Arkansas · Census place 0517740
Decatur, Arkansas
Decatur is a city in Benton County, Arkansas with an estimated 1,723 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 148th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,723
- #148 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- -3.7%
- -67 people
- Land area
- 4.8 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 363 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Decatur population, 2020 to 2024
Decatur lost 67 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.7%. In the latest year it moved by -14.
Decatur covers 4.75 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 363 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Decatur is less dense than the typical town.
What county Decatur is in
All of Decatur's residents live in Benton County, which had 321,566 residents in 2024. Decatur holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Decatur
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Decatur by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72722. 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 Decatur is
The Census internal point of Decatur is at 36.348500, -94.458000. Little Rock, the capital, is 164.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gentry, AR (4,672 people), 6.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 25.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.348500, -94.458000
- DMS
- 36°20'54.60"N 94°27'28.80"W
- UTM
- 15N 369170.3E 4023590.1N
- Geohash
- 9ykyf91c3
- Plus code
- 86878GXR+CR
Daylight in Decatur
At 36.35° N, Decatur gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 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 Decatur
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Gentry, 6.4 miles away, with 4,672 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Decatur, AR?
1,723 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 67 (3.7%) from 1,790 in July 2020.
What county is Decatur in?
Benton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Decatur?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72722.
How far is Decatur from Little Rock?
164.6 miles (265.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Decatur.
What is the nearest larger city to Decatur?
Gentry, AR, with 4,672 residents, 6.4 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.