Arkansas · Census place 0502380

Ashdown, Arkansas

Ashdown is a city in Little River County, Arkansas with an estimated 4,088 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 79th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,088
#79 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
-3.6%
-153 people
Land area
7.1 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
573 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Ashdown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Ashdown population, 2020 to 2024

Ashdown lost 153 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -49.

4,24120204,19320214,14620224,13720234,0882024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,259. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ashdown covers 7.14 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 573 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Ashdown is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ashdown is in

All of Ashdown's residents live in Little River County, which had 11,626 residents in 2024. Ashdown holds 35.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ashdown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ashdown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71822. 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 Ashdown is

The Census internal point of Ashdown is at 33.674500, -94.126600. Little Rock, the capital, is 128.5 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Nash, TX (4,208 people), 15.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 85.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.674500, -94.126600
DMS
33°40'28.20"N 94°07'35.76"W
UTM
15N 395563.2E 3726635.5N
Geohash
9vvpd4705
Plus code
8657MVFF+R9

Daylight in Ashdown

At 33.67° N, Ashdown gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ashdown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Texarkana, 18.3 miles away, with 28,897 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ashdown, AR?

4,088 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 153 (3.6%) from 4,241 in July 2020.

What county is Ashdown in?

Little River County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Ashdown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 71822.

How far is Ashdown from Little Rock?

128.5 miles (206.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Ashdown.

What is the nearest larger city to Ashdown?

Nash, TX, with 4,208 residents, 15.7 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.