Arkansas · Census place 0521190
Elkins, Arkansas
Elkins is a city in Washington County, Arkansas with an estimated 4,025 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 81st largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,025
- #81 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- +10.7%
- +389 people
- Land area
- 3.9 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,040 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Elkins population, 2020 to 2024
Elkins added 389 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.7%. In the latest year it moved by +123.
Elkins covers 3.87 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,040 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Elkins is close to the typical town.
What county Elkins is in
All of Elkins's residents live in Washington County, which had 266,184 residents in 2024. Elkins holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Elkins
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Elkins by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72701, 72727. 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 Elkins is
The Census internal point of Elkins is at 36.017200, -94.023500. Little Rock, the capital, is 131.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fayetteville, AR (103,134 people), 8.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.017200, -94.023500
- DMS
- 36°01'1.92"N 94°01'24.60"W
- UTM
- 15N 407772.9E 3986340.6N
- Geohash
- 9ymhukwpm
- Plus code
- 86872X8G+VH
Daylight in Elkins
At 36.02° N, Elkins gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Elkins
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Goshen, 6.0 miles away, with 2,383 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Elkins, AR?
4,025 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 389 (10.7%) from 3,636 in July 2020.
What county is Elkins in?
Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Elkins?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 72701, 72727.
How far is Elkins from Little Rock?
131.3 miles (211.4 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Elkins.
What is the nearest larger city to Elkins?
Fayetteville, AR, with 103,134 residents, 8.8 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.