Arkansas · Census place 0510570

Calico Rock, Arkansas

Calico Rock is a city in Izard County, Arkansas with an estimated 2,021 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 132nd largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,021
#132 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+10.6%
+193 people
Land area
4.8 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
425 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Calico Rock. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Calico Rock population, 2020 to 2024

Calico Rock added 193 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.6%. In the latest year it moved by +84.

1,82820201,89220211,87720221,93720232,0212024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,826. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Calico Rock covers 4.76 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 425 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Calico Rock is less dense than the typical town.

What county Calico Rock is in

All of Calico Rock's residents live in Izard County, which had 14,291 residents in 2024. Calico Rock holds 14.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Calico Rock

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Calico Rock by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72519. 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 Calico Rock is

The Census internal point of Calico Rock is at 36.122000, -92.125900. Little Rock, the capital, is 95.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mountain View, AR (2,950 people), 18.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 97.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.122000, -92.125900
DMS
36°07'19.20"N 92°07'33.24"W
UTM
15N 578660.0E 3997833.9N
Geohash
9yqmrxgcy
Plus code
86894VCF+RJ

Daylight in Calico Rock

At 36.12° N, Calico Rock gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Calico Rock

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Melbourne, 14.2 miles away, with 1,879 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Calico Rock, AR?

2,021 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 193 (10.6%) from 1,828 in July 2020.

What county is Calico Rock in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Calico Rock?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72519.

How far is Calico Rock from Little Rock?

95.4 miles (153.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Calico Rock.

What is the nearest larger city to Calico Rock?

Mountain View, AR, with 2,950 residents, 18.0 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.