
| Hector | Town | Pope | 411 | 450 | −8.7% | 2.286 | 5.92 | 179.8/sq mi (69.4/km2) | [l] |
| Helena-West Helena† | City (first class) | Phillips | 9,519 | 12,282 | −22.5% | 13.094 | 33.91 | 727.0/sq mi (280.7/km2) | November 16, 1833; May 23, 1917[m] |
| Hermitage | City (second class) | Bradley | 525 | 830 | −36.7% | 1.067 | 2.76 | 492.0/sq mi (190.0/km2) | August 30, 1907 |
| Hickory Ridge | City (second class) | Cross | 228 | 272 | −16.2% | 0.648 | 1.68 | 351.9/sq mi (135.9/km2) | November 7, 1949 |
| Higden | Town | Cleburne | 114 | 120 | −5.0% | 0.485 | 1.26 | 235.1/sq mi (90.8/km2) | November 27, 1909 |
| Higginson | City (second class) | White | 705 | 621 | +13.5% | 1.270 | 3.29 | 555.1/sq mi (214.3/km2) | May 16, 1906 |
| Highfill | Town | Benton | 1,587 | 583 | +172.2% | 18.022 | 46.68 | 88.1/sq mi (34.0/km2) | July 17, 1958 |
| Highland | City (second class) | Sharp | 982 | 1,045 | −6.0% | 8.740 | 22.64 | 112.4/sq mi (43.4/km2) | September 28, 1998 |
| Hindsville | Town | Madison | 90 | 61 | +47.5% | 0.372 | 0.96 | 241.9/sq mi (93.4/km2) | January 9, 1964 |
| Holland | City (second class) | Faulkner | 586 | 557 | +5.2% | 6.731 | 17.43 | 87.1/sq mi (33.6/km2) | November 18, 1998 |
| Holly Grove | City (second class) | Monroe | 460 | 602 | −23.6% | 1.001 | 2.59 | 459.5/sq mi (177.4/km2) | August 2, 1876 |
| Hope† | City (first class) | Hempstead | 8,952 | 10,095 | −11.3% | 10.683 | 27.67 | 838.0/sq mi (323.5/km2) | April 8, 1875 |
| Horatio | City (second class) | Sevier | 920 | 1,044 | −11.9% | 1.784 | 4.62 | 515.7/sq mi (199.1/km2) | October 11, 1898 |
| Horseshoe Bend | City (second class) | Izard Fulton Sharp |
2,440 | 2,184 | +11.7% | 13.361 | 34.60 | 182.6/sq mi (70.5/km2) | October 2, 1969 |
| Horseshoe Lake | Town | Crittenden | 264 | 292 | −9.6% | 0.153 | 0.40 | 1,725.5/sq mi (666.2/km2) | September 19, 1983 |
| Hot Springs† | City (first class) | Garland | 37,930 | 35,193 | +7.8% | 37.473 | 97.05 | 1,012.2/sq mi (390.8/km2) | January 10, 1851 |
| Houston | Town | Perry | 143 | 173 | −17.3% | 1.012 | 2.62 | 141.3/sq mi (54.6/km2) | June 21, 1902 |
| Hoxie | City (first class) | Lawrence | 2,598 | 2,780 | −6.5% | 6.666 | 17.26 | 389.7/sq mi (150.5/km2) | February 15, 1888 |
| Hughes | City (second class) | St. Francis | 1,056 | 1,441 | −26.7% | 2.263 | 5.86 | 466.6/sq mi (180.2/km2) | June 12, 1916 |
| Humnoke | City (second class) | Lonoke | 219 | 284 | −22.9% | 0.314 | 0.81 | 697.5/sq mi (269.3/km2) | September 22, 1942 |
| Humphrey | City (second class) | Arkansas Jefferson |
463 | 557 | −16.9% | 1.306 | 3.38 | 354.5/sq mi (136.9/km2) | April 19, 1905 |
| Hunter | Town | Woodruff | 103 | 105 | −1.9% | 0.618 | 1.60 | 166.7/sq mi (64.4/km2) | August 25, 1906 |
| Huntington | City (second class) | Sebastian | 490 | 635 | −22.8% | 0.674 | 1.75 | 727.0/sq mi (280.7/km2) | February 4, 1888 |
| Huntsville† | City (second class) | Madison | 2,879 | 2,346 | +22.7% | 5.382 | 13.94 | 534.9/sq mi (206.5/km2) | July 16, 1925 |
| Huttig | City (second class) | Union | 448 | 597 | −25.0% | 2.979 | 7.72 | 150.4/sq mi (58.1/km2) | May 16, 1904 |
| Imboden | City (second class) | Lawrence | 640 | 677 | −5.5% | 1.273 | 3.30 | 502.7/sq mi (194.1/km2) | April 22, 1889 |
| Jacksonport | Town | Jackson | 150 | 212 | −29.2% | 0.376 | 0.97 | 398.9/sq mi (154.0/km2) | December 17, 1852 |
| Jacksonville | City (first class) | Pulaski | 29,477 | 28,364 | +3.9% | 28.646 | 74.19 | 1,029.0/sq mi (397.3/km2) | September 6, 1941 |
| Jasper† | City (second class) | Newton | 547 | 466 | +17.4% | 0.954 | 2.47 | 573.4/sq mi (221.4/km2) | May 8, 1896 |
| Jennette | Town | Crittenden | 118 | 115 | +2.6% | 2.265 | 5.87 | 52.1/sq mi (20.1/km2) | November 20, 1987 |
| Jericho | Town | Crittenden | 98 | 119 | −17.6% | 0.307 | 0.80 | 319.2/sq mi (123.3/km2) | June 10, 1986 |
| Johnson | City (first class) | Washington | 3,609 | 3,354 | +7.6% | 3.613 | 9.36 | 998.9/sq mi (385.7/km2) | March 6, 1961 |
| Joiner | City (second class) | Mississippi | 498 | 576 | −13.5% | 0.615 | 1.59 | 809.8/sq mi (312.6/km2) | March 20, 1922 |
| Jonesboro† | City (first class) | Craighead | 78,576 | 67,263 | +16.8% | 80.178 | 207.66 | 980.0/sq mi (378.4/km2) | February 16, 1883 |
| Judsonia | City (second class) | White | 1,854 | 2,019 | −8.2% | 2.887 | 7.48 | 642.2/sq mi (248.0/km2) | May 13, 1872 |
| Junction City | City (second class) | Union | 503 | 581 | −13.4% | 1.136 | 2.94 | 442.8/sq mi (171.0/km2) | February 21, 1895 |
| Keiser | City (second class) | Mississippi | 751 | 759 | −1.1% | 0.371 | 0.96 | 2,024.3/sq mi (781.6/km2) | November 10, 1933 |
| Kensett | City (second class) | White | 1,400 | 1,648 | −15.0% | 1.866 | 4.83 | 750.3/sq mi (289.7/km2) | October 16, 1911 |
| Keo | Town | Lonoke | 207 | 256 | −19.1% | 4.923 | 12.75 | 42.0/sq mi (16.2/km2) | March 17, 1916 |
| Kibler | City (second class) | Crawford | 1,005 | 961 | +4.6% | 4.996 | 12.94 | 201.2/sq mi (77.7/km2) | December 6, 1963 |
| Kingsland | City (second class) | Cleveland | 347 | 447 | −22.4% | 1.122 | 2.91 | 309.3/sq mi (119.4/km2) | July 22, 1884 |
| Knobel | City (second class) | Clay | 147 | 287 | −48.8% | 0.421 | 1.09 | 349.2/sq mi (134.8/km2) | November 14, 1896 |
| Knoxville | City (second class) | Johnson | 660 | 731 | −9.7% | 3.184 | 8.25 | 207.3/sq mi (80.0/km2) | January 5, 1962 |
| Lafe | Town | Greene | 418 | 458 | −8.7% | 2.032 | 5.26 | 205.7/sq mi (79.4/km2) | May 21, 1974 |
| LaGrange | Town | Lee | 52 | 89 | −41.6% | 0.152 | 0.39 | 342.1/sq mi (132.1/km2) | July 24, 1984 |
| Lake City | City (second class) | Craighead | 2,326 | 2,082 | +11.7% | 3.146 | 8.15 | 739.4/sq mi (285.5/km2) | February 27, 1898 |
| Lake View | City (second class) | Phillips | 327 | 443 | −26.2% | 5.003 | 12.96 | 65.4/sq mi (25.2/km2) | December 2, 1980 |
| Lake Village† | City (first class) | Chicot | 2,065 | 2,575 | −19.8% | 2.377 | 6.16 | 868.7/sq mi (335.4/km2) | February 7, 1898 |
| Lakeview | City (second class) | Baxter | 775 | 741 | +4.6% | 1.040 | 2.69 | 745.2/sq mi (287.7/km2) | November 16, 1973 |
| Lamar | City (second class) | Johnson | 1,719 | 1,605 | +7.1% | 4.616 | 11.96 | 372.4/sq mi (143.8/km2) | May 19, 1887 |
| Lavaca | City (second class) | Sebastian | 2,450 | 2,289 | +7.0% | 2.222 | 5.75 | 1,102.6/sq mi (425.7/km2) | August 18, 1919 |
| Leachville | City (second class) | Mississippi | 2,039 | 1,993 | +2.3% | 4.403 | 11.40 | 463.1/sq mi (178.8/km2) | February 2, 1916 |
| Lead Hill | Town | Boone | 274 | 271 | +1.1% | 0.578 | 1.50 | 474.0/sq mi (183.0/km2) | December 8, 1915 |
| Leola | Town | Grant | 460 | 501 | −8.2% | 0.854 | 2.21 | 538.6/sq mi (208.0/km2) | September 5, 1907 |
| Lepanto | City (second class) | Poinsett | 1,732 | 1,893 | −8.5% | 1.564 | 4.05 | 1,107.4/sq mi (427.6/km2) | February 25, 1909 |
| Leslie | City (second class) | Searcy | 375 | 441 | −15.0% | 0.758 | 1.96 | 494.7/sq mi (191.0/km2) | February 9, 1906 |
| Letona | Town | White | 240 | 255 | −5.9% | 0.389 | 1.01 | 617.0/sq mi (238.2/km2) | September 23, 1911 |
| Lewisville† | City (second class) | Lafayette | 915 | 1,280 | −28.5% | 2.148 | 5.56 | 426.0/sq mi (164.5/km2) | December 16, 1850 |
| Lexa | Town | Phillips | 207 | 286 | −27.6% | 0.410 | 1.06 | 504.9/sq mi (194.9/km2) | April 15, 1925 |
| Lincoln | City (second class) | Washington | 2,294 | 2,249 | +2.0% | 2.866 | 7.42 | 800.4/sq mi (309.0/km2) | November 23, 1907 |
| Little Flock | City (first class) | Benton | 3,055 | 2,585 | +18.2% | 7.510 | 19.45 | 406.8/sq mi (157.1/km2) | November 16, 1970 |
| Little Rock‡ | City (first class) | Pulaski | 202,591 | 193,524 | +4.7% | 120.046 | 310.92 | 1,687.6/sq mi (651.6/km2) | November 7, 1831 |
| Lockesburg | City (second class) | Sevier | 594 | 739 | −19.6% | 3.484 | 9.02 | 170.5/sq mi (65.8/km2) | November 7, 1878 |
| London | City (second class) | Pope | 936 | 1,039 | −9.9% | 3.170 | 8.21 | 295.3/sq mi (114.0/km2) | March 2, 1882 |
| Lonoke† | City (first class) | Lonoke | 4,276 | 4,245 | +0.7% | 4.799 | 12.43 | 891.0/sq mi (344.0/km2) | January 22, 1872 |
| Lonsdale | Town | Garland | 103 | 94 | +9.6% | 0.404 | 1.05 | 255.0/sq mi (98.4/km2) | May 10, 1913 |
| Louann | Town | Ouachita | 153 | 164 | −6.7% | 0.238 | 0.62 | 642.9/sq mi (248.2/km2) | September 22, 1923 |
| Lowell | City (first class) | Benton | 9,839 | 7,327 | +34.3% | 9.614 | 24.90 | 1,023.4/sq mi (395.1/km2) | August 17, 1905 |
| Luxora | City (second class) | Mississippi | 942 | 1,178 | −20.0% | 0.851 | 2.20 | 1,106.9/sq mi (427.4/km2) | June 3, 1897 |
| Lynn | Town | Lawrence | 258 | 288 | −10.4% | 2.313 | 5.99 | 111.5/sq mi (43.1/km2) | August 6, 1963 |
| Madison | City (second class) | St. Francis | 759 | 769 | −1.3% | 2.484 | 6.43 | 305.6/sq mi (118.0/km2) | July 1, 1914 |
| Magazine | City (second class) | Logan | 740 | 847 | −12.6% | 1.816 | 4.70 | 407.5/sq mi (157.3/km2) | April 1, 1878 |
| Magness | Town | Independence | 220 | 202 | +8.9% | 0.614 | 1.59 | 358.3/sq mi (138.3/km2) | October 26, 1906 |
| Magnolia† | City (first class) | Columbia | 11,162 | 11,577 | −3.6% | 13.231 | 34.27 | 843.6/sq mi (325.7/km2) | January 6, 1855 |
| Malvern† | City (first class) | Hot Spring | 10,867 | 10,318 | +5.3% | 9.864 | 25.55 | 1,101.7/sq mi (425.4/km2) | July 22, 1876 |
| Mammoth Spring | City (second class) | Fulton | 929 | 977 | −4.9% | 1.292 | 3.35 | 719.0/sq mi (277.6/km2) | June 15, 1889 |
| Manila | City (first class) | Mississippi | 3,682 | 3,342 | +10.2% | 3.756 | 9.73 | 980.3/sq mi (378.5/km2) | July 3, 1901 |
| Mansfield | City (second class) | Sebastian Scott |
1,053 | 1,139 | −7.6% | 2.312 | 5.99 | 455.4/sq mi (175.9/km2) | August 29, 1888 |
| Marianna† | City (first class) | Lee | 3,575 | 4,115 | −13.1% | 3.614 | 9.36 | 989.2/sq mi (381.9/km2) | February 7, 1878 |
| Marie | Town | Mississippi | 108 | 84 | +28.6% | 0.147 | 0.38 | 734.7/sq mi (283.7/km2) | June 14, 1968 |
| Marion† | City (first class) | Crittenden | 13,752 | 12,345 | +11.4% | 20.043 | 51.91 | 686.1/sq mi (264.9/km2) | April 19, 1851; 1868; March 5, 1896[n] |
| Marked Tree | City (first class) | Poinsett | 2,286 | 2,566 | −10.9% | 5.772 | 14.95 | 396.0/sq mi (152.9/km2) | July 8, 1897 |
| Marmaduke | City (second class) | Greene | 1,212 | 1,111 | +9.1% | 1.398 | 3.62 | 867.0/sq mi (334.7/km2) | August 2, 1909 |
| Marshall† | City (second class) | Searcy | 1,329 | 1,355 | −1.9% | 4.073 | 10.55 | 326.3/sq mi (126.0/km2) | June 18, 1884 |
| Marvell | City (second class) | Phillips | 855 | 1,186 | −27.9% | 1.436 | 3.72 | 595.4/sq mi (229.9/km2) | October 19, 1876 |
| Maumelle | City (first class) | Pulaski | 19,251 | 17,163 | +12.2% | 12.069 | 31.26 | 1,595.1/sq mi (615.9/km2) | June 20, 1985 |
| Mayflower | City (second class) | Faulkner | 1,984 | 2,234 | −11.2% | 3.940 | 10.20 | 503.6/sq mi (194.4/km2) | March 6, 1928 |
| Maynard | Town | Randolph | 379 | 426 | −11.0% | 1.171 | 3.03 | 323.7/sq mi (125.0/km2) | October 17, 1895 |
| McCaskill | Town | Hempstead | 57 | 96 | −40.6% | 0.738 | 1.91 | 77.2/sq mi (29.8/km2) | September 20, 1920 |
| McCrory | City (second class) | Woodruff | 1,583 | 1,729 | −8.4% | 2.368 | 6.13 | 668.5/sq mi (258.1/km2) | March 24, 1890 |
| McDougal | Town | Clay | 134 | 186 | −28.0% | 0.371 | 0.96 | 361.2/sq mi (139.5/km2) | December 14, 1954 |
| McGehee | City (first class) | Desha | 3,849 | 4,219 | −8.8% | 6.656 | 17.24 | 578.3/sq mi (223.3/km2) | April 26, 1906 |
| McNab | Town | Hempstead | 30 | 68 | −55.9% | 0.343 | 0.89 | 87.5/sq mi (33.8/km2) | March 20, 1909 |
| McNeil | City (second class) | Columbia | 381 | 516 | −26.2% | 1.268 | 3.28 | 300.5/sq mi (116.0/km2) | February 12, 1884 |
| McRae | City (second class) | White | 616 | 682 | −9.7% | 0.673 | 1.74 | 915.3/sq mi (353.4/km2) | May 27, 1914 |
| Melbourne† | City (second class) | Izard | 1,830 | 1,848 | −1.0% | 6.977 | 18.07 | 262.3/sq mi (101.3/km2) | May 4, 1878 |
| Mena† | City (first class) | Polk | 5,589 | 5,737 | −2.6% | 6.889 | 17.84 | 811.3/sq mi (313.2/km2) | September 18, 1896 |
| Menifee | Town | Conway | 274 | 302 | −9.3% | 2.266 | 5.87 | 120.9/sq mi (46.7/km2) | March 17, 1966 |
| Midland | Town | Sebastian | 227 | 325 | −30.2% | 0.346 | 0.90 | 656.1/sq mi (253.3/km2) | May 14, 1904 |
| Midway | Town | Hot Spring | 377 | 389 | −3.1% | 3.521 | 9.12 | 107.1/sq mi (41.3/km2) | April 20, 2000 |
| Mineral Springs | City (second class) | Howard | 1,085 | 1,208 | −10.2% | 2.133 | 5.52 | 508.7/sq mi (196.4/km2) | June 4, 1879 |
| Minturn | Town | Lawrence | 87 | 109 | −20.2% | 0.569 | 1.47 | 152.9/sq mi (59.0/km2) | December 16, 1904 |
| Mitchellville | City (second class) | Desha | 293 | 360 | −18.6% | 0.120 | 0.31 | 2,441.7/sq mi (942.7/km2) | May 21, 1963 |
| Monette | City (second class) | Craighead | 1,506 | 1,501 | +0.3% | 5.657 | 14.65 | 266.2/sq mi (102.8/km2) | July 3, 1900 |
| Monticello† | City (first class) | Drew | 8,442 | 9,467 | −10.8% | 10.891 | 28.21 | 775.1/sq mi (299.3/km2) | December 20, 1852 |
| Montrose | City (second class) | Ashley | 243 | 354 | −31.4% | 0.379 | 0.98 | 641.2/sq mi (247.6/km2) | July 8, 1904 |
| Moorefield | Town | Independence | 126 | 137 | −8.0% | 1.131 | 2.93 | 111.4/sq mi (43.0/km2) | January 29, 1969 |
| Moro | Town | Lee | 177 | 216 | −18.1% | 0.965 | 2.50 | 183.4/sq mi (70.8/km2) | May 22, 1914 |
| Morrilton† | City (first class) | Conway | 6,992 | 6,767 | +3.3% | 8.828 | 22.86 | 792.0/sq mi (305.8/km2) | November 24, 1879 |
| Morrison Bluff | Town | Logan | 78 | 64 | +21.9% | 1.341 | 3.47 | 58.2/sq mi (22.5/km2) | January 16, 1912 |
| Mount Ida† | City (second class) | Montgomery | 996 | 1,076 | −7.4% | 1.569 | 4.06 | 634.8/sq mi (245.1/km2) | May 30, 1890 |
| Mount Pleasant | Town | Izard | 353 | 414 | −14.7% | 3.502 | 9.07 | 100.8/sq mi (38.9/km2) | November 1, 1963 |
| Mount Vernon | Town | Faulkner | 144 | 145 | −0.7% | 1.011 | 2.62 | 142.4/sq mi (55.0/km2) | July 1, 1878 |
| Mountain Home† | City (first class) | Baxter | 12,825 | 12,448 | +3.0% | 11.941 | 30.93 | 1,074.0/sq mi (414.7/km2) | April 16, 1888 |
| Mountain Pine | City (second class) | Garland | 585 | 770 | −24.0% | 1.661 | 4.30 | 352.2/sq mi (136.0/km2) | May 23, 1966 |
| Mountain View† | City (first class) | Stone | 2,877 | 2,748 | +4.7% | 7.296 | 18.90 | 394.3/sq mi (152.2/km2) | August 14, 1890 |
| Mountainburg | City (second class) | Crawford | 528 | 631 | −16.3% | 1.472 | 3.81 | 358.7/sq mi (138.5/km2) | August 3, 1882 |
| Mulberry | City (second class) | Crawford | 1,543 | 1,655 | −6.8% | 7.826 | 20.27 | 197.2/sq mi (76.1/km2) | November 8, 1880 |
| Murfreesboro† | City (second class) | Pike | 1,495 | 1,641 | −8.9% | 3.665 | 9.49 | 407.9/sq mi (157.5/km2) | April 19, 1878 |
| Nashville† | City (first class) | Howard | 4,153 | 4,627 | −10.2% | 5.471 | 14.17 | 759.1/sq mi (293.1/km2) | October 29, 1883 |
| Newark | City (second class) | Independence | 1,180 | 1,176 | +0.3% | 1.645 | 4.26 | 717.3/sq mi (277.0/km2) | April 12, 1889 |
| Newport† | City (first class) | Jackson | 8,005 | 7,879 | +1.6% | 13.551 | 35.10 | 590.7/sq mi (228.1/km2) | October 16, 1875 |
| Nimmons | Town | Clay | 69 | 69 | 0.0% | 0.250 | 0.65 | 276.0/sq mi (106.6/km2) | January 16, 1912 |
| Norfork | City (second class) | Baxter | 465 | 511 | −9.0% | 2.225 | 5.76 | 209.0/sq mi (80.7/km2) | November 25, 1910 |
| Norman | Town | Montgomery | 303 | 378 | −19.8% | 1.125 | 2.91 | 269.3/sq mi (104.0/km2) | February 14, 1910 |
| Norphlet | City (second class) | Union | 766 | 844 | −9.2% | 2.044 | 5.29 | 374.8/sq mi (144.7/km2) | July 27, 1923 |
| North Little Rock | City (first class) | Pulaski | 64,591 | 62,304 | +3.7% | 52.335 | 135.55 | 1,234.2/sq mi (476.5/km2) | July 17, 1901 |
| O'Kean | Town | Randolph | 192 | 194 | −1.0% | 1.020 | 2.64 | 188.2/sq mi (72.7/km2) | November 29, 1913 |
| Oak Grove | Town | Carroll | 386 | 369 | +4.6% | 2.885 | 7.47 | 133.8/sq mi (51.7/km2) | September 12, 1938 |
| Oak Grove Heights | City (second class) | Greene | 1,104 | 889 | +24.2% | 2.995 | 7.76 | 368.6/sq mi (142.3/km2) | January 29, 1979 |
| Oakhaven | Town | Hempstead | 65 | 63 | +3.2% | 0.046 | 0.12 | 1,413.0/sq mi (545.6/km2) | October 4, 1947 |
| Oden | Town | Montgomery | 180 | 232 | −22.4% | 0.814 | 2.11 | 221.1/sq mi (85.4/km2) | February 14, 1929 |
| Ogden | City (second class) | Little River | 131 | 180 | −27.2% | 0.384 | 0.99 | 341.1/sq mi (131.7/km2) | April 10, 1920 |
| Oil Trough | Town | Independence | 226 | 260 | −13.1% | 0.229 | 0.59 | 986.9/sq mi (381.0/km2) | July 22, 1959 |
| Okolona | Town | Clark | 97 | 147 | −34.0% | 0.793 | 2.05 | 122.3/sq mi (47.2/km2) | November 15, 1902 |
| Ola | City (second class) | Yell | 934 | 1,281 | −27.1% | 1.701 | 4.41 | 549.1/sq mi (212.0/km2) | March 20, 1900 |
| Omaha | Town | Boone | 128 | 169 | −24.3% | 0.390 | 1.01 | 328.2/sq mi (126.7/km2) | February 1, 1936 |
| Oppelo | City (second class) | Conway | 737 | 781 | −5.6% | 2.430 | 6.29 | 303.3/sq mi (117.1/km2) | January 24, 1966 |
| Osceola† | City (first class) | Mississippi | 6,976 | 7,757 | −10.1% | 9.419 | 24.40 | 740.6/sq mi (286.0/km2) | January 12, 1853 |
| Oxford | City (second class) | Izard | 573 | 670 | −14.5% | 6.545 | 16.95 | 87.5/sq mi (33.8/km2) | November 16, 1945 |
| Ozan | Town | Hempstead | 50 | 85 | −41.2% | 0.327 | 0.85 | 152.9/sq mi (59.0/km2) | July 25, 1888 |
| Ozark† | City (first class) | Franklin | 3,542 | 3,684 | −3.9% | 7.931 | 20.54 | 446.6/sq mi (172.4/km2) | December 17, 1850 |
| Palestine | City (second class) | St. Francis | 506 | 681 | −25.7% | 3.305 | 8.56 | 153.1/sq mi (59.1/km2) | April 23, 1889 |
| Pangburn | City (second class) | White | 500 | 601 | −16.8% | 0.545 | 1.41 | 917.4/sq mi (354.2/km2) | April 8, 1911 |
| Paragould† | City (first class) | Greene | 29,537 | 26,113 | +13.1% | 31.857 | 82.51 | 927.2/sq mi (358.0/km2) | March 21, 1883 |
| Paris† | City (first class) | Logan | 3,176 | 3,532 | −10.1% | 4.568 | 11.83 | 695.3/sq mi (268.4/km2) | February 19, 1879 |
| Parkdale | City (second class) | Ashley | 172 | 277 | −37.9% | 1.020 | 2.64 | 168.6/sq mi (65.1/km2) | January 4, 1902 |
| Parkin | City (second class) | Cross | 794 | 1,105 | −28.1% | 2.558 | 6.63 | 310.4/sq mi (119.8/km2) | May 10, 1912 |
| Patmos | Town | Hempstead | 57 | 64 | −10.9% | 0.111 | 0.29 | 513.5/sq mi (198.3/km2) | September 27, 1906 |
| Patterson | City (second class) | Woodruff | 310 | 452 | −31.4% | 1.130 | 2.93 | 274.3/sq mi (105.9/km2) | [o] |
| Pea Ridge | City (first class) | Benton | 6,559 | 4,794 | +36.8% | 7.337 | 19.00 | 894.0/sq mi (345.2/km2) | November 7, 1935 |
| Peach Orchard | City (second class) | Clay | 105 | 135 | −22.2% | 1.030 | 2.67 | 101.9/sq mi (39.4/km2) | July 3, 1910 |
| Perla | Town | Hot Spring | 257 | 241 | +6.6% | 0.963 | 2.49 | 266.9/sq mi (103.0/km2) | September 23, 1960 |
| Perry | Town | Perry | 262 | 270 | −3.0% | 0.702 | 1.82 | 373.2/sq mi (144.1/km2) | February 20, 1914 |
| Perrytown | Town | Hempstead | 232 | 272 | −14.7% | 1.394 | 3.61 | 166.4/sq mi (64.3/km2) | October 14, 1963 |
| Perryville† | City (second class) | Perry | 1,373 | 1,460 | −6.0% | 4.268 | 11.05 | 321.7/sq mi (124.2/km2) | December 18, 1878 |
| Piggott† | City (first class) | Clay | 3,622 | 3,849 | −5.9% | 5.363 | 13.89 | 675.4/sq mi (260.8/km2) | September 3, 1891 |
| Pindall | Town | Searcy | 95 | 112 | −15.2% | 2.871 | 7.44 | 33.1/sq mi (12.8/km2) | December 14, 1912 |
| Pine Bluff† | City (first class) | Jefferson | 41,253 | 49,083 | −16.0% | 44.182 | 114.43 | 933.7/sq mi (360.5/km2) | January 10, 1839 |
| Pineville | Town | Izard | 154 | 238 | −35.3% | 1.807 | 4.68 | 85.2/sq mi (32.9/km2) | October 11, 1973 |
| Plainview | City (second class) | Yell | 467 | 608 | −23.2% | 1.457 | 3.77 | 320.5/sq mi (123.8/km2) | August 28, 1907 |
| Pleasant Plains | Town | Independence | 352 | 349 | +0.9% | 1.023 | 2.65 | 344.1/sq mi (132.9/km2) | May 25, 1907 |
| Plumerville | City (second class) | Conway | 734 | 826 | −11.1% | 1.029 | 2.67 | 713.3/sq mi (275.4/km2) | November 25, 1880 |
| Pocahontas† | City (first class) | Randolph | 7,371 | 6,608 | +11.5% | 7.551 | 19.56 | 976.2/sq mi (376.9/km2) | January 15, 1857 |
| Pollard | City (second class) | Clay | 193 | 222 | −13.1% | 0.297 | 0.77 | 649.8/sq mi (250.9/km2) | October 15, 1921 |
| Portia | Town | Lawrence | 424 | 437 | −3.0% | 1.292 | 3.35 | 328.2/sq mi (126.7/km2) | May 19, 1886 |
| Portland | City (second class) | Ashley | 325 | 430 | −24.4% | 1.071 | 2.77 | 303.5/sq mi (117.2/km2) | October 18, 1893 |
| Pottsville | City (first class) | Pope | 3,140 | 2,838 | +10.6% | 13.532 | 35.05 | 232.0/sq mi (89.6/km2) | May 7, 1897 |
| Powhatan | Town | Lawrence | 104 | 72 | +44.4% | 0.547 | 1.42 | 190.1/sq mi (73.4/km2) | January 12, 1853 |
| Poyen | Town | Grant | 263 | 290 | −9.3% | 0.306 | 0.79 | 859.5/sq mi (331.8/km2) | September 10, 1954 |
| Prairie Grove | City (first class) | Washington | 7,045 | 4,380 | +60.8% | 9.281 | 24.04 | 759.1/sq mi (293.1/km2) | July 25, 1888 |
| Prattsville | Town | Grant | 289 | 305 | −5.2% | 1.617 | 4.19 | 178.7/sq mi (69.0/km2) | September 10, 1962 |
| Prescott† | City (first class) | Nevada | 3,101 | 3,296 | −5.9% | 6.455 | 16.72 | 480.4/sq mi (185.5/km2) | October 6, 1874 |
| Pyatt | Town | Marion | 181 | 221 | −18.1% | 1.256 | 3.25 | 144.1/sq mi (55.6/km2) | June 11, 1929 |
| Quitman | City (second class) | Cleburne Faulkner |
694 | 762 | −8.9% | 1.895 | 4.91 | 366.2/sq mi (141.4/km2) | May 25, 1881 |
| Ratcliff | City (second class) | Logan | 167 | 202 | −17.3% | 1.814 | 4.70 | 92.1/sq mi (35.5/km2) | August 2, 1907 |
| Ravenden | Town | Lawrence | 426 | 470 | −9.4% | 2.111 | 5.47 | 201.8/sq mi (77.9/km2) | November 15, 1901 |
| Ravenden Springs | Town | Randolph | 119 | 118 | +0.8% | 1.165 | 3.02 | 102.1/sq mi (39.4/km2) | August 18, 1881 |
| Rector | City (second class) | Clay | 1,862 | 1,977 | −5.8% | 1.363 | 3.53 | 1,366.1/sq mi (527.5/km2) | September 13, 1887 |
| Redfield | City (second class) | Jefferson | 1,505 | 1,297 | +16.0% | 3.094 | 8.01 | 486.4/sq mi (187.8/km2) | October 18, 1898 |
| Reed | Town | Desha | 130 | 141 | −7.8% | 0.203 | 0.53 | 640.4/sq mi (247.3/km2) | August 3, 1961 |
| Reyno | City (second class) | Randolph | 391 | 456 | −14.3% | 1.010 | 2.62 | 387.1/sq mi (149.5/km2) | October 18, 1886 |
| Rison† | City (second class) | Cleveland | 967 | 1,344 | −28.1% | 3.275 | 8.48 | 295.3/sq mi (114.0/km2) | August 26, 1890 |
| Rockport | City (second class) | Hot Spring | 676 | 755 | −10.5% | 3.155 | 8.17 | 214.3/sq mi (82.7/km2) | January 2, 1851 |
| Roe | Town | Monroe | 68 | 114 | −40.4% | 0.179 | 0.46 | 379.9/sq mi (146.7/km2) | February 16, 1968 |
| Rogers | City (first class) | Benton | 69,908 | 55,964 | +24.9% | 38.894 | 100.73 | 1,797.4/sq mi (694.0/km2) | June 6, 1881 |
| Rondo | Town | Lee | 163 | 198 | −17.7% | 1.008 | 2.61 | 161.7/sq mi (62.4/km2) | June 19, 1918 |
| Rose Bud | Town | White | 494 | 482 | +2.5% | 6.039 | 15.64 | 81.8/sq mi (31.6/km2) | June 27, 1969 |
| Rosston | Town | Nevada | 272 | 261 | +4.2% | 4.421 | 11.45 | 61.5/sq mi (23.8/km2) | September 3, 1970 |
| Rudy | Town | Crawford | 130 | 61 | +113.1% | 1.587 | 4.11 | 81.9/sq mi (31.6/km2) | February 17, 1937 |
| Russell | Town | White | 184 | 216 | −14.8% | 0.208 | 0.54 | 884.6/sq mi (341.6/km2) | October 10, 1892 |
| Russellville† | City (first class) | Pope | 28,940 | 27,920 | +3.7% | 28.302 | 73.30 | 1,022.5/sq mi (394.8/km2) | June 7, 1870 |
| Salem† | City (second class) | Fulton | 1,566 | 1,635 | −4.2% | 2.412 | 6.25 | 649.3/sq mi (250.7/km2) | July 21, 1900; November 15, 1927[p] |
| Salesville | City (second class) | Baxter | 473 | 450 | +5.1% | 4.515 | 11.69 | 104.8/sq mi (40.4/km2) | January 25, 1968 |
| Scranton | City (second class) | Logan | 245 | 224 | +9.4% | 0.506 | 1.31 | 484.2/sq mi (186.9/km2) | November 21, 1910 |
| Searcy† | City (first class) | White | 22,937 | 22,858 | +0.3% | 18.317 | 47.44 | 1,252.2/sq mi (483.5/km2) | August 6, 1851 |
| Sedgwick | Town | Lawrence | 163 | 152 | +7.2% | 0.519 | 1.34 | 314.1/sq mi (121.3/km2) | February 3, 1894 |
| Shannon Hills | City (first class) | Saline | 4,490 | 3,143 | +42.9% | 2.639 | 6.83 | 1,701.4/sq mi (656.9/km2) | August 25, 1977 |
| Sheridan† | City (first class) | Grant | 4,920 | 4,603 | +6.9% | 12.032 | 31.16 | 408.9/sq mi (157.9/km2) | August 26, 1887 |
| Sherrill | Town | Jefferson | 53 | 84 | −36.9% | 0.132 | 0.34 | 401.5/sq mi (155.0/km2) | May 25, 1935 |
| Sherwood | City (first class) | Pulaski | 32,731 | 29,523 | +10.9% | 20.744 | 53.73 | 1,577.9/sq mi (609.2/km2) | April 22, 1948 |
| Shirley | Town | Van Buren | 248 | 291 | −14.8% | 2.407 | 6.23 | 103.0/sq mi (39.8/km2) | November 18, 1911 |
| Sidney | Town | Sharp | 192 | 181 | +6.1% | 2.086 | 5.40 | 92.0/sq mi (35.5/km2) | May 11, 1935 |
| Siloam Springs | City (first class) | Benton | 17,287 | 15,039 | +14.9% | 11.504 | 29.80 | 1,502.7/sq mi (580.2/km2) | December 22, 1881 |
| Smackover | City (second class) | Union | 1,630 | 1,865 | −12.6% | 4.349 | 11.26 | 374.8/sq mi (144.7/km2) | November 3, 1922 |
| Smithville | Town | Lawrence | 87 | 78 | +11.5% | 0.666 | 1.72 | 130.6/sq mi (50.4/km2) | January 10, 1851 |
| South Lead Hill | Town | Boone | 86 | 102 | −15.7% | 0.164 | 0.42 | 524.4/sq mi (202.5/km2) | May 25, 1970 |
| Southside | City (second class) | Independence | 4,279 | 102 | +4,095.1% | 9.855 | 25.52 | 434.2/sq mi (167.6/km2) | October 24, 2014 |
| Sparkman | City (second class) | Dallas | 355 | 427 | −16.9% | 1.291 | 3.34 | 275.0/sq mi (106.2/km2) | January 15, 1915 |
| Springdale | City (first class) | Washington Benton |
84,161 | 69,797 | +20.6% | 47.016 | 121.77 | 1,790.1/sq mi (691.1/km2) | April 1, 1878 |
| Springtown | Town | Benton | 83 | 87 | −4.6% | 0.541 | 1.40 | 153.4/sq mi (59.2/km2) | June 7, 1909 |
| St. Charles | Town | Arkansas | 207 | 230 | −10.0% | 0.887 | 2.30 | 233.4/sq mi (90.1/km2) | April 27, 1880 |
| St. Francis | City (second class) | Clay | 218 | 250 | −12.8% | 0.355 | 0.92 | 614.1/sq mi (237.1/km2) | August 4, 1888 |
| St. Joe | Town | Searcy | 129 | 132 | −2.3% | 1.242 | 3.22 | 103.9/sq mi (40.1/km2) | July 11, 1904 |
| St. Paul | Town | Madison | 111 | 113 | −1.8% | 0.454 | 1.18 | 244.5/sq mi (94.4/km2) | May 30, 1891 |
| Stamps | City (second class) | Lafayette | 1,258 | 1,693 | −25.7% | 3.052 | 7.90 | 412.2/sq mi (159.1/km2) | April 11, 1898 |
| Star City† | City (second class) | Lincoln | 2,173 | 2,274 | −4.4% | 4.797 | 12.42 | 453.0/sq mi (174.9/km2) | July 3, 1876 |
| Stephens | City (second class) | Ouachita | 770 | 891 | −13.6% | 2.756 | 7.14 | 279.4/sq mi (107.9/km2) | February 25, 1889 |
| Strawberry | Town | Lawrence | 268 | 302 | −11.3% | 2.343 | 6.07 | 114.4/sq mi (44.2/km2) | March 5, 1965 |
| Strong | City (second class) | Union | 410 | 558 | −26.5% | 1.597 | 4.14 | 256.7/sq mi (99.1/km2) | September 7, 1903 |
| Stuttgart† | City (first class) | Arkansas | 8,264 | 9,326 | −11.4% | 7.413 | 19.20 | 1,114.8/sq mi (430.4/km2) | April 19, 1889 |
| Subiaco | Town | Logan | 401 | 572 | −29.9% | 1.892 | 4.90 | 211.9/sq mi (81.8/km2) | June 3, 1912 |
| Success | Town | Clay | 98 | 149 | −34.2% | 0.223 | 0.58 | 439.5/sq mi (169.7/km2) | December 18, 1903 |
| Sulphur Rock | Town | Independence | 609 | 456 | +33.6% | 1.250 | 3.24 | 487.2/sq mi (188.1/km2) | August 20, 1887 |
| Sulphur Springs | City (second class) | Benton | 481 | 511 | −5.9% | 1.011 | 2.62 | 475.8/sq mi (183.7/km2) | August 26, 1890 |
| Summit | City (second class) | Marion | 544 | 604 | −9.9% | 1.206 | 3.12 | 451.1/sq mi (174.2/km2) | June 2, 1917 |
| Sunset | Town | Crittenden | 184 | 198 | −7.1% | 0.263 | 0.68 | 699.6/sq mi (270.1/km2) | February 4, 1970 |
| Swifton | City (second class) | Jackson | 733 | 798 | −8.1% | 0.549 | 1.42 | 1,335.2/sq mi (515.5/km2) | April 26, 1890 |
| Taylor | City (second class) | Columbia | 579 | 566 | +2.3% | 0.993 | 2.57 | 583.1/sq mi (225.1/km2) | May 10, 1913 |
| Texarkana† | City (first class) | Miller | 29,387 | 29,919 | −1.8% | 41.978 | 108.72 | 700.1/sq mi (270.3/km2) | August 10, 1880 |
| Thornton | City (second class) | Calhoun | 339 | 407 | −16.7% | 1.924 | 4.98 | 176.2/sq mi (68.0/km2) | December 13, 1890 |
| Tillar | City (second class) | Drew Desha |
172 | 225 | −23.6% | 0.785 | 2.03 | 219.1/sq mi (84.6/km2) | September 11, 1907 |
| Tinsman | Town | Calhoun | 50 | 54 | −7.4% | 0.530 | 1.37 | 94.3/sq mi (36.4/km2) | October 11, 1909 |
| Tollette | Town | Howard | 185 | 240 | −22.9% | 0.963 | 2.49 | 192.1/sq mi (74.2/km2) | July 27, 1972 |
| Tontitown | City (second class) | Washington | 4,301 | 2,460 | +74.8% | 17.911 | 46.39 | 240.1/sq mi (92.7/km2) | November 10, 1909 |
| Traskwood | City (second class) | Saline | 495 | 518 | −4.4% | 5.630 | 14.58 | 87.9/sq mi (33.9/km2) | November 20, 1900 |
| Trumann | City (first class) | Poinsett | 7,399 | 7,243 | +2.2% | 5.802 | 15.03 | 1,275.2/sq mi (492.4/km2) | November 16, 1917 |
| Tuckerman | City (second class) | Jackson | 1,707 | 1,862 | −8.3% | 2.676 | 6.93 | 637.9/sq mi (246.3/km2) | November 18, 1891 |
| Tull | Town | Grant | 484 | 448 | +8.0% | 4.032 | 10.44 | 120.0/sq mi (46.3/km2) | September 2, 1966 |
| Tupelo | Town | Jackson | 70 | 180 | −61.1% | 0.278 | 0.72 | 251.8/sq mi (97.2/km2) | December 22, 1904 |
| Turrell | City (second class) | Crittenden | 517 | 615 | −15.9% | 5.346 | 13.85 | 96.7/sq mi (37.3/km2) | November 12, 1926 |
| Twin Groves | Town | Faulkner | 317 | 335 | −5.4% | 4.605 | 11.93 | 68.8/sq mi (26.6/km2) | December 20, 1991 |
| Tyronza | City (second class) | Poinsett | 716 | 762 | −6.0% | 1.555 | 4.03 | 460.5/sq mi (177.8/km2) | May 17, 1926 |
| Ulm | Town | Prairie | 175 | 170 | +2.9% | 0.261 | 0.68 | 670.5/sq mi (258.9/km2) | February 12, 1909 |
| Valley Springs | Town | Boone | 183 | 183 | 0.0% | 0.514 | 1.33 | 356.0/sq mi (137.5/km2) | August 5, 1929 |
| Van Buren† | City (first class) | Crawford | 23,218 | 22,791 | +1.9% | 15.410 | 39.91 | 1,506.7/sq mi (581.7/km2) | January 4, 1845 |
| Vandervoort | Town | Polk | 115 | 87 | +32.2% | 0.288 | 0.75 | 399.3/sq mi (154.2/km2) | 1896 |
| Victoria | Town | Mississippi | 20 | 37 | −45.9% | 0.316 | 0.82 | 63.3/sq mi (24.4/km2) | February 24, 1966 |
| Vilonia | City (first class) | Faulkner | 4,288 | 3,815 | +12.4% | 7.973 | 20.65 | 537.8/sq mi (207.7/km2) | August 23, 1938 |
| Viola | Town | Fulton | 358 | 337 | +6.2% | 1.571 | 4.07 | 227.9/sq mi (88.0/km2) | July 6, 1941 |
| Wabbaseka | Town | Jefferson | 180 | 255 | −29.4% | 0.344 | 0.89 | 523.3/sq mi (202.0/km2) | April 12, 1920 |
| Waldenburg | Town | Poinsett | 53 | 61 | −13.1% | 0.136 | 0.35 | 389.7/sq mi (150.5/km2) | August 15, 1958 |
| Waldo | City (second class) | Columbia | 1,151 | 1,372 | −16.1% | 2.194 | 5.68 | 524.6/sq mi (202.6/km2) | August 13, 1888 |
| Waldron† | City (first class) | Scott | 3,386 | 3,618 | −6.4% | 5.634 | 14.59 | 601.0/sq mi (232.0/km2) | December 17, 1852 |
| Walnut Ridge† | City (first class) | Lawrence | 5,384 | 4,890 | +10.1% | 16.620 | 43.05 | 323.9/sq mi (125.1/km2) | October 29, 1880 |
| Ward | City (first class) | Lonoke | 6,052 | 4,067 | +48.8% | 4.304 | 11.15 | 1,406.1/sq mi (542.9/km2) | June 14, 1923 |
| Warren† | City (first class) | Bradley | 5,453 | 6,003 | −9.2% | 7.035 | 18.22 | 775.1/sq mi (299.3/km2) | December 26, 1850 |
| Washington | City (second class) | Hempstead | 94 | 180 | −47.8% | 1.007 | 2.61 | 93.3/sq mi (36.0/km2) | December 9, 1880 |
| Watson | City (second class) | Desha | 185 | 211 | −12.3% | 0.200 | 0.52 | 925.0/sq mi (357.1/km2) | December 2, 1907 |
| Weiner | City (second class) | Poinsett | 647 | 716 | −9.6% | 1.364 | 3.53 | 474.3/sq mi (183.1/km2) | December 2, 1907 |
| Weldon | Town | Jackson | 57 | 75 | −24.0% | 0.244 | 0.63 | 233.6/sq mi (90.2/km2) | November 30, 1961 |
| West Fork | City (second class) | Washington | 2,331 | 2,317 | +0.6% | 3.666 | 9.49 | 635.8/sq mi (245.5/km2) | May 18, 1885 |
| West Memphis | City (first class) | Crittenden | 24,520 | 26,245 | −6.6% | 28.842 | 74.70 | 850.1/sq mi (328.2/km2) | May 7, 1927 |
| West Point | Town | White | 170 | 185 | −8.1% | 0.430 | 1.11 | 395.3/sq mi (152.6/km2) | February 21, 1859 |
| Western Grove | Town | Newton | 354 | 384 | −7.8% | 1.077 | 2.79 | 328.7/sq mi (126.9/km2) | May 20, 1929 |
| Wheatley | Town | St. Francis | 279 | 355 | −21.4% | 3.071 | 7.95 | 90.8/sq mi (35.1/km2) | October 19, 1907 |
| Whelen Springs | Town | Clark | 47 | 92 | −48.9% | 0.234 | 0.61 | 200.9/sq mi (77.6/km2) | September 12, 1916 |
| White Hall | City (first class) | Jefferson | 5,581 | 5,526 | +1.0% | 7.064 | 18.30 | 790.1/sq mi (305.0/km2) | July 27, 1964 |
| Wickes | Town | Polk | 637 | 754 | −15.5% | 2.323 | 6.02 | 274.2/sq mi (105.9/km2) | December 14, 1944 |
| Widener | Town | St. Francis | 212 | 273 | −22.3% | 0.545 | 1.41 | 389.0/sq mi (150.2/km2) | July 17, 1909 |
| Wiederkehr Village | City (second class) | Franklin | 50 | 38 | +31.6% | 4.240 | 10.98 | 11.8/sq mi (4.6/km2) | September 15, 1975 |
| Williford | Town | Sharp | 79 | 75 | +5.3% | 0.349 | 0.90 | 226.4/sq mi (87.4/km2) | December 8, 1914 |
| Willisville | Town | Nevada | 148 | 152 | −2.6% | 1.597 | 4.14 | 92.7/sq mi (35.8/km2) | July 6, 1971 |
| Wilmar | City (second class) | Drew | 395 | 511 | −22.7% | 1.535 | 3.98 | 257.3/sq mi (99.4/km2) | March 8, 1899 |
| Wilmot | City (second class) | Ashley | 416 | 550 | −24.4% | 1.769 | 4.58 | 235.2/sq mi (90.8/km2) | May 3, 1898 |
| Wilson | City (second class) | Mississippi | 766 | 903 | −15.2% | 1.047 | 2.71 | 731.6/sq mi (282.5/km2) | March 19, 1959 |
| Wilton | City (second class) | Little River | 287 | 374 | −23.3% | 1.279 | 3.31 | 224.4/sq mi (86.6/km2) | February 8, 1894 |
| Winchester | Town | Drew | 137 | 167 | −18.0% | 0.497 | 1.29 | 275.7/sq mi (106.4/km2) | May 21, 1912 |
| Winslow | City (second class) | Washington | 365 | 391 | −6.6% | 1.822 | 4.72 | 200.3/sq mi (77.3/km2) | February 27, 1905 |
| Winthrop | City (second class) | Little River | 116 | 192 | −39.6% | 1.040 | 2.69 | 111.5/sq mi (43.1/km2) | May 12, 1912 |
| Wooster | City (second class) | Faulkner | 1,042 | 860 | +21.2% | 2.871 | 7.44 | 362.9/sq mi (140.1/km2) | April 28, 1958 |
| Wrightsville | City (second class) | Pulaski | 1,542 | 2,114 | −27.1% | 2.116 | 5.48 | 728.7/sq mi (281.4/km2) | January 3, 1973 |
| Wynne† | City (first class) | Cross | 8,314 | 8,367 | −0.6% | 8.994 | 23.29 | 924.4/sq mi (356.9/km2) | May 29, 1888 |
| Yellville† | City (second class) | Marion | 1,178 | 1,204 | −2.2% | 2.482 | 6.43 | 474.6/sq mi (183.3/km2) | January 3, 1855 |
| Zinc | Town | Boone | 92 | 103 | −10.7% | 0.751 | 1.95 | 122.5/sq mi (47.3/km2) | March 10, 1904 |
| Total municipalities | — | — | 2,002,869 | 1,878,493 | +6.6% | 2,494.407 | 6,460.48 | 802.9/sq mi (310.0/km2) | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | 3,011,500 | 2,915,879 | +3.3% | 52,023.7 | 134,741 | 57.9/sq mi (22.4/km2) | — |
See also
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Notes
edit- ^ a b Bethel Heights was annexed by Springdale in 2020.[17]
- ^ Holiday Island incorporated on December 3, 2020.[2]
- ^ On October 14, 2021, the Jerome City Council elected to surrender the town's charter and officially declared Jerome inactive and no longer in existence.[3]
- ^ Some counties possess two county seats. This is due to past difficulties in travelling.[11]
- ^ Beaver lost its incorporation, but reincorporated on November 28, 1980.[16]
- ^ Sources give conflicting dates for Blytheville's incorporation: May 1891, January 1892, and May 1889.[18]
- ^ In 1981 Cedarville was unincorporated due to a petition from a local citizen, but was reincorporated in 1998 from another petition from a group of local citizens.[19]
- ^ The Fulton County portion of Cherokee Village was incorporated in January 1998 as Cherokee Village West; the portion in Sharp County joined in April 1998 and the unified city was renamed Cherokee Village.[20]
- ^ Clarendon's original charter from 1859 was dissolved in 1884, but was reincorporated in 1898.[21]
- ^ Local records of Clinton's 1851 incorporation were lost, and the community reincorporated on August 15, 1879.[22]
- ^ The incorporation date for Corinth is unknown.[14]
- ^ The incorporation date for Hector is unknown.[14]
- ^ Helena and West Helena merged on January 1, 2006.[23]
- ^ Marion originally incorporated April 19, 1851, but the Civil War caused the dissolution of the municipality and it had to be reincorporated in 1868 and again on March 5, 1896.[24]
- ^ The incorporation date for Patterson is unknown.[14]
- ^ Salem originally incorporated July 21, 1900, but there was a period when the city did not have a governing body, and thus was reincorporated with an elected mayor and councilmen on November 15, 1927.[25]
References
edit- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Holiday Island – Arkansas Municipal League". local.arkansas.gov. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Petition and order revoking charter of the town of Jerome, Arkansas, 2021 October 14". Arkansas Digital Archives. October 14, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "Arkansas: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. 18. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
- ^ a b 2020 Arkansas Code Title 14 - Local Government (Title 14). Arkansas General Assembly. 2020.
- ^ a b c "Guidebook for Municipal Officials of Mayor/Council Cities" (PDF). North Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Municipal League. May 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ "Geographic Areas Reference Manual". Census.gov. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ "Major Differences Between Classes of Arkansas Municipalities" (PDF). Arkansas Municipal League. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Local Government Portal". local.arkansas.gov. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ "Domestic Names". www.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ Crockett, John W. (1905). Biennial report of the Secretary of State for the years 1903–1904. Little Rock: Tunnah & Pittard. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- ^ "Beaver (Carroll County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ Joenks, Laurinda (August 15, 2020). "Springdale, Bethel Heights city officials working well together". Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ Keffer, Rigel (April 13, 2022). "Blytheville (Mississippi County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System (CALS). Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ "Cedarville (Crawford County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Cherokee Village". Arkansas Municipal League. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ "Clarendon (Monroe County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Clinton (Van Buren County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Helena-West Helena (Phillips County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
- ^ "Marion (Crittenden County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Salem (Fulton County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved July 14, 2022.