Arkansas · Census place 0528600

Green Forest, Arkansas

Green Forest is a city in Carroll County, Arkansas with an estimated 3,198 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 97th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,198
#97 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+6.5%
+195 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
Density
1,295 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Green Forest. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

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Green Forest population, 2020 to 2024

Green Forest added 195 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.5%. In the latest year it moved by +47.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,975. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Green Forest covers 2.47 square miles of land, for 1,295 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Green Forest is denser than the typical town.

What county Green Forest is in

All of Green Forest's residents live in Carroll County, which had 28,968 residents in 2024. Green Forest holds 11.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Green Forest

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Green Forest by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72638. 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 Green Forest is

The Census internal point of Green Forest is at 36.334700, -93.431000. Little Rock, the capital, is 127.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Berryville, AR (5,763 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 44.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.334700, -93.431000
DMS
36°20'4.92"N 93°25'51.60"W
UTM
15N 461319.7E 4021158.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86888HM9+VJ

Daylight in Green Forest

At 36.33° N, Green Forest gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Green Forest

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Berryville, 8.0 miles away, with 5,763 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Green Forest, AR?

3,198 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 195 (6.5%) from 3,003 in July 2020.

What county is Green Forest in?

Carroll County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Green Forest?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72638.

How far is Green Forest from Little Rock?

127.1 miles (204.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Green Forest.

What is the nearest larger city to Green Forest?

Berryville, AR, with 5,763 residents, 8.0 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.