Arkansas · Census place 0514140

Clarksville, Arkansas

Clarksville is a city in Johnson County, Arkansas with an estimated 9,606 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 42nd largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,606
#42 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+2.6%
+239 people
Land area
18.2 sq mi
+ 0.62 sq mi water
Density
527 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Clarksville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Clarksville population, 2020 to 2024

Clarksville added 239 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -3. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 33rd; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Clarksville is 85% of it.

9,36720209,51520219,56420229,60920239,6062024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,369. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clarksville covers 18.22 square miles of land and 0.62 of water, for 527 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Clarksville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clarksville is in

All of Clarksville's residents live in Johnson County, which had 26,172 residents in 2024. Clarksville holds 36.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clarksville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clarksville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72830. 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 Clarksville is

The Census internal point of Clarksville is at 35.453900, -93.481600. Little Rock, the capital, is 83.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Russellville, AR (29,442 people), 22.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 57.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.453900, -93.481600
DMS
35°27'14.04"N 93°28'53.76"W
UTM
15N 456297.1E 3923487.3N
Geohash
9ym98y0vb
Plus code
8678FG39+H9

Daylight in Clarksville

At 35.45° N, Clarksville gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clarksville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Lamar, 4.9 miles away, with 1,769 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clarksville, AR?

9,606 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 239 (2.6%) from 9,367 in July 2020.

What county is Clarksville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Clarksville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72830.

How far is Clarksville from Little Rock?

83.2 miles (134.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Clarksville.

What is the nearest larger city to Clarksville?

Russellville, AR, with 29,442 residents, 22.9 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.