Arkansas · Census place 0523290
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville is a city in Washington County, Arkansas with an estimated 103,134 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 2nd largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 103,134
- #2 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- +8.8%
- +8,350 people
- Land area
- 54.8 sq mi
- + 1.38 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,883 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Fayetteville population, 2020 to 2024
Fayetteville added 8,350 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.8%. In the latest year it moved by +1,623. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 15th; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Fayetteville is 9.1 times that size.
Fayetteville covers 54.76 square miles of land and 1.38 of water, for 1,883 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Fayetteville is denser than the typical town.
What county Fayetteville is in
All of Fayetteville's residents live in Washington County, which had 266,184 residents in 2024. Fayetteville holds 38.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fayetteville
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fayetteville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72701, 72703, 72704. 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 Fayetteville is
The Census internal point of Fayetteville is at 36.071500, -94.166600. Little Rock, the capital, is 139.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Broken Arrow, OK (122,756 people), 90.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 420 m (1,378 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.071500, -94.166600
- DMS
- 36°04'17.40"N 94°09'59.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 394949.9E 3992508.6N
- Geohash
- 9ymj1ntgx
- Plus code
- 86873RCM+J9
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Fayetteville
At 36.07° N, Fayetteville gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Fayetteville daylight page.
Places near Fayetteville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Johnson, 4.3 miles away, with 3,705 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fayetteville, AR?
103,134 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8,350 (8.8%) from 94,784 in July 2020.
What county is Fayetteville in?
Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fayetteville?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 72701, 72703, 72704.
How far is Fayetteville from Little Rock?
139.8 miles (225.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Fayetteville.
What is the nearest larger city to Fayetteville?
Broken Arrow, OK, with 122,756 residents, 90.2 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.