Arkansas · Census place 0508950

Brinkley, Arkansas

Brinkley is a city in Monroe County, Arkansas with an estimated 2,538 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 113th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,538
#113 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
-5.7%
-152 people
Land area
5.7 sq mi
+ 0.46 sq mi water
Density
446 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Brinkley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Brinkley population, 2020 to 2024

Brinkley lost 152 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.7%. In the latest year it moved by -50.

2,69020202,63720212,60220222,58820232,5382024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,700. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brinkley covers 5.69 square miles of land and 0.46 of water, for 446 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Brinkley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Brinkley is in

All of Brinkley's residents live in Monroe County, which had 6,415 residents in 2024. Brinkley holds 39.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brinkley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brinkley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72021. 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 Brinkley is

The Census internal point of Brinkley is at 34.889800, -91.189800. Little Rock, the capital, is 63.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Forrest City, AR (12,340 people), 24.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 67.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.889800, -91.189800
DMS
34°53'23.28"N 91°11'23.28"W
UTM
15N 665414.5E 3862317.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
866CVRQ6+W3

Daylight in Brinkley

At 34.89° N, Brinkley gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brinkley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Clarendon, 15.1 miles away, with 1,439 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brinkley, AR?

2,538 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 152 (5.7%) from 2,690 in July 2020.

What county is Brinkley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Brinkley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72021.

How far is Brinkley from Little Rock?

63.1 miles (101.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Brinkley.

What is the nearest larger city to Brinkley?

Forrest City, AR, with 12,340 residents, 24.0 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.

  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.