Arkansas · Census place 0502740
Augusta, Arkansas
Augusta is a city in Woodruff County, Arkansas with an estimated 1,848 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 141st largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,848
- #141 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- -7.1%
- -141 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 893 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Augusta population, 2020 to 2024
Augusta lost 141 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -7.1%. In the latest year it moved by -44.
Augusta covers 2.07 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 893 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Augusta is less dense than the typical town.
What county Augusta is in
All of Augusta's residents live in Woodruff County, which had 5,808 residents in 2024. Augusta holds 31.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Augusta
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Augusta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72006. 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 Augusta is
The Census internal point of Augusta is at 35.286600, -91.360900. Little Rock, the capital, is 64.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bald Knob, AR (2,533 people), 12.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 68.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.286600, -91.360900
- DMS
- 35°17'11.76"N 91°21'39.24"W
- UTM
- 15N 649054.0E 3906058.5N
- Geohash
- 9yr09p9p2
- Plus code
- 867C7JPQ+JJ
Daylight in Augusta
At 35.29° N, Augusta 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 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Augusta
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is McCrory, 9.4 miles away, with 1,460 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Augusta, AR?
1,848 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 141 (7.1%) from 1,989 in July 2020.
What county is Augusta in?
Woodruff County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Augusta?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72006.
How far is Augusta from Little Rock?
64.4 miles (103.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Augusta.
What is the nearest larger city to Augusta?
Bald Knob, AR, with 2,533 residents, 12.0 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.