Arkansas · Census place 0503280

Bald Knob, Arkansas

Bald Knob is a city in White County, Arkansas with an estimated 2,533 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 114th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,533
#114 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+9 people
Land area
5.0 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
511 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Bald Knob. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Bald Knob population, 2020 to 2024

Bald Knob added 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +22.

2,52420202,53020212,53420222,51120232,5332024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,523. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bald Knob covers 4.96 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 511 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Bald Knob is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bald Knob is in

All of Bald Knob's residents live in White County, which had 79,091 residents in 2024. Bald Knob holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bald Knob

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bald Knob by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72010. 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 Bald Knob is

The Census internal point of Bald Knob is at 35.312500, -91.571300. Little Rock, the capital, is 56.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Searcy, AR (23,997 people), 10.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 60.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.312500, -91.571300
DMS
35°18'45.00"N 91°34'16.68"W
UTM
15N 629878.2E 3908635.1N
Geohash
9yqbuhry4
Plus code
867C8C7H+2F

Daylight in Bald Knob

At 35.31° N, Bald Knob gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 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 Bald Knob

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Judsonia, 4.7 miles away, with 1,900 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bald Knob, AR?

2,533 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 9 (0.4%) from 2,524 in July 2020.

What county is Bald Knob in?

White County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Bald Knob?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72010.

How far is Bald Knob from Little Rock?

56.4 miles (90.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Bald Knob.

What is the nearest larger city to Bald Knob?

Searcy, AR, with 23,997 residents, 10.5 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.