Arkansas · Census place 0501870
Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Arkadelphia is a city in Clark County, Arkansas with an estimated 9,894 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 40th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 9,894
- #40 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- -4.5%
- -465 people
- Land area
- 7.7 sq mi
- Density
- 1,280 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Arkadelphia population, 2020 to 2024
Arkadelphia lost 465 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.5%. In the latest year it moved by +5. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 57th; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Arkadelphia is 87% of it.
Arkadelphia covers 7.73 square miles of land, for 1,280 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Arkadelphia is denser than the typical town.
What county Arkadelphia is in
All of Arkadelphia's residents live in Clark County, which had 20,920 residents in 2024. Arkadelphia holds 47.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Arkadelphia
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Arkadelphia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71923, 71998, 71999. 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 Arkadelphia is
The Census internal point of Arkadelphia is at 34.127400, -93.070900. Little Rock, the capital, is 61.8 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Malvern, AR (11,082 people), 22.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 57.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.127400, -93.070900
- DMS
- 34°07'38.64"N 93°04'15.24"W
- UTM
- 15N 493462.3E 3776284.3N
- Geohash
- 9yjf4heyd
- Plus code
- 86684WGH+XJ
Daylight in Arkadelphia
At 34.13° N, Arkadelphia gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Arkadelphia
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Gurdon, 15.4 miles away, with 1,824 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Arkadelphia, AR?
9,894 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 465 (4.5%) from 10,359 in July 2020.
What county is Arkadelphia in?
Clark County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Arkadelphia?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 71923, 71998, 71999.
How far is Arkadelphia from Little Rock?
61.8 miles (99.4 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Arkadelphia.
What is the nearest larger city to Arkadelphia?
Malvern, AR, with 11,082 residents, 22.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.