Des Arc, Arkansas

Des Arc population, 2020 to 2024

Des Arc lost 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -15.

Des Arc covers 2.10 square miles of land, for 877 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Des Arc is less dense than the typical town.

What county Des Arc is in

All of Des Arc's residents live in Prairie County, which had 7,935 residents in 2024. Des Arc holds 23.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Des Arc

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Des Arc by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72040. 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 Des Arc is

The Census internal point of Des Arc is at 34.978400, -91.506800. Little Rock, the capital, is 47.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carlisle, AR (1,973 people), 18.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 51.4 miles away.

Daylight in Des Arc

At 34.98° N, Des Arc gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Des Arc

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hazen, 13.9 miles away, with 1,388 people.