Arkansas · Census place 0502590
Atkins, Arkansas
Atkins is a city in Pope County, Arkansas with an estimated 2,878 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 103rd largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,878
- #103 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- +0.7%
- +20 people
- Land area
- 6.1 sq mi
- Density
- 469 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Atkins population, 2020 to 2024
Atkins added 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Atkins covers 6.13 square miles of land, for 469 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Atkins is less dense than the typical town.
What county Atkins is in
All of Atkins's residents live in Pope County, which had 64,829 residents in 2024. Atkins holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Atkins
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Atkins by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72823. 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 Atkins is
The Census internal point of Atkins is at 35.240900, -92.949600. Little Rock, the capital, is 50.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pottsville, AR (3,301 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 48.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.240900, -92.949600
- DMS
- 35°14'27.24"N 92°56'58.56"W
- UTM
- 15N 504585.6E 3899759.7N
- Geohash
- 9ymbkzkjj
- Plus code
- 867963R2+95
Daylight in Atkins
At 35.24° N, Atkins gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Atkins
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Pottsville, 6.3 miles away, with 3,301 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Atkins, AR?
2,878 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 20 (0.7%) from 2,858 in July 2020.
What county is Atkins in?
Pope County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Atkins?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72823.
How far is Atkins from Little Rock?
50.6 miles (81.5 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Atkins.
What is the nearest larger city to Atkins?
Pottsville, AR, with 3,301 residents, 6.3 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.
- 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.