Arkansas · Census place 0515460
Corning, Arkansas
Corning is a city in Clay County, Arkansas with an estimated 3,086 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 99th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,086
- #99 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- -4.2%
- -135 people
- Land area
- 3.7 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 841 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Corning population, 2020 to 2024
Corning lost 135 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -23.
Corning covers 3.67 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 841 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Corning is less dense than the typical town.
What county Corning is in
All of Corning's residents live in Clay County, which had 14,112 residents in 2024. Corning holds 21.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Corning
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Corning by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72422. 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 Corning is
The Census internal point of Corning is at 36.413700, -90.583600. Little Rock, the capital, is 149.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Piggott, AR (3,521 people), 21.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 96.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.413700, -90.583600
- DMS
- 36°24'49.32"N 90°35'0.96"W
- UTM
- 15N 716660.4E 4032548.4N
- Geohash
- 9yrx4szj1
- Plus code
- 868FCC78+FH
Daylight in Corning
At 36.41° N, Corning gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 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 Corning
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Marmaduke, 19.0 miles away, with 1,244 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Corning, AR?
3,086 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 135 (4.2%) from 3,221 in July 2020.
What county is Corning in?
Clay County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Corning?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72422.
How far is Corning from Little Rock?
149.8 miles (241.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Corning.
What is the nearest larger city to Corning?
Piggott, AR, with 3,521 residents, 21.5 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.
- 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.