Arkansas · Census place 0511500

Carlisle, Arkansas

Carlisle is a city in Lonoke County, Arkansas with an estimated 1,973 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 135th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,973
#135 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
-3.3%
-67 people
Land area
4.9 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
407 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Carlisle. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Carlisle population, 2020 to 2024

Carlisle lost 67 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -15.

2,04020202,01720211,99320221,98820231,9732024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,043. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Carlisle covers 4.85 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 407 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Carlisle is less dense than the typical town.

What county Carlisle is in

All of Carlisle's residents live in Lonoke County, which had 76,389 residents in 2024. Carlisle holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Carlisle

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Carlisle by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72024. 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 Carlisle is

The Census internal point of Carlisle is at 34.795400, -91.740500. Little Rock, the capital, is 31.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lonoke, AR (4,287 people), 9.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 35.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.795400, -91.740500
DMS
34°47'43.44"N 91°44'25.80"W
UTM
15N 615220.1E 3851076.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
866CQ7W5+5R

Daylight in Carlisle

At 34.80° N, Carlisle 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 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Carlisle

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Lonoke, 9.5 miles away, with 4,287 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Carlisle, AR?

1,973 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 67 (3.3%) from 2,040 in July 2020.

What county is Carlisle in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Carlisle?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72024.

How far is Carlisle from Little Rock?

31.3 miles (50.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Carlisle.

What is the nearest larger city to Carlisle?

Lonoke, AR, with 4,287 residents, 9.5 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.