Arkansas · Census place 0509100

Brookland, Arkansas

Brookland is a city in Craighead County, Arkansas with an estimated 4,607 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 73rd largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,607; #73 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020: +12.0%; +494 people
Land area: 8.0 sq mi
Density: 579 / sq mi; State median 1,001

Orange pin: Brookland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

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Brookland population, 2020 to 2024

Brookland added 494 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.0%. In the latest year it moved by +48.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,065. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brookland covers 7.95 square miles of land, for 579 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Brookland is less dense than the typical town.

What county Brookland is in

All of Brookland's residents live in Craighead County, which had 115,852 residents in 2024. Brookland holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brookland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brookland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72417. 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 Brookland is

The Census internal point of Brookland is at 35.897100, -90.571700. Little Rock, the capital, is 125.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jonesboro, AR (82,384 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 64.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 35.897100, -90.571700
DMS: 35°53'49.56"N 90°34'18.12"W
UTM: 15N 719161.5E 3975259.4N
Geohash: 9yrs4yzey
Plus code: 867FVCWH+R8

Daylight in Brookland

At 35.90° N, Brookland gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brookland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Jonesboro, 8.0 miles away, with 82,384 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brookland, AR?

4,607 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 494 (12.0%) from 4,113 in July 2020.

What county is Brookland in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Brookland?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72417.

How far is Brookland from Little Rock?

125.2 miles (201.6 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Brookland.

What is the nearest larger city to Brookland?

Jonesboro, AR, with 82,384 residents, 8.0 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.