Arkansas · Census place 0524220
Fordyce, Arkansas
Fordyce is a city in Dallas County, Arkansas with an estimated 3,174 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 98th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,174
- #98 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- -5.8%
- -197 people
- Land area
- 6.7 sq mi
- Density
- 472 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Fordyce population, 2020 to 2024
Fordyce lost 197 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.8%. In the latest year it moved by -56.
Fordyce covers 6.73 square miles of land, for 472 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Fordyce is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fordyce is in
All of Fordyce's residents live in Dallas County, which had 6,076 residents in 2024. Fordyce holds 52.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fordyce
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fordyce by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71742. 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 Fordyce is
The Census internal point of Fordyce is at 33.818200, -92.417000. Little Rock, the capital, is 64.6 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Warren, AR (5,196 people), 24.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 62.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.818200, -92.417000
- DMS
- 33°49'5.52"N 92°25'1.20"W
- UTM
- 15N 553953.6E 3742151.4N
- Geohash
- 9yn22urvr
- Plus code
- 8659RH9M+75
Daylight in Fordyce
At 33.82° N, Fordyce gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fordyce
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hampton, 19.8 miles away, with 1,157 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fordyce, AR?
3,174 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 197 (5.8%) from 3,371 in July 2020.
What county is Fordyce in?
Dallas County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fordyce?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 71742.
How far is Fordyce from Little Rock?
64.6 miles (103.9 km) in a straight line, heading N from Fordyce.
What is the nearest larger city to Fordyce?
Warren, AR, with 5,196 residents, 24.6 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.