Benton, Arkansas

Benton population, 2020 to 2024

Benton added 2,967 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.4%. In the latest year it moved by +548. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 16th; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Benton is 3.4 times that size.

Benton covers 23.11 square miles of land and 0.54 of water, for 1,648 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Benton is denser than the typical town.

What county Benton is in

All of Benton's residents live in Saline County, which had 131,252 residents in 2024. Benton holds 29.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Benton

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Benton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72015, 72019. 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 Benton is

The Census internal point of Benton is at 34.577400, -92.572600. Little Rock, the capital, is 19.9 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Little Rock, AR (204,774 people), 15.9 miles away.

Daylight in Benton

At 34.58° N, Benton gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Benton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Bryant, 5.3 miles away, with 22,271 people.