Arkansas · Census place 0530400
Harrisburg, Arkansas
Harrisburg is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas with an estimated 2,200 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 125th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,200
- #125 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- -0.9%
- -21 people
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Density
- 905 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Harrisburg population, 2020 to 2024
Harrisburg lost 21 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -2.
Harrisburg covers 2.43 square miles of land, for 905 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Harrisburg is close to the typical town.
What county Harrisburg is in
All of Harrisburg's residents live in Poinsett County, which had 22,300 residents in 2024. Harrisburg holds 9.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Harrisburg
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Harrisburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72432. 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 Harrisburg is
The Census internal point of Harrisburg is at 35.563800, -90.721600. Little Rock, the capital, is 105.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Trumann, AR (7,425 people), 13.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 52.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.563800, -90.721600
- DMS
- 35°33'49.68"N 90°43'17.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 706489.4E 3937957.8N
- Geohash
- 9yr6rd4w1
- Plus code
- 867FH77H+G9
Daylight in Harrisburg
At 35.56° N, Harrisburg gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Harrisburg
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Trumann, 13.5 miles away, with 7,425 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Harrisburg, AR?
2,200 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 21 (0.9%) from 2,221 in July 2020.
What county is Harrisburg in?
Poinsett County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Harrisburg?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72432.
How far is Harrisburg from Little Rock?
105.0 miles (169.0 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Harrisburg.
What is the nearest larger city to Harrisburg?
Trumann, AR, with 7,425 residents, 13.5 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.