Arkansas · Census place 0509790

Bull Shoals, Arkansas

Bull Shoals is a city in Marion County, Arkansas with an estimated 1,912 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 136th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,912
#136 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-44 people
Land area
4.9 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
390 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Bull Shoals. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Bull Shoals population, 2020 to 2024

Bull Shoals lost 44 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -25.

1,95620201,95220211,95120221,93720231,9122024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,954. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bull Shoals covers 4.90 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 390 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Bull Shoals is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bull Shoals is in

All of Bull Shoals's residents live in Marion County, which had 17,593 residents in 2024. Bull Shoals holds 10.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bull Shoals

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bull Shoals by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72619. 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 Bull Shoals is

The Census internal point of Bull Shoals is at 36.373600, -92.591500. Little Rock, the capital, is 113.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gassville, AR (2,196 people), 8.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 68.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.373600, -92.591500
DMS
36°22'24.96"N 92°35'29.40"W
UTM
15N 536642.8E 4025464.9N
Geohash
9yqnvj8gt
Plus code
86899CF5+CC

Daylight in Bull Shoals

At 36.37° N, Bull Shoals gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bull Shoals

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Flippin, 6.7 miles away, with 1,315 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bull Shoals, AR?

1,912 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 44 (2.2%) from 1,956 in July 2020.

What county is Bull Shoals in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bull Shoals?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72619.

How far is Bull Shoals from Little Rock?

113.7 miles (182.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Bull Shoals.

What is the nearest larger city to Bull Shoals?

Gassville, AR, with 2,196 residents, 8.5 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.