Arkansas · Census place 0528780

Greenwood, Arkansas

Greenwood is a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas with an estimated 9,730 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 41st largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,730
#41 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+2.2%
+207 people
Land area
11.5 sq mi
+ 0.24 sq mi water
Density
850 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Greenwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Greenwood population, 2020 to 2024

Greenwood added 207 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +68. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 36th; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Greenwood is 86% of it.

9,52320209,60320219,60720229,66220239,7302024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,524. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Greenwood covers 11.45 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 850 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Greenwood is less dense than the typical town.

What county Greenwood is in

All of Greenwood's residents live in Sebastian County, which had 130,035 residents in 2024. Greenwood holds 7.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Greenwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Greenwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72936. 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 Greenwood is

The Census internal point of Greenwood is at 35.211300, -94.239400. Little Rock, the capital, is 115.0 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Smith, AR (90,507 people), 12.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 59.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.211300, -94.239400
DMS
35°12'40.68"N 94°14'21.84"W
UTM
15N 387191.2E 3897179.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86776Q66+G6

Daylight in Greenwood

At 35.21° N, Greenwood gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Greenwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Barling, 8.5 miles away, with 5,284 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Greenwood, AR?

9,730 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 207 (2.2%) from 9,523 in July 2020.

What county is Greenwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Greenwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72936.

How far is Greenwood from Little Rock?

115.0 miles (185.0 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Greenwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Greenwood?

Fort Smith, AR, with 90,507 residents, 12.1 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.