Arkansas · Census place 0530460

Harrison, Arkansas

Harrison is a city in Boone County, Arkansas with an estimated 13,723 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 28th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
13,723
#28 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+5.0%
+650 people
Land area
11.2 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,231 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Harrison. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Harrison population, 2020 to 2024

Harrison added 650 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.0%. In the latest year it moved by +320. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Harrison is 1.2 times that size.

13.1k202013.2k202113.3k202213.4k202313.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,070. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Harrison covers 11.15 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,231 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Harrison is denser than the typical town.

What county Harrison is in

All of Harrison's residents live in Boone County, which had 38,636 residents in 2024. Harrison holds 35.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Harrison

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Harrison by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72601. 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 Harrison is

The Census internal point of Harrison is at 36.242600, -93.117600. Little Rock, the capital, is 113.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ozark, MO (23,248 people), 54.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 59.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.242600, -93.117600
DMS
36°14'33.36"N 93°07'3.36"W
UTM
15N 489433.5E 4010863.3N
Geohash
9ymy1jcb6
Plus code
86886VVJ+2X

Daylight in Harrison

At 36.24° N, Harrison 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 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Harrison

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Green Forest, 18.6 miles away, with 3,198 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Harrison, AR?

13,723 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 650 (5.0%) from 13,073 in July 2020.

What county is Harrison in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Harrison?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72601.

How far is Harrison from Little Rock?

113.4 miles (182.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Harrison.

What is the nearest larger city to Harrison?

Ozark, MO, with 23,248 residents, 54.9 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.