Arkansas · Census place 0513300
Charleston, Arkansas
Charleston is a city in Franklin County, Arkansas with an estimated 2,731 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 108th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,731
- #108 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- +5.3%
- +138 people
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- + 0.11 sq mi water
- Density
- 713 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Charleston population, 2020 to 2024
Charleston added 138 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.3%. In the latest year it moved by +40.
Charleston covers 3.83 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 713 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Charleston is less dense than the typical town.
What county Charleston is in
All of Charleston's residents live in Franklin County, which had 17,586 residents in 2024. Charleston holds 15.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Charleston
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Charleston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72933. 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 Charleston is
The Census internal point of Charleston is at 35.294500, -94.048300. Little Rock, the capital, is 106.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greenwood, AR (9,730 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 54.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.294500, -94.048300
- DMS
- 35°17'40.20"N 94°02'53.88"W
- UTM
- 15N 404683.1E 3906206.6N
- Geohash
- 9ym0gchj7
- Plus code
- 86777XV2+RM
Daylight in Charleston
At 35.29° N, Charleston gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Charleston
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Lavaca, 8.0 miles away, with 2,528 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Charleston, AR?
2,731 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 138 (5.3%) from 2,593 in July 2020.
What county is Charleston in?
Franklin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Charleston?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72933.
How far is Charleston from Little Rock?
106.5 miles (171.4 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Charleston.
What is the nearest larger city to Charleston?
Greenwood, AR, with 9,730 residents, 12.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.