Arkansas · Census place 0502470

Ash Flat, Arkansas

Ash Flat is a city in 2 counties of Arkansas with an estimated 1,172 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 173rd largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,172
#173 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+2.9%
+33 people
Land area
6.4 sq mi
Density
184 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Ash Flat. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Ash Flat population, 2020 to 2024

Ash Flat added 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +13.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,137. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ash Flat covers 6.37 square miles of land, for 184 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Ash Flat is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Ash Flat spans

Ash Flat crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,172 residents as follows; Sharp County holds 91.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Sharp County1,068
  2. 02Fulton County104
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Ash Flat

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ash Flat by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72513. 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 Ash Flat is

The Census internal point of Ash Flat is at 36.236600, -91.606500. Little Rock, the capital, is 109.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cherokee Village, AR (4,979 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 112.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.236600, -91.606500
DMS
36°14'11.76"N 91°36'23.40"W
UTM
15N 625220.4E 4011091.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
868C69PV+JC

Daylight in Ash Flat

At 36.24° N, Ash Flat gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ash Flat

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Cherokee Village, 4.3 miles away, with 4,979 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ash Flat, AR?

1,172 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 33 (2.9%) from 1,139 in July 2020.

What county is Ash Flat in?

It spans 2 counties: Sharp County (1,068 residents), Fulton County (104 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Ash Flat?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72513.

How far is Ash Flat from Little Rock?

109.8 miles (176.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Ash Flat.

What is the nearest larger city to Ash Flat?

Cherokee Village, AR, with 4,979 residents, 4.3 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.