Helena-West Helena, Arkansas

Helena-West Helena population, 2020 to 2024

Helena-West Helena lost 1,054 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -11.1%. In the latest year it moved by -205. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 68th; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Helena-West Helena is 75% of it.

Helena-West Helena covers 13.11 square miles of land, for 645 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Helena-West Helena is less dense than the typical town.

What county Helena-West Helena is in

All of Helena-West Helena's residents live in Phillips County, which had 14,661 residents in 2024. Helena-West Helena holds 57.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Helena-West Helena

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Helena-West Helena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72342, 72390. 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 Helena-West Helena is

The Census internal point of Helena-West Helena is at 34.531400, -90.620100. Little Rock, the capital, is 96.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clarksdale, MS (13,861 people), 23.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 54.4 miles away.

Daylight in Helena-West Helena

At 34.53° N, Helena-West Helena gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Helena-West Helena

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Marianna, 18.7 miles away, with 3,258 people.