Forrest City, Arkansas

Forrest City population, 2020 to 2024

Forrest City lost 633 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.9%. In the latest year it moved by -129. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 60th; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Forrest City is 1.1 times that size.

Forrest City covers 20.25 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 609 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Forrest City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Forrest City is in

All of Forrest City's residents live in St. Francis County, which had 21,822 residents in 2024. Forrest City holds 56.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Forrest City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Forrest City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72335. 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 Forrest City is

The Census internal point of Forrest City is at 35.013600, -90.793200. Little Rock, the capital, is 86.8 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Memphis, AR (23,538 people), 34.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 47.1 miles away.

Daylight in Forrest City

At 35.01° N, Forrest City 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 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Forrest City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Wynne, 15.3 miles away, with 7,905 people.