Arkansas · Census place 0500580

Alexander, Arkansas

Alexander is a city in 2 counties of Arkansas with an estimated 3,792 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 85th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,792
#85 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+10.8%
+370 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
1,678 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Alexander. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Little Rock.

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Alexander population, 2020 to 2024

Alexander added 370 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.8%. In the latest year it moved by +50.

3,42220203,60920213,66520223,74220233,7922024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,383. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Alexander covers 2.26 square miles of land, for 1,678 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Alexander is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Alexander spans

Alexander crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 3,792 residents as follows; Saline County holds 93.8% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Saline County3,556
  2. 02Pulaski County236
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Alexander

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Alexander by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72002. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Alexander is

The Census internal point of Alexander is at 34.618600, -92.451200. Little Rock, the capital, is 12.8 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bryant, AR (22,271 people), 2.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 9.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.618600, -92.451200
DMS
34°37'6.96"N 92°27'4.32"W
UTM
15N 550310.4E 3830885.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
8669JG9X+CG

Daylight in Alexander

At 34.62° N, Alexander gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Alexander

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Bryant, 2.3 miles away, with 22,271 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Alexander, AR?

3,792 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 370 (10.8%) from 3,422 in July 2020.

What county is Alexander in?

It spans 2 counties: Saline County (3,556 residents), Pulaski County (236 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Alexander?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72002.

How far is Alexander from Little Rock?

12.8 miles (20.6 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Alexander.

What is the nearest larger city to Alexander?

Bryant, AR, with 22,271 residents, 2.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.